Gobstoppers
A sweet designed to shut you up.
- CategoryHard BoiledHalal
- First appeared1800s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madePanned
What it is
A large hard ball built up in layers, changing colour as you get through it. Too big to chew and meant to last a very long time.
Taste
Where it comes from
Gobstoppers are a Victorian British sweet, made by the comfit method of layering sugar in a rotating pan. The name is blunt and literal, gob being slang for mouth. Roald Dahl's everlasting gobstopper in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made them famous far beyond Britain.
What it's made of
A small centre is tumbled in a rotating pan while sugar syrup is added layer by layer over hours or days, with the colour changed between layers, then polished with wax.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Dextrose, modified starch, maltodextrin, flavourings, anticaking agent: magnesium stearate; colours: E104, E120, E129, E133, E153, E160a, E160e, E171; glazing agent: carnauba wax.
Warning: E104, E129 may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
