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today we're counting down the top 10 untold truths of jawbreakers aka gobstoppers these
timeless candies may taste great but they sure are a workout for your mouth it'd be hard as a rock
jawbreakers an american treasure a treasure beyond all imagining although there are claims that
jawbreakers have been sold in british candy shops for over a hundred years the first true claim to
the jawbreaker name came from an italian-american immigrant not long after the start of the 20th
century salvatore pereira had been selling his popular sugar-coated almonds when he had the
idea for a new product your dad's pulling it off the market and replacing it with some new candy
after a great deal of testing trials and errors ferreira had his brand new candy the phenomenally
named jawbusters as they were originally known were immensely popular at some point early in
the history of the product it seems as though the public preferred to use the name jawbreakers and
slowly the name jawbusters became less and less used in the times after the first world war people
were longing for simple pleasures and jawbreakers were the perfect distraction jawbreakers were the
colorful little treats that everyone needed for a pick-me-up thank goodness for sugar guilty
pleasures come on the jawbreaker a pop culture icon is pop culture it almost seems like all the
hours spent consuming hundreds of jawbreakers as a kid have created a sort of worldwide obsession
with the candy for example the popular 1999 film titled jawbreaker did not open to great success
during its box office debut however the movie has developed a sort of cult following the movie seems
to take some inspiration from the jawbreaker candy as it features bright and exciting colors
the title is well fitting because just like a jawbreaker it is sweet but painful the high
school girls in this movie are extremely sweet but with a hard and harsh reality after they
murder one of their close friends oops spoiler alert i thought a jawbreaker would be funny the
term jawbreaker has also worked its way into the music industry many fans of 90s grunge music will
probably be familiar with the band jawbreaker this band has been compared to other bands of
the era such as green day and simple plan and has toured with the influential music group nirvana
recently the jawbreaker brand name has moved into a new multi-million dollar industry the beauty
industry in 2019 youtuber and beauty influencer jeffrey starr released his jawbreaker palette to
major success as it featured bright and exciting colors similar to those found in the jawbreaker
it's amazing how this candy has had such a massive influence on so many aspects of pop culture his
obsession with pop culture had always alienated him quality control is crucial i think uh
a little quality control on this one of the most interesting facts about jawbreakers is actually
the thing most would assume to be extremely boring and mundane quality control the quality
control process involves extensive steps involving all five senses translates the five senses into
biochemical information visually each jawbreaker needs to have a shiny outer appeal and a beautiful
glossy finish regardless of the colors the classic jawbreaker look is a white background and speckled
colors in terms of taste the jawbreaker needs to have the authentic sweet and sour taste advertised
quality control for jawbreakers involves a great deal of personal testing which means control
experts get to spend their day licking gobstoppers in addition to amazing tastes the smell also needs
to be perfect since smell and taste are tightly connected whether it's a classic flavor or
something more exciting like ice cream or lemon the smell and taste must be able to deliver the
perfect experience the next step involves both touching and listening to the jawbreakers as they
get smashed of pieces one of the most important aspects of the jawbreaker process is ensuring
the sturdiness making sure it won't shatter if dropped once they've been cracked open they'll
be inspected one last time to ensure that the interior layers are completely visible bright and
appealing it's crazy how much care is needed to provide such a seemingly simple snack where's the
jawbreaker the charlie and the chocolate factory connection fantastic invention revolutionize
the industry although the names jawbreaker and gobstopper are relatively interchangeable when
most candy fans think of gobstoppers their minds immediately go to the wonka brand everlasting
gobstoppers which have been sold for over 50 years these jawbreakers are some of the smallest
on the market and are sold in a carton with dozens inside as opposed to the individual sale of other
larger gobstoppers although the name everlasting gobstoppers is a nod to the classic charlie and
the chocolate factory to be completely honest they are some of the shortest-lived jawbreakers
ever the gobstoppers are very small which means that even if you don't want to bite into these
tiny sugary teeth crackers they dissolve at a much faster pace than the classic speckled jawbreakers
now i want that jump ring but despite their small size the everlasting gobstoppers are some of the
most flavorful candies on the market each one has three layers of sugar flavoring just as can be
seen in the dozens of flavors within the classic jawbreakers family although all five flavors
have a final interior flavor of pink raspberry the exterior flavors are all complementary for example
lemon and orange are both each other's interchangeable outer and inner layers the red
jawbreaker is strawberry flavored with a middle orange flavor the green jawbreaker is watermelon
flavored the last flavor grape has a bright purple color and a middle strawberry flavor with so many
delicious flavors no wonder these sugar globes are such a crowd pleaser i'll ask you one more
time are you sure you didn't eat anything in my factory no ed ed and eddie the jawbreaker kids
jawbreakers you don't say one of the most bizarre uses of jawbreaker culture comes from the 2002
video game ed and eddie jawbreakers the game was released to be played on game boy advance
a popular handheld gaming system from back in the day the game revolves around popular tv characters
from the cartoon network trying to save up enough money to buy jawbreakers even if the story of the
game was purely fictional and seemed to spark an interest in jawbreakers and young children
at the time it was viewed as a relative failure due to the many issues with the gameplay a lack
of instructions within the game and time limits and levels that were almost impossible to achieve
left many hopeful players feeling extremely frustrated by the lack of user friendliness
let's hope the kids playing this game had better luck getting their hands on
some jawbreakers than ed ed and eddie did a game over the name origin is a mystery name
name the name gobstopper has well-known connections however the origin of the name
jawbreaker is somewhat clouded in mystery although the name itself may seem completely
obvious to us now it's still a mystery how a name with strangely alternative meanings ended up being
used for this iconic long lasting candy it's odd that the name jawbreaker wasn't immediately given
to the candy as anyone who has ever had one can confirm the name is a perfect fit please confirm
okay maybe a jawbreaker won't literally break your jaw but you could easily chip a tooth if
not suffer far worse damage despite the seemingly perfect name coupling the way in which salvatore
ferreira picked the name for these sugary spheres can't be confirmed and is still a mystery
by today's standards jawbreaker is a term not only for the candy but anything or anyone having
the capabilities to crack a jawline oh how such a simple candy can change the meaning of a word
for generations another kid cracked a tooth on a jawbreaker why don't they take those things off
the market sugar smack smack smack sugar smack give me a smack and i'll smack you back there's
a reason why children are obsessed with these hardcore candies who doesn't want a candy so
big and so massive that it lasts for weeks on end this is a child's wildest dream come true
you'll most likely see adults buying jawbreakers for their children rather than for themselves it's
not out of the realm of possibilities but it's definitely rarer to see a grown-up chowing down
on one of these bad boys another reason this candy is particularly popular among children compared to
adults probably has to do with the fact that these candy spheres are actually made up of over 90
straight sugar do not trust any adult to choose gum at all aside from the addition of the gum in
the center and the coloring the process for making jawbreakers is basically just continuously mixing
more and more sugar together until it reaches the desired size sugar is definitely one of
the most natural addictions humanity has ever had since the early days the drive for sweetness has
helped humans to seek out the highest calorie and sweetest foods to gain the most nutrients sugar's
addictive properties have resulted in an increased risk in diseases like diabetes even though humans
love and need sugar the jawbreaker certainly has more of it than any wild fruit or plant could ever
hold it's a good thing these candies last for such a long time because they're definitely more of a
once in a while type of treat it's sugar exploding jawbreaker you can't feed candy to birds their
stomachs will explode before going any further you should be warned do not try this at home
the next untold truth on the list is one of the most shocking jawbreaker facts one will ever hear
aside from the potential to break your jaw jawbreakers are considered a relatively harmless
candy so as long as someone doesn't try to take a bite out of the hard sugar ball there should be
no cause for concern right well not exactly jawbreakers apparently have some seriously
explosive qualities oh that doesn't sound like fun there have been multiple incidences in which
children have sustained some pretty significant injuries after biting into a jawbreaker
one of the stories states that a nine-year-old was burned after storing her jawbreaker in the fraser
for safekeeping can you believe that i can't this story sounds so unbelievable that even the
mythbusters from the discovery channel couldn't help themselves but put this theory to the test
and the results were shocking after setting up a fake jaw to bite into the jawbreaker the
team stood back to watch the madness unfold much to their surprise the team learned that
a jawbreaker has the ability to explode when heated or microwaved two of the members even
suffered a few burns themselves when testing this theory because they didn't use safety glass
so beware of this nuclear candy and always always store it in an appropriate location i.e not your
freezer can you people explode when they get scared crafting the jawbreaker do a gobstopper
the process of making jawbreakers sounds simple in theory but it's still very time
consuming and labor-intensive involving few ingredients jawbreakers were originally made
using the hot and cold pan process and even now almost 100 years after their creation
they are still being made in the same fashion the hot and cold pan technique involves heating and
cooling the sugars to different temperatures to allow layers upon layers of different sugar colors
to be added the jawbreaker starts very small as a simple piece of candy or gum and then is coated
in its first layer of colored sugar each layer involves at least 10 sugar treatments to gain the
proper thickness gummy jawbreakers sugar and food coloring are added to the candy and a hot barrel
drum continuously turning which allows the candy to continuously receive an even layer of coating
after the first layer is complete the candy is provided with a new flavor and color which then
gets 10 more doses and so on until it's eventually ready on average smaller jawbreakers take
approximately four days to complete while some of the larger batches can take up to two weeks
while many industries must continually innovate their production methods when it comes to making
jawbreakers and gobstoppers if it ain't broke don't fix it it could work it should work it would
work it's working already size options galore that is wonderful one of the most interesting
facts about jawbreakers is that although they all basically have a similar taste and texture the
production process and the size of each candy can vary widely one of the most popular jawbreakers
wonka's gobstoppers only measures in at about one centimeter in diameter and is the smallest option
available on the market a more classic jawbreaker is similar in size to a modern day golf ball
you've probably already laid your eyes on the giant jawbreakers available at candy shops
across north america and europe measuring eight centimeters in diameter these jawbreakers can take
weeks or even months to finally finish compared to their smaller comrades thinking these things take
time each time the jawbreaker increases in size the amount of layers also increases as this is the
production style of making larger gobstoppers the largest jawbreaker ever made was actually created
in canada by nick calderon in 2003. the beast of a candy weighed almost 30 pounds and was 37
inches wide the jawbreaker itself was so large that it took far longer than the standard 14-day
process to create in fact this jawbreaker took over four months to make the question is how do
you eat such a monstrosity i just need five hours bite into more great videos just tap or click
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