Ohhhhhhhhhh crud: the Kinder Egg is coming to America.

My kids are going to pop their tabs, or whatever the heck the phrase is today. However, they’re not Kinder Surprise Eggs; they’re Kinder Joy Eggs. What’s the difference?

The difference with the Kinder Joy egg is that it comes with two individually wrapped halves. One half has the surprise toy inside, the other has tiny wafer balls, chocolate cream, and a tiny scoop. So basically, your kids are still going to love them. And you no longer have to feel like a criminal smuggling contraband into your home if you stumble upon one.

…Perhaps it’s my disreputable Irish heritage, but: I’ve always been a little hazy on why smuggling as smuggling is so bad.  I mean, yes, don’t smuggle human beings or cocaine. That’s wicked.  But chocolate eggs? Jeebus, if you’re that worried about choking hazards then watch your kids when they eat the danged things. This isn’t rocket science, and it’s not like Kinder Eggs are a leading cause of death among European children.

Anyway, even though these aren’t the Surprise Eggs, my kids are gonna go ape anyway.  They love those videos.

Moe Lane

PS: I get that governments hate losing out on import tariff income.  And I don’t smuggle stuff, myself.  I’m just not morally outraged by the general concept of smuggling.

9 thoughts on “Ohhhhhhhhhh crud: the Kinder Egg is coming to America.”

  1. “I’m just not morally outraged by the general concept of smuggling.”

    Of course not–you’re not losing out on that tariff revenue!

    1. *Actual* Cadbury eggs? Yeah.
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      The crappy Nestle’ knock-offs they’ve foisted on the U.S. for the last decade or so? I’d rather eat McDonalds.
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      Mew

  2. The European specialty grocery I used to live near enough to cycle to had Kinder Eggs as a cash register impulse item.
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    Never bought one.
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    In hindsight, I shall add this to my list of regrets.
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    Mew

  3. We’re from the government- and we are here to make sure your child is completely without joy.

  4. Beat the system! You gotta fight for your right to party! Freedom! Etc etc etc.

  5. As far as I’m concerned, the only difficulty with smuggling is finding a trustworthy buyer on the other end.
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    John Hancock was known as King of the Smugglers. He is also one of our founding fathers, and one of the few signers of the Declaration of Independence that people actually remember. Much of our supplies for that war entered the colonies illegally. Smuggling is part of our national character, and I make no apology for it.

  6. When I took German in high school, the teacher had a stash of Kinder Surprise Eggs that we’d get some of on special occasions.
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    Personally, I didn’t think they were very good, and so never really understood the mania surrounding them here.

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