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Americans don’t have those ?
We do but the "prize" isn't allowed to be contained in the candy. But the Hippos are better anyway
Isn't that the Canadian version, avec l'emballage bilingue?!
We have multi-lingual packaging here too. Where I’m from it’s usually quadrilingual, but it could have more or fewer.
Well at least the ones we usually get here say Kinder Überaschung
That word looks like "over-ashing", like a teenager overreacting to something their parents said by burning down the house.
It's actually "Überraschung", two r's. Overreacting by developing several rashes?
über - over, above
rasch - rash (adverb), quick, hasty
So a literal translation of Überraschung would be something like overrashness. Something that happens very quickly and unexpectedly.
That just means Canadians are better than Americans too then.
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A joke, building on OP. No human is inherently better or worse than another.
There are US states who’d do well to become Canada’s 11th province.
And they can fuck off. America is completely incompatible with Canadian values. The Democratic party is so far right leaning that they're almost a 1:1 to the Canadian Conservative party. Combine that with the demographics and Canada would immediately be thrown into a rightwing spiral.
No thanks. If they want to join Canada they can emmigrate like anyone else.
4th territory
So Trump is not worse than your mom?
Loved these as a kid. They're the same in Canada
Came here to say the same thing. My kids love them into their teens. Proud Canadian who can have toys in our food, without fear of accidentally eating the toys.
Any day of the year.
These are so disappointing nowadays that I don't bother trying anymore.
Two or three decades ago, the inside was gooey and runny. Eating one of these was a messy but delicious affair. Now every time I buy one, it feels like a dried paste that has nothing in common with what I was eating as a child. For a while I thought they were just old or bad but apparently it's just how they are now.
and to any americans wondering why someone would even eat a cadburry creme egg outside of easter: in britain they're made of this magical substance called "food" and it really elevates the experience
What's the difference between the European version and the us version
The European version has the toy directly inside the chocolate egg, like you see in the photo.
The US version has the egg split in two inside. Both sides are plastic shells. One side has the toy, and the other side has a weird creme that you scoop out with an included plastic spoon.
The US version has the egg split in two inside.
We have that version too
We also have the split version in Europe
Europe (at least Germany, primarily in Summer) has that very same kinder joy though?
In the US though you're not allowed to include toys inside the chocolate because "choking risk." We all think it's dumb too but honestly it just seems like we constantly have more important shit to care about, we're not taking to the streets for some chocolate eggs.
Turns out you're wrong, as is so frequently the case with "common knowledge."
The regulation that prevents it is one that precludes inedible material being added to food, aimed at the addition of sawdust or as a tool to smack down companies literally adding gravel dust into food in the Depression.
Of course, now they just call the sawdust cellulose-based fiber addictive.
One might wonder why, exactly, it is so suspiciously many Americans have such misconceptions about food and product safety regulations.
This product is banned for sale in the United States because the toy surprise hidden inside can pose choking and aspiration hazards to children younger than 3 years of age
https://legalclarity.org/kinder-eggs-banned-in-the-u-s-laws-and-import-penalties/
The main concern for safety officials is the risk of choking for young children. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that objects embedded in confectionery can pose a public health risk because a child might unknowingly swallow the item while eating the chocolate. Under the FD&C Act, it is illegal to introduce such adulterated food products into interstate commerce, which prevents them from being sold or distributed within the United States.
So "yes" but also "choking hazard" and "I really don't care that much."
They just believe whatever credible-sounding explanation fits the criteria and move on. I say "they" its not just an American problem I'm sure its a human thing. If you spend your whole life fact checking everything you hear youll be researching your entire life.
For a long time there was no US version because one dumbass kid choked somewhere sometime or the other. Rather than accept the kid was foolish they banned them outright.
There was a place down the street selling these and we bought a few. We felt naughty.
Well can't argue with that
But Kinder chocolate sucks. It's not even better than Hershey's.
Kinder chocolate isn't good, but Hershey's is straight trash
Hershey, what if chocolate tastes like vomit?
I'm not disagreeing with you
You are entitled to your opinion. I even am known to enjoy Hershey's from time to time. However I don't always want noticeable levels of Butyric acid in my chocolate.
In which country are you making the comparison?
Because that matters to chocolate
Im USian. I prefer Lindt chocolate when I get chocolate at all. I don't eat many sweets these days.
Wow cool, shitty chocolate with a cheap piece of plastic inside.
The chocolate is good
in europe the kinder chocolate is much higher quality than in the us
True! I used to buy these every time! The gifts inside where insane for the time.
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