In light of all the awesome post-Easter candy sales going on at Duane Reades and bodegas across the city, just a quick PSA that yes, delicious Kinder Eggs are still illegal, and the feds have been raiding the stores that carry them.
Last week, DNAinfo.com posted a slideshow pointing shoppers toward "contraband Kinder Eggs," and a few days later ran a follow up about officials from the Consumer Produce Safety Commission vetting several of the Manhattan stores, like Economy Candy and Jin Market, that were mentioned in the original article (um, duh).
The Italian-made candy, which features a plastic-encased toy inside of a hollow chocolate egg, are considered to be a choking hazard and are banned across the entire US. They also happen to be quite tasty, and are something of a cult candy item for junk-food enthusiasts, some of whom have announced plans to start a campaign to petition the government to "stop this nanny state garbage."
"It's a bloody chocolate with a toy inside. It's not smuggling crack cocaine," said Jigs Patel, owner of the Upper East Side's London Candy Co. He's right, and anyway, shouldn't we be more concerned with the shocking news that candy is making us fat?
