Who else put Kinder Eggs in the stockings yesterday?

They were in the stocking here. Both were a huge disappointment. We had broken toy, too and neither kid would eat whatever that gooey stuff was. Big boo!

I smuggled some back from Germany a few days ago. The kids had already heard of them, but we're glad they were real. 

the toys are designed to be assembled - were the pieces broken?

Yeah - the 'goop' is delicious but NOT as good or the same as the genuine Kinder eggs

we found them an okay substitute but would rather have the rea lthing

I live in Canada and am very well aware that they are illegal in the USA.  I know who the manufacturer is.  I love all of the Fererro products.  I go to Europe (Germany / Austria) and buy other products made by this company but more difficult to find in Canada.

I cannot understand that why the FDA considers this item to be illegal. A year or more ago, there was quite the discussion on this board about Kinder Eggs and why the restrictions on them being sold in America.  This topic is closed for me.  I am grateful that I live in Canada and can eat basically what I want to and as being part of the Commonwealth, have yummy chocolates available for me to purchase.  

Perhaps it was my use of the phrase 'to get around' that makes it sound like I think Ferrero is doing something bad and I've offended you?  Let me assure you, I think Kinder Eggs being illegal in the US is stupid.  

I just thought the story behind the creation of the 1938 act was interesting and Ferrero's attempt at making Kinder Eggs that would be legal in the US more of a "Here, you crazy Americans.  How 'bout these?" idea.  

My kids had one and are a little of the goop, but not much. Very disappointing. I’m wondering why it was so darn expensive if it was made in the US (are they?). I realize it takes a lot of work to create that but i think they were over $6/each (a specialty candy store where prices are high on everything).

Mom26 that’s a good article you linked. I’ve read others in the past but this one contains interesting details.

You know, I never get tired of hearing the many reasons you're grateful to be Canadian, because of what's wrong with the U.S.

I have found that the vast majority of Americans (at least here) are not like that. Yet, in your eagerness to ‘defend’ our country (against whom, I don’t know), you manage to paint the lot of us as over-sensitive assholes, all while pissing off a large segment of our pea population who have been nothing but supportive. Please stop.

Yikes. They're available at WM for less than $2.

Dalai Mama:  You put it perfectly into words!

Except she doesn't

You, however sound very "American" according to your beliefs with almost everything you post when it comes to your dislike of our country. Canadians being way too nice and polite is not you.

My kids all got the Kinder Joys. We like them ok. The toys are cute and I like the chocolate filling. I have only had European Kinder eggs once, so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. I thought the toys were cute and I like just about every candy Fererro makes.

There's no " gloop" in the original Kinder, as someone else mentioned earlier, they're hollow and the toys is in a plastic capsule inside the egg.

I was given to understand that it was because there was a non food item touching the food item ( the capsule made of plastic inside the hollow chocolate egg) and the fact that the toy could be a chocking hazard was the reason they were banned in the US.Our capsules are too big for any child to swallow and pretty difficult to open by an adult let alone a child. You have to sort pf push it in and twist it to open it. All ours do have a warning on them that they are not suitable for children under 3 years old. The toys inside are small and some you do have to assemble yourself.

Kinder egg caused three fatalities in 40 years according to safety reports, which is a pretty low considering the billions of Kinder eggs which have been sold around the world.