Kinder Eggs

[PrincessShmoo]

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.

You did read the post directly above yours?

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

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ree-year-old-french-girl-chokes-a6822626.html

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

You did read the post directly above yours?

I missed it but saw it afterwards. I stand by what I said. One child is not an issue, it's an anomoly. Millions of Kinder Eggs have been produced and many eaten since their introduction over 40 years ago. I can find reference to less than 6 deaths caused by them in that time. Call me callous if you will but 1 death is statistically irrelevant, even 6 would be. There will always be accidental deaths caused by any product. The almost complete lack of any over 40 years for a product would make one think it's pretty safe.

And before anyone jumps down my throat, yes I realize that it is entirely possible that there were more deaths that were erroneously attributed to another cause or simply not reported in a manner that can be researched.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I missed it but saw it afterwards. I stand by what I said. One child is not an issue, it's an anomoly. Millions, maybe even billions for all I know, of Kinder Eggs have been produced and many eaten since their introduction over 40 years ago. I can find reference to less than 6 deaths caused by them in that time. Call me callous if you will but 1 death is statistically irrelevant, even 6 would be. There will always be accidental deaths caused by any product. The almost complete lack of any over 40 years for a product would make one think it's pretty safe.

I sort of agree. Of course, I would totally NOT agree if any of those 6 deaths were relatives of mine. But, yes "only" 6 deaths (at least that have been accounted for) in 40 years is "insignificant".

But, the law has been set. And no one has seen fit to try to rescind it.

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

I sort of agree. Of course, I would totally NOT agree if any of those 6 deaths were relatives of mine.

I might change my opinion if it were someone I was related to but then people have accused me of being a cold-hearted person so maybe not.

But, the law has been set. And no one has seen fit to try to rescind it.

Very true. Maybe cause it's more fun living on the edge, sticking it to the man.

 

[kiapepito]

I just got back from Ensenada last month and brought in about six of them. I had no problems and also did not hide them at all. They also did not confiscate my two bottles of beers that I brought back on the boat... (Carnival Cruise)

 

[wilkeliza]

You did read the post directly above yours?



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ree-year-old-french-girl-chokes-a6822626.html

What happened to that little girl could have happened to any small child with a small toy. I can't imagine she thought it was candy but maybe. Kids put stuff in their mouths all the time that isn't food but it isn't suddenly illegal. Look how many kids die or are severely injured due to swallowing button batteries and the fact they are still on the market and used in children's toys and birthdays cards.




To the point on trying to change the law I just wouldn't know where to begin. The law is a blanket type law so I'm not sure how to clarify it so it does make some things safe with out outlawing things that seen rediculous.

 

[TestingH2O]

Look how many kids die or are severely injured due to swallowing button batteries and the fact they are still on the market and used in children's toys and birthdays cards.

Excellent point. Also magnets. Heck, those stupid velcro ball things that were getting in kids' hair last Christmas!

I'm pretty sure the article Schmoo posted about the Mars lobbyists gets to the heart of the issue. $$$$$$

 

[FigmentSpark]

Certainly, the parts within the plastic egg under the chocolate are small. If a child choked on them, it happened long after the chocolate was consumed and after the plastic egg was opened. I do see the concern, but the parts don't look like candy. They have instructions on how to put the toy together, as well. And there are warnings that the eggs are for ages 3+. Kids younger than that put everything in their mouths.

 

[disneyholic family]

i knew they were illegal to sell them in the states, but had no idea you could be fined if you brought them in for personal use...
my mom always buys them when she visits us, to take back to my nephews in the states...

 

[Kuzcotopia1]

All this thread makes me want are Cadbury Flakes.

 

[Geomom]

All this thread makes me want are Cadbury Flakes.

Bought that on our trip as well!

 

[st0nehedge]

All this thread makes me want are Cadbury Flakes.

What are these? Anything like Cadbury eggs?

 

[FigmentSpark]

What are these? Anything like Cadbury eggs?

More like a chocolate bar made of flakes of chocolate. So imagine someone took some really awesome milk chocolate, shaved it with the large slicer on a grater and then rolled it into a bar so it would stick together, but not melt together. One bar to eat, but flaky when you bite it. Yum.

Well, actually, more like this:

 

[MomForFrozenAddicts]

An US version of KinderEgg is available in NY. There are girl and boy toys to choose from. 1/2 of the egg is the chocolate and the other 1/2 of the egg is the toy.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

An US version of KinderEgg is available in NY. There are girl and boy toys to choose from. 1/2 of the egg is the chocolate and the other 1/2 of the egg is the toy.

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Ah...but, see the toy is not "embedded" in the chocolate (as in surrounded by it). It just shares a container with the chocolate.

 

[cruisehopeful]

I didn't think anything about buying them in Vancouver and bringing them on the ship. I even carried them in my plastic bag with other candy/snacks as we went through customs. Nobody said anything, but I won't bring them again in the future after reading this thread.

 

[wilkeliza]

An US version of KinderEgg is available in NY. There are girl and boy toys to choose from. 1/2 of the egg is the chocolate and the other 1/2 of the egg is the toy.

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Hm I wonder what those taste like. It is definitely different chocolate than than the standard KinderEgg. Must find some for an important research project haha.

 

[GrannyDee]

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

LOL. I used to give my kids Turkish Delight every night when I read them The Chronicles of Narnia.

We live in Canada and have a (Costco) box of Kinder Surprises at all times for when our granddaughters come to visit. As other posters have said, the toy is in a larger, plastic container, not "embedded" in the chocolate.

Would I give it to a two year-old? Not without supervision, not the toy once it's out of its container (which would be difficult for a two year-old to open). In much the same way as I wouldn't give small pieces of Lego to a two year-old.

 

[GrannyDee]

"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.

For real??? That's hilarious.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Omg I am so glad I read this I had no idea! I was bringing them over for gifts to my American friends.... You saved me from a big fine thank you!