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==Manufacturing== [[Image:JawbreakerRainbow.jpg|thumb|A cross section of a rainbow gobstopper, showing coloured layers of sugar]] {{Further|Sugar panning}} Gobstoppers are made by slowly depositing layers onto a core, such as a pressed ball of sugar, a single seed of [[anise]] or a [[Chewing gum|gumball]].<ref>How it's Made Season 7 Episode 02</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walter |first1=Eugene |title=Hints & pinches |date=2001 |publisher=Hill Street Press |location=Athens, GA |isbn=9781892514981 |page=18}}</ref> Gobstoppers are made in large, rotating, heated pans in a process known as "[[Panning (food)|hot panning]]". The sweets take several weeks to manufacture, as the process of adding liquid sugar is repeated multiple times. Natural and artificial colours and flavours are also added during the panning process.
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