What are the chocolate eggs with toys inside?
Kinder Eggs are hollow chocolate eggs produced by Ferrero, an Italian company. Inside of the chocolate treat is a plastic capsule that typically contains a small toy. Kinder Eggs — or Kinder Surprise, as they are officially called — are popular in Europe but are banned in the U.S.
Why Kinder Eggs are illegal?
Why are Kinder Eggs banned in the US? The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act prohibits Kinder Eggs, as they don’t allow confectionary products to contain a “non-nutritive object”. It bans “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”, so obviously the tiny toy encased in a Kinder Egg doesn’t pass.
What’s the difference between Kinder Joy and Kinder Surprise?
Kinder Joy = 2 crispy mini Ferrero Rocher-like eggs (filled with smooth, hazelnutty chocolate), both engulfed in a pool of white chocolate and eaten with a mini spoon. Kinder Surprise = 1 hollow (crappy-tasting) milk & white chocolate egg (NO FUN!!!). Both products are manufactured by the Italian company, Ferrero.
What’s inside a Kinder Egg?
Kinder Surprise is a milk chocolate egg lined with a layer of sweet milk-flavored cream. Inside each egg is a plastic capsule that contains a small surprise toy, which sometimes requires assembly. The capsule case is yellow, reportedly to resemble an egg’s yolk.
What kind of toys are in Kinder Joy eggs?
Kinder Joy has a wonderful flavorful mix between Nutella and the inside of a Ferrero Rocher candy, topped with two chocolate-covered wafer balls.
Are Kinder Eggs still illegal?
Instead of a toy being encased in a chocolate egg, it is in an egg-shaped package with the toy and chocolate pudding being separated. Kinder Surprise eggs are still illegal in the USA.
Has anyone died from Kinder eggs?
Ten children worldwide have died from choking on parts of the Kinder toy surprises after they had eaten the chocolate egg; another was attributed to another manufacturer’s product. Defenders of the chocolates said that these had been unfortunate fatalities.
Why can’t Americans buy Kinder eggs?
Though uber-popular in Europe, these eggs have been banned from the United States due to a law stating that food products are not allowed to contain non-nutritive objects (i.e. something that doesn’t provide nutrition) inside of them.