Beware Easter will be hear sooner than you think!
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Don't the eggs even come with a warning inside them typed out in multiple languages?0
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It's kinda funny which items get demonized and banned in different places. Americans aren't allowed Kinder eggs anymore, and Canadians can't buy walkers. It's a miracle any of us survived to adulthood.0
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Banning kinder surprise to me seems really demeaning to the parents and children.
Are they not labeled as 3 years and older or something like that?
Kinder surprise should be like a life lesson, don't put entire eggs in your mouth at once, you are not a swan.
How do kids survive to adult hood if they can't handle a kinder surprise? Do they have a personal crossing guard that follows them around so they don't have to look both ways before crossing a street?0 -
My food allergies make Cadbury Cream Eggs off limits. I find all other Easter candy yucky. I work in hot cross buns and some sort of festive dessert into my calories, enjoy for a day, then get on with life - just like Christmas and Thanksgiving.0
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Banning kinder surprise to me seems really demeaning to the parents and children.
Are they not labeled as 3 years and older or something like that?
Kinder surprise should be like a life lesson, don't put entire eggs in your mouth at once, you are not a swan.
How do kids survive to adult hood if they can't handle a kinder surprise? Do they have a personal crossing guard that follows them around so they don't have to look both ways before crossing a street?
Yeah that confounds me as well. The have easy access to guns
but cant manage a kinder surprise 
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The Founders neglected to cover Kinder Surprises in the Constitution, sadly. I blame James Madison.0
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Easter Sunday isn't the tempting time for me. It's the after-holiday candy sales. I will stock up - straight milk chocolate. No Cadbury, no jelly beans, no Peeps. Just milk chocolate and lots of it!0
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Banning kinder surprise to me seems really demeaning to the parents and children.
Are they not labeled as 3 years and older or something like that?
Kinder surprise should be like a life lesson, don't put entire eggs in your mouth at once, you are not a swan.
How do kids survive to adult hood if they can't handle a kinder surprise? Do they have a personal crossing guard that follows them around so they don't have to look both ways before crossing a street?
I generally don't like to criticize other parents because we all mess up on various things, and it feels really bad to be criticized as a parent...but...it should also be common sense for a parent NOT to give a combined candy-and-choky-toy to a toddler, say "have at it" and then walk away and let the kid figure it all out.
For older kids, you can SAY to them, "Eat ONLY the candy" and they'll get it.
So...I don't know. I am just scratching my head over this. I'm not downplaying any tragedy that may have occurred, because there's no snark-worthy child-related tragedy, IMO, but...come on.
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Banning kinder surprise to me seems really demeaning to the parents and children.
Are they not labeled as 3 years and older or something like that?
Kinder surprise should be like a life lesson, don't put entire eggs in your mouth at once, you are not a swan.
How do kids survive to adult hood if they can't handle a kinder surprise? Do they have a personal crossing guard that follows them around so they don't have to look both ways before crossing a street?
I generally don't like to criticize other parents because we all mess up on various things, and it feels really bad to be criticized as a parent...but...it should also be common sense for a parent NOT to give a combined candy-and-choky-toy to a toddler, say "have at it" and then walk away and let the kid figure it all out.
For older kids, you can SAY to them, "Eat ONLY the candy" and they'll get it.
So...I don't know. I am just scratching my head over this. I'm not downplaying any tragedy that may have occurred, because there's no snark-worthy child-related tragedy, IMO, but...come on.
Yes exactly!! A bit of common sense is all.....
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christinev297 wrote: »Banning kinder surprise to me seems really demeaning to the parents and children.
Are they not labeled as 3 years and older or something like that?
Kinder surprise should be like a life lesson, don't put entire eggs in your mouth at once, you are not a swan.
How do kids survive to adult hood if they can't handle a kinder surprise? Do they have a personal crossing guard that follows them around so they don't have to look both ways before crossing a street?
Yeah that confounds me as well. The have easy access to guns but cant manage a kinder surprise :
Well, that's because nobody has come out with a "You Can Have My Kinder Egg When You Pry It From My Cold Dead Fingers" bumper sticker yet, standing up for the right to bear Kinder Eggs.
Americans will get this association.
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The flexible dieting Easter Bunny came early...
I can help you eat some of that. Especially the ones with the Cadbury Creme Eggs. oh the Smarties as well.
I would say the only thing keeping me from buying Easter candy is the price, but well, I caved today. Paid more for one Cadbury Creme Egg then I normally would.
However, I wish Easter was later then what it was! My church is doing a cantata and I am in the choir. Due to snow storms, we've missed four rehearsals in the last month or so. We are having to have an extra week day practice to try to be ready. We need it!!!
As I lament over that, I just need to avoid the Easter candy aisle in every store I got into. Right now I am doing my best NOT to eat the small little chocolate bunnies I got for my nephews.
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I always find chocolate is self limiting as it gives me a massive headache. Love chocolate but always try and buy a really good brand and only have a little bit of it.
Trying to think back to when my kids were little because they had a heap of Kinder surprises. I'm assuming they were over three.
My memory is mostly of them all over the floor and the pain they caused if you accidently walked on one. 0 -
This is hardly a religious discussion so just ignore the holier-than-thous. My entire life my mother gave us a basket full of chocolate as Easter time. I'm not at all religious so I enjoy "Easter" as more of a start of Spring, good weather and flowers celebration. Regardless of your religious affiliation, yes, most people have food as the center of celebrations.
My opinion is this:
Only you know what type of will power you have. If your will power sucks make sure the candy is given away or thrown away by the end of the day. Eat some candy that day and save 2 small pieces and trash the rest. (I love candy. It's a big reason I'm on here.
I only have 4 pounds to lose but it's all cookies and candy. I don't eat chips or lots of pizza or anything like that but I love candy.)
If your family and friends know you're trying to get healthy, why would they give you chocolate? It's not very supportive. Let them know they are hurting your efforts and maybe you can get a gift card or something...or 1 expensive, gourmet chocolate bar instead of all the bunnies and stuff.
I think the best thing to do is have 2 small pieces, keep 2 small pieces, trash/gift the rest. Focus on everything else you love about the holiday and season so you don't get caught up feeling left out with the candy eating.0 -
World Market sells some Kinder products but there's something about not having a toy inside that makes them not as appealing to me.
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TL;DR
*HERE not hear.0 -
You just can't go wrong with the Easter colored peanut butter M&Ms, though.
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My boyfriends family does an Easter celebration with everyone. His mother insists on giving all of her adult children Easter baskets. This means I'll have a basket full of chocolate! I'm hoping this year she only gives me a few things. I'll just enjoy it slowly over a few weeks and/or freeze some for later.0
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jennifershoo wrote: »TL;DR
*HERE not hear.
Thank you for your valuable contribution. It has given me a lot to think about.
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We used to always do the Easter get-together with the family and everyone would be told not to bring any Easter presents "just a small egg for the basket in the centre of the table." Well you should have seen that basket, it would be brimming with chocolate eggs.
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My boyfriends family does an Easter celebration with everyone. His mother insists on giving all of her adult children Easter baskets. This means I'll have a basket full of chocolate! I'm hoping this year she only gives me a few things. I'll just enjoy it slowly over a few weeks and/or freeze some for later.
I make my husband an Easter basket.
He digs it.
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We used to always do the Easter get-together with the family and everyone would be told not to bring any Easter presents "just a small egg for the basket in the centre of the table." Well you should have seen that basket, it would be brimming with chocolate eggs.
same here, plus we hid a whole heap around the garden for them to find. But all the kids in my family are grown so haven't done an Easter get together for years.
I'd be most annoyed if one of the kids asked for an "Easter present" , WTF!!?? It's Easter, not their birthday or Christmas.
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Things have certainly changed. My family has scattered so it won't be happening this Easter. They were good times when the children were young. I used to spend hours making up a map with clues for the kids to follow Easter morning. I have kept a few of the maps and will try them out on my grandchildren, if I ever get any!! But I think the children of today would find that very boring and be looking for their "Easter present."
It was ever funnier giving the maps to the adults at the end of the evening after they had had a few drinks and watching the performance. 0 -
I don't celebrate Easter, but I do celebrate Ostara. Like a few people said, it has nothing to do with candy.
On a side note: if people knew the origin of "egg hunting" they likely would never let their children play again.
LOL, the egg hunting origin is funny.... OP, nobody is forcing you to eat chocolate. Personally it's a religious holiday for me, so church, family meal and some chocolate for the kids when they were little.... Not sure why every holiday should be used as an excuse to pig out......0 -
I'm looking forward to the ham. 0
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On the banning of kinder surprise discussion: they were banned after multiple children died from choking. Unfortunately, the company was blamed instead of parents not watching their children.0
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I don't celebrate Easter, but I do celebrate Ostara. Like a few people said, it has nothing to do with candy.
On a side note: if people knew the origin of "egg hunting" they likely would never let their children play again.
Not sure why every holiday should be used as an excuse to pig out......
I don't know if I would call it pigging out. Most holiday foods seem to be calorie dense. Doesn't take much, eating a sensible amount, to get high in calories.
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Hearts_2015 wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »So much delicious candy:D.
I've ate my fair share of Russell Stover Eggs this year.
I might have one... um, or two.
I'm sure I've ate around 10-20.0 -
I don't find the Easter chocolates appealing at all. I'd rather make a healthy chocolate bean brownie cake, have a small piece and let the kids have their chocolate treats.0
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