Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Putting the Choco Treasure Egg to the Test

I had to do it, folks. I had to find out about the Easter Choco Treasure first hand. I shelled out the buck and put the egg in my purse so as to hide it from the Sugar Baby. Of course, what did he see when he was getting out of the car? There was no way I was going to give it to him, so I told him it was his special surprise for afterschool. Then I swapped it with a Cadbury Caramel Egg (made in Canada).
So here's what I found.
Upon uncrinkling the foil wrapper, it gives the recommendation for children 3+. Too bad you can't see that more readily. Once you tear off the foil, the chocolate egg immediately separates into two halves and a pretty heavy-duty yellow egg capsule is exposed. This is the secret to getting FDA compliance, I'm sure. Because the chocolate breaks away, you know what part you're supposed to eat and which part you're not supposed to ingest. My egg contained a strip of stickers.
Now for the real test. The taste test. Frankly, it wasn't too bad. I expected the absolute worst, but this was decent enough. If I was a kid on Easter morning, I'd definitely chow this down.
But my kid will not be chomping on one of these. I'm back on my "no-chocolate-from-China" horse. Not only do we need to keep jobs here in this great country, but we also need to make sure we do our best to know what goes into our kids' mouths. When it comes to candy that's shipped from the other side of the world in a country with no regulations, it just ain't happening in this house.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did you buy it? Thanks!

Candy Yum Yum said...

I got it at Stop & Shop, although I've also seen them at CVS.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting! I found them for Easter at CVS. My kids were soooooo happy!

Anonymous said...

The chocolate is actually imported from New Zealand and Australia so its 10 times better than any chocolate you'll in our great Country. manufacturer's here care only about MONEY. Also, this is pure 100% milk chocolate. I sell this in my store and know all about it. Only the toy is manufactures in China.