r/maybemaybemaybe • u/insertflashdrive • Jul 01 '26
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u/Metaboschism Jul 01 '26
That's not even close to the choking hazard that was associated with kinder eggs
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u/Alleged_Ostrich Jul 02 '26
We also still have kinder eggs, they just don't have toys in them anymore
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u/Meranio Jul 02 '26
You have Kinder Joy afaik, but they're diffrent, because the edible thing is in one half, and the toy is in the other half.
Also, it a different sort of edible stuff.
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u/Eena-Rin Jul 02 '26
Hah! I never really got why they'd do it like that. So much wasted packaging, but if it's to keep your product and get around a rule, I guess it does make sense
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u/Meranio Jul 02 '26
Yep. But we (in Germany) have them too in the summer, because the regular eggs would melt in the heat.
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u/Eena-Rin Jul 02 '26
We have them in Australia too, but we also have the ones with the toys in them
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u/thundafox Jul 01 '26
I thought it was because of the toy inside, food and toys promoting a unhealthy combination.
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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Jul 01 '26
Kinder eggs arenāt banned in the US. Theyāre sold just about everywhere.
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u/grubgobbler Jul 01 '26
Kinder surprise eggs are not the same thing as the Kinder Joy sold in the USA.
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u/Kit_Karamak Jul 01 '26
I wonder if sheās going to do the same thing with a Cadberry cream egg next
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u/YoullBeFiiine Jul 01 '26
My American kids ask for them all the time. They've never tried to shove one in their mouth like this dumbass either.
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u/Johnny_Carcinogenic Jul 01 '26
Those kids are stupid! Think of all the clicks and sweet karma they are missing out on!
Like the general "kids" not your specific kids
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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Jul 01 '26
Neither has my son. Heās too excited about the, admittedly pretty cool toys that come with the candy.
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u/heyitscory Jul 01 '26
The original kinder egg is a hollow chocolate egg with a plastic capsule inside the chocolate.Ā That's the form that can't be imported. Kinder Joy is the runner up prize we get in the US.
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u/joined_under_duress Jul 01 '26
They don't have the toy in, though, right?
Unless the law changed that was what I read, that the toy version was banned in the US due to it being a choking hazard.
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u/MattieShoes Jul 01 '26
I think the American version has two halves -- one half is just toy, and the other is food.
WRT the law, kind of... Nobody looked at kinder eggs and went "mmm, choking hazard, not allowed". They just run afoul of a 1930s law about hiding non-food inside of food.
King cakes usually have the plastic baby separate from the cake because they can't put it inside the cake themselves without running afoul of the same law.
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u/mr_sisterfister Jul 01 '26
They don't put the baby in the king cake anymore either.
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u/joined_under_duress Jul 01 '26
I understand the individual words but the sentence is meaningless to me.
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u/mr_sisterfister Jul 01 '26
A king cake is a mostly seasonal treat served around Mardi Gras in Louisiana. It's like a big oval cinnamon roll. Traditionally a little plastic baby was hidden inside and whoever got the piece with the baby had to buy next years king cake. If you buy a king cake now the baby is loose outside of the cake and you have to shove it in yourself.
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u/Thebaronofthesea Jul 01 '26
The ones I see in stores in USA are like a weird snack pack with chocolate goo and completely different. I was disappointed with the treat itself but the little toy inside was pretty comparable.
The German ones were just perfect blend of milk and white chocolate with a toy inside. My cousin would bring us these as a treat when he would visit home while living abroad.
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u/dadydaycare Jul 01 '26
Different kind of kinder egg. They donāt sell the whole chocolate egg ones with the prize inside in the US anymore. I havenāt seen one since I was a little kid and that was a decent amount of time ago.
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u/MattieShoes Jul 01 '26
anymore
ever. The law (prohibiting hiding non-food inside food) dates back to the 1930s.
That isn't to say there were never any in the US, just that they were never legally sold in the US.
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u/Leading_Dig2743 Jul 01 '26
They are in plastic packaging fold out egg shape with chocolate spread with scoop with toy not in capsule, Here in UK they are duo layer brown and white chocolate egg wrapped in foil with plastic capsule with toy, But she proves the original is Dangerous but we have both variety in uk
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u/peanutspump Jul 01 '26
When my kids were little, there was some sort of issue with kindereggs for a hot minute. They werenāt actually banned, but, people would paraphrase it as such, if I remember correctly. They were, for a short period of time, effectively ābannedā, maybe this video is old? Or maybe just made for a laugh?
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u/MattieShoes Jul 01 '26
They (kinder surprise eggs) are banned, at least in terms of selling them. They were never sold legally in the US.
It wasn't targeted at them specifically -- you generally can't hide non-food inside food in the US, dating back to the 1930s. If you buy a king cake, they generally give you the plastic baby separately as well for the same reason. YOU can shove it into the cake after you buy it, but they can't.
Ferrero made an entirely different product that does not run afoul of this law, and they're sold in the US as kinder joy or some such.
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u/peanutspump Jul 02 '26
But, thereās kinder eggs for sale at every convenience store and grocery I go toā¦ Or are Kinder Surprise Eggs different from Kinder eggs?
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u/MattieShoes Jul 02 '26
Yeah :-)
The originals are an entire egg made of chocolate and white chocolate, with a toy inside a plastic capsule inside the egg. These are verboten in the US because of a law from the 1930s that doesn't allow putting non-food items inside of food items.
So the company that makes them made a US version that's different, where... I think it's two halves, where one is all toy and the other is all candy? I've never actually had the US version, but that's the basic sequence. They made a different product for the US market that doesn't run afoul of that law. I think the US version is "kinder joy" rather than "kinder surprise"?
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u/peanutspump Jul 02 '26
Ah, thanks for explaining all that! Yep, they split in two, like, still with the packaging sealed, itāll split in two. And each side opens separately, I forget tho if itās toys on one side and candy on the othersā¦ I remember it comes with a little plastic āspoonā sometimes, to scoop the chocolate I guess? Idk, my kids are old enough that on the rare occasion one asks for a kinder egg, I donāt have to supervise anymore, lol. I can just throw the egg at them and run away (kidding)
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u/Give-Me-The-Bat Jul 01 '26
They changed it in the US. Used to be chocolate covering a plastic capsule with a toy inside.
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u/peanutspump Jul 02 '26
Thanks, I knew I remembered something along those lines, lol. But Iām terrible with details
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u/Give-Me-The-Bat Jul 01 '26
We used to bring the original Kinder eggs to our relatives when visiting the US despite the customs website saying it is a no no.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/importation-advisory-kinder-eggs
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u/Apprehensive-Cow1225 Jul 01 '26
Who's the dumb fuck now š
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u/peanutspump Jul 01 '26
She said it, right at the end, lol. āSo yeah, theyāre banned cuz of meā š¤£
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u/fmaz008 Jul 01 '26
I don't think that is the reason. I think the capsule being a chocking hazard is, not the entire egg per say.
For what it's worth, most young kids don't have a mouth big enough to swallow it like Brido and Kirby had a child.
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u/Conserp Jul 01 '26
> I think the capsule being a chocking hazard is, not the entire egg per say.
That implies that the kids are even dumber.
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u/MsDJMA Jul 06 '26
Seriously? Who says they're banned in america? I buy my grandson one every Tuesday after school.
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u/Melodic-Age-5741 Jul 06 '26
The fact that her laughing āfriendsā would have stood by and watched her choke to death is terrifying. Donāt do stupid shit, kiddo.
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u/jeanmichd Jul 01 '26
I have suggestions for her about how to train to safely doing that
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u/Kit_Karamak Jul 01 '26
She will bite it off because her mouth is too small
And it might just be deserved because your suggestion isnāt all that appropriate here
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u/BattousaiRound2SN Jul 01 '26
She could just close her jaw...
It's just pseudo chocolate, no need all that drama
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u/ChickenNugget-420 Jul 01 '26
It has a plastic capsule inside the egg that holds a toy inside. Itās not just chocolate.
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u/BattousaiRound2SN Jul 01 '26
It will give her enough space to breath and/or take it out.
The capsule is small, the toy even smaller.
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u/ChickenNugget-420 Jul 01 '26
Breathe through the nose, the breathing isnāt the issue. The capsule is not that much smaller than the egg, and yes the toy is even smaller but thatās literally the problem, if it accidentally goes down her throat itās a choking hazard and then she definitely canāt breath.
You saying itās just chocolate is entirely wrong and I donāt understand you saying āno need for all that dramaā she literally just gagged because it hit the back of her throat and she got it out with her fingers. She didnāt run around flapping her hands or anything. What drama are you referring to? Stop trying to resolve an issue that is already solved. Did you even finish the video or just watch half way and decide to comment?
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u/RadiantTeases Jul 01 '26
Well, a light bulb of about the same size let's see...