Gobstoppers memories... When I
was a child growing up in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, my brother and I
would play a game with gobstoppers. We would call this game,
"Gobstopper Rollers". We would roll the gobstoppers down a hill and
you would have to catch it before it hit the bottom of the hill, and
if you lost you had to give up a gobstopper. I won many times and
would fill my stomach with them.
I thought this game was the
best, but when my mother found out about this game, she would yell at
me for making my little brother eat dirty gobstoppers. Just last month
my brother died, and at his funeral I put a gobstopper in his pocket
for old times sake. My fondest memory of my brother is this game. ~
Anthony from Pennsylvania
When I was a kid in the late 80’s, I attended summer camp
sessions with a canteen. My parents would give me 15 dollars to use in the canteen to last the whole session, with the promise that I could
keep any money that was left-over. With that in mind, I tried to make that money last as long as I could—mainly by always getting
gobstoppers at snack time, which were much cheaper than candy bars or sodas.
However, at one session, I ate so many gobstoppers in the Georgia heat that I got pretty sick to my
stomach. My memory of going to the camp infirmary is wonderful—the sweet camp nurse fussing over me, the cool, air-conditioned room with
clean, not sandy sheets, the quiet respite from a busy sleep-away camp. My eight-year old self was thrilled. So while I can’t say I learned
my lesson, since I kept eating gobstoppers everyday at snack time, I can say that they made an indelible impression on me. I’ll still buy a
box of them if I’m on a road trip and enjoy their changing flavors and colors. ~ Susan from Georgia
After seeing the movie Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I wished with all my heart that a
candy like the Everlasting Gobstopper actually existed. My parents
didn't really believe in letting me have candy, so I thought that
Gobstoppers would solve my problem, because I could always eat the
same candy, and always be satisfied.
Well, lo and behold, my
neighbor at the time told me about a wonderful candy store with all
sorts of yummy treats - wax bottles, Fun Dip, flying saucers - and
of course, Gobstoppers. She brought home a package of Gobstoppers
for me once, knowing my parents didn't buy me candy and I was
ecstatic. Granted, they weren't "Everlasting" but they lasted long
enough. When I had my first one, I would take it out of my mouth
periodically to see what color it had changed. It simply delighted
me so much... and now an adult, I can buy all the candy I want, and
Gobstoppers remain one of my favorite. ~ Elisabeth from California
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