Kinder Surprise Eggs Are Still Illegal In the USA, So Are These Adorable Amigurumi Considered Contraband?

Posted by Danielle | Jun 27, 2017 | Crochet Hacks | 5 |

UPDATE June 27, 2017! The Kinder Surprise as I know and love is still banned here in the USA. Ferraro, the company who manufactures them, is releasing an “American-proof” version – a pink one for girls and a blue one for boys (ugh, really?). The new product, Kinder Joy, is an egg where one half is all candy, and the other half is all toy. Read about it here.

So sorry, all these years later you still have to source your contraband for the crochet project below from somewhere outside the USA!

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The universe really wants me to be thinking about Kinder Surprise eggs! Yesterday I blogged about how they’re illegal in the USA and while I was writing/researching that post, I was alerted to these cuties:

Source: lastejeymaneje.blogspot.com

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5 Comments

Eloisa on January 8, 2013 at 8:25 am

Very bright and colorful! Adorable!
Molly on March 2, 2015 at 9:03 am

where can i find a recipe for this to make:)
Shiela on July 1, 2017 at 8:37 am

The biggest surprise to me is that Kinder eggs are illegal over there because of the toy, not as I would have hoped because of the gak the ‘chocolate’ is made from…
- Maschelle Mashburn on July 2, 2017 at 6:42 am
  
  I am totally unfamiliar with any toy…and these cuties are adorable! Why in the world are they illegal in the USA? People crochet amigsrumi Poké Balls , and they represent a toy…but THEY arent illegal.
knithack on July 3, 2017 at 6:01 am

It’s based on an ancient FDA rule — part of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act — which prohibits embedding “non-nutritive items” in confections. Basically you can’t put toys inside candy.