Kinder Eggs

[MaleficentRN]

Totally true, but I love them all the same. My husband is AF and when he or coworkers flew over to Germany, that was always on the list to bring back. I had no idea the eggs would start an international incident!

My uncle is in the army and stationed in Germany. He sends them to my kids. Sometimes they fall into my mouth.

 

[MaleficentRN]

? I didn't ask anything. It was rhetorical. And as I said there are plenty of other toys available here with tiny pieces. Don't see the difference.

You aren't going to see toys embedded in candy in the US.

 

[KashasMom]

You aren't going to see toys embedded in candy in the US.

If you check Amazon or Ebay, you'll find not only Kinder but Disney eggs as well (Disney Pixar Frozen Chocolate Surprise Egg , Free Gift Inside (3 Eggs)). You can also find Kinder in specialty candy stores in NYC. Not looking to argue with you but the eggs are definitely available in the U.S.

 

[Dug720]

? I didn't ask anything. It was rhetorical. And as I said there are plenty of other toys available here with tiny pieces. Don't see the difference.

The difference is the other things you mentioned are not embedded in food. If they are put in the mouth, it is a deliberate choice by the child to put it in her/his mouth. Enclosed in candy, it is automatically put close enough to the mouth for ingestion that is NOT intentional.

 

[AquaDame]

What are those? They sound like a treat made in heaven. Or perhaps Turkish delight to Edmund in Narnia.

haha, sadly not THAT good! Looks like they can be ordered off amazon at least, but my boss loves them so I make sure to always bring some back! They aren't as soft/gummy as I would like:

https://www.amazon.com/Maynards-7622300700218-Winegums-190g/dp/B000LL4DHY

 

[Jennifer Scicchitano]

omg, i have brought them back from mexico into the us at least 30 times! i had no idea they were banned! i also made no attempt to hide them at all! i had my kids carrying them into the US! how much is the fine? guess we have to keep all the special edition surprise egg statues and stuff we have, they should probably mention in the giant duty free store in cancun that they are illegal!

 

[lanejudy]

If you check Amazon or Ebay, you'll find not only Kinder but Disney eggs as well (Disney Pixar Frozen Chocolate Surprise Egg , Free Gift Inside (3 Eggs)). You can also find Kinder in specialty candy stores in NYC. Not looking to argue with you but the eggs are definitely available in the U.S.

"Real" Kinder Eggs are not legally available in the U.S. The ones that are legally sold in the U.S. will have a slight break in the chocolate covering the egg; this is the legal difference, the chocolate therefore does not fully encase the egg/toy. Just because an online site is willing to sell something doesn't mean it's legal to buy. The U.S. is full off odd laws.

 

[wilkeliza]

You can sometimes find the real ones in the US but that does not make them legal. Like I even said I use to buy them at a Polish store in NYC but that didn't mean they were legal it just meant that store was selling illegal goods.

Cereal and happy meal toys are different because the food does not encase the toy, the toy is just in the food. That is why there is a knock off Kinder egg just called the Surprise Egg that a company not affiliated with Kinder Chocolate made. Surprise Eggs have a plastic ring that cuts the chocolate into two halves thus making the toy only inside the egg and not encased.

Also just because you've gotten somethig across the border many times with no issue it doesn't mean it isn't illegal or won't cause an issue for someone else.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Also just because you've gotten somethig across the border many times with no issue it doesn't mean it isn't illegal or won't cause an issue for someone else.

Well said.

 

[wilkeliza]

omg, i have brought them back from mexico into the us at least 30 times! i had no idea they were banned! i also made no attempt to hide them at all! i had my kids carrying them into the US! how much is the fine? guess we have to keep all the special edition surprise egg statues and stuff we have, they should probably mention in the giant duty free store in cancun that they are illegal!

Last I heard the fine was 2,000 and could be charged per an egg but most the time if it is a first offense they just take them and don't levy the fine.

 

[bcwife76]

Maybe it's because I live in Vancouver and can get kinder eggs anytime I want (my kids love the darned things) but I don't GET the fascination. Honestly, the chocolate is subpar and the toys are lame (maybe, again, I've just stepped on one too many toys left laying around from those eggs to have an unbiased view!)

 

[bumbershoot]

The chocolate is gross.

Because American children are too stupid not to choke on the toy, LOL.

Seriously. And anyone who has seen a kinder egg gets that it's impossible to be eating the chocolate and get a toy in their airway. There are steps involved.

Kinder Hippos are so much better than those silly eggs. Delicious delicious hippos.

Yes. And you can get those at World Market.

Thanks for bashing my country, but since you asked, when they made these things some 40 years ago they were not covered by a law passed in 1938 that prohibits small toys embedded in candy. I'm sure someone could amend it, but we have better things to do.

Can I bash my country? It's one of the most stupid laws. And from my reading it has nothing to do with some early 1900 law but one specifically passed later on.

You aren't going to see toys embedded in candy in the US.

Sure you are. Found an American made, worse than kinder, chocolate thing at a store near Disneyland last month.

And for you to describe kinder as being embedded in chocolate means you've never seen a kinder egg.

Chocolate around a wafer shell. Around a relatively huge plastic egg that I can barely open. Have to open that thing and then there's the toy. There is zero way for a toy to get into an airway while someone is eating the chocolate around the unopened egg. Zero.

The difference is the other things you mentioned are not embedded in food. If they are put in the mouth, it is a deliberate choice by the child to put it in her/his mouth. Enclosed in candy, it is automatically put close enough to the mouth for ingestion that is NOT intentional.

But it's not inside candy. its inside a hard plastic egg (that is bigger than the choke tubes) that's hard to open.

To get a toy from a kinder into the mouth is absolutely intentional. It cannot happen by accident while eating the chocolate.

 

[st0nehedge]

What are those? They sound like a treat made in heaven. Or perhaps Turkish delight to Edmund in Narnia.

Have you tried Turkish delights? They're great!!

I remember trying kinder eggs years ago. They were different and fun!

Other than the choking possibility, why else are they banned? I don't get it.

 

[Disney_Princess83]

Because American children are too stupid not to choke on the toy, LOL.

I shouldn't be laughing. I can't believe they are banned from the US.

 

[Meeko5]

I bought some knock off ones at meijer around Easter time. Minions themed, at that. My 2.5 yo looooves YouTube and surprise eggs and he was SO excited when he pulled them out of his basket. They were broken and the chocolate was gross but he loved hem nonetheless.

So if they can sell crappy wannabe kinder eggs here I think it's crazy the real ones are banned still.

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

OP - we were just in Vancouver 8/6-8/8 and we knew we could get them there so I allowed my DS to get one (he's had them before) since the price for one is $1.99, at least it was where we found them. We also found them on our Chilkoot Charters excursion that went up into the Yukon and they were in the gift shop where we had our barbecue lunch but they were $2.49 a piece there.

I agree with the many others, simply not worth the risk to bring them into the US as they are illegal and the fines are insane. I grew up in Germany so I grew up on Kinder Eggs (and other chocolate by Kinder/Ferarro) and while they are nostalgic and fun for me and my DS has grown to love them too (and we think the chocolate is yummy), no way I'd risk it.

Sadly, I did read not too long a 3 year old did choke and die from the toy from a Kinder Egg (I can't remember where though). I tend to agree the law is silly but sadly there was another recent example.

Heather

 

[MaleficentRN]

Every few months I see post here about how ridiculous the law banning Kinder Eggs in the US is. People get their ire up over it and I have to wonder if anyone here has tried to have the law amended instead of complaining about it on the internet?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Every few months I see post here about how ridiculous the law banning Kinder Eggs in the US is. People get their ire up over it and I have to wonder if anyone here has tried to have the law amended instead of complaining about it on the internet?

Here's a pretty good article about this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...urprise-eggs-illegal-in-the-usa-10055273.html

 

[brooke789]

Sadly, I did read not too long a 3 year old did choke and die from the toy from a Kinder Egg (I can't remember where though). I tend to agree the law is silly but sadly there was another recent example.

Heather

It was a French child who choked on the toy and died sometime in the last few months to year.

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

And for you to describe kinder as being embedded in chocolate means you've never seen a kinder egg.

Chocolate around a wafer shell.

Not sure where you have gotten your Kinder eggs but that isn't an authentic Kinder egg. I grew up in Germany eating them and still get them from Germany from time to time. There is no "wafer shell". A real kinder egg is an entirely chocolate shell.

I agree the regulation is stupid, at least in it's application to Kinder Eggs. Other countries don't have issues with their kids swallowing the toys.