for Everlasting Gobstopper Everlasting Gobstoppers are little colorful jawbreaker candies. The creation of Everlasting Gobstoppers was derived from the fictional book by Roald Dahl, entitled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , published in 1964. In Dahl's story, Everlasting Gobstoppers were designed by Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner/operator of a fantastic, if not bizarre, chocolate factory.