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Sunday, September 24, 2006

The candy the FDA doesn't want you to eat..

When I was a little kid, my step-aunt brought us back some candy from Germany that was banned by the FDA in the U.S. That candy was known as a Kinder Surprise. Turns out they sell them out here:



After peeling off the tinfoil, you find a chocolate egg. Biting into it, though, you find the reason the FDA doesn't allow it to be sold:



..It contains a small plastic capsule.



Ooo, but what could be in this mysterious choking hazard, you ask?



Why, it's a random toy! Different from egg to egg, ours happens to be a lego-like dragon with wheels (once assembled):



So there you go. The candy the FDA thinks American kids would choke and die on if given the chance.

4 Comments:

  • At 11:29 PM, September 23, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    You can't buy Kinder Eggs in the US? They're all over the place in Canadia.

     
  • At 4:17 PM, September 24, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    And there is Sushi Train. Where the platters of sushi and nori get driven around a train track on train carriages. I'll have to show you.
    The kids do love it. I love it.

     
  • At 11:32 PM, September 28, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Man o man...Once when I was a kid I actually ate one of these "Kinder chocolates" much to my shegrin I actually started running much like I would petal my bicycle..turns out I had eaten a plastic one and it had affected my ability to walk, and THAT'S why it was banned... :)

    Kyle

     
  • At 4:39 AM, October 01, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Kinder eggs are illegal in the US? Heh...then some old german lady who owns a german shop in Monterey, CA is going to be in for a nasty surprise if the FDA finds out. Yes, I have bought, and eaten, kinder eggs in the US. In the last year. ;) w00t.

     

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