Delicious chocolate eggs with a figurine or other surprise inside have their own interesting story. Every fan of Kinder Surprise products will probably want to remember the best Kinder Surprise collections of the 1990s, because in the 20th century such beloved toys were produced: hippos, crocodiles, lions, ghosts, frogs, sharks, etc.
Toy series in the 21st century are also often interesting, although true Kinder Surprise fans are convinced that the quality of these souvenirs and surprises is no longer the same.
Kinder surprise collections
Every year, the creators of chocolate eggs with toys for children try to surprise their fans by coming up with new series of collectible figurines.
I offer reviews of different Kinder Surprise Maxi and regular Kinder Surprise collections presented in Ukraine:
Kinders 2019
Kinder surprise 2018
Kinder surprise collection 2017
Kinder history of creation
Let’s also plunge into nostalgia for the past together and remember how chocolate eggs were created, in which a plastic capsule with a toy is hidden, who invented Kinder Surprise, what were the best Kinder collections of the 1990s and what variations of Kinder Surprise exist today.
Delicious chocolate eggs with a capsule containing a surprise for a child were invented in Italy. In Kinder Surprise's native language, these treats are called Kinder Sorpresa or "surprise for children."
The popular Kinder Surprise trademark is owned by Ferrero (Italy). But the idea to produce such surprises (chocolate + toy) belonged to William Salice, who worked for many years at Ferrero and helped its owner Mr. Ferrero a lot, and also wanted children to like chocolate eggs all year round, and not just at Easter.
The world's first Kinder Surprise was released in the early 1970s, although chocolate eggs with figures in them were sold before. It’s just that Ferrero managed to popularize Kinder Surprise around the world.
The younger Ferrero, who continued his father’s work at the Ferrero factory, did not like milk since childhood, although he understood that it was very useful for a growing child’s body. So he decided that chocolate surprise eggs would be healthier if they had a higher milk content (from 32 to 42 percent). Thus, Kinder Surprise has become not only interesting due to the surprises inside, but also useful due to its properties.
The designer of the first ones also played a big role in the history of kinders. collectible toys Henry Roth from Switzerland. The first surprises that came across in Kinder Surprise eggs were mini children's construction sets.
Later, Henry Rotu came up with a series of metal figurines (soldiers, cowboys, Indians), then collectible ballerinas, sea pirates, representatives of various professions, etc. were released.
Each collection sold out so quickly that it was soon decided to create lines of toys united by a common concept: cartoon characters, characters from fairy tales, etc.
The CIS countries remember the Kinder Surprise collections of the 1990s very well. The most famous then were the following series of toys:
- Crocodiles school students (year of graduation 1991)
- Hippos on vacation (1992 series, appeared in the CIS in 1996 under the name Happy Hippos Holiday)
- Lion cubs on a picnic with tents (year of release 1993)
- Frogs on winter holidays(year of manufacture 1993)
- Winter Penguins (released 1994)
- Sharks (year of release 1995)
- Ghosts (released 1996)
- Aliens (released 1998)
Each collection of Kinder Surprise toys is unique and created exclusively for this brand.
Kinder surprise in different countries
Although the younger Ferrero, who successfully replaced his father at the helm of the company, died in 2011, and William Salice, who invented the Kinder surprise eggs, died at the end of December 2016 at the age of 83, their invention continues to delight millions of children from different countries and today, as the story of Kinder Surprise continues.
Over the entire history of Ferrero, more than 30 billion kinder surprises have been sold worldwide.
Today, several types of surprises with toys inside are produced from Ferrero:
- regular kinder surprises
- Kinder Joy
- Kinder Maxi
- Kinder Maxi King
The brand name Kinder Surprise may vary slightly depending on the country: in Russian-speaking countries it is “Kinder Surprise”, in Germany it is Kinder Uberraschung, in Italy and Spain it is Kinder Sorpresa, in Sweden it is Kinder Kinderoverraskelse, in Brazil chocolate eggs are sold under the name Kinder Surpresa , in English-speaking countries called Kinder Surprise, etc.
In European countries, including Ukraine, Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs are very popular in the 21st century. But for residents of some countries they are practically inaccessible. In countries where it is too hot, they mainly offer Kinder Joy surprises. They are not as fusible as regular Kinder Surprise.
And in the USA, for example, the rules for such tasty toys are too complicated. In this country, it is important that the candy be available to children of all ages, and Kinder surprises usually indicate the restriction that they are not intended for children 0-3 years old due to small parts. New laws allow Kinder Surprise to be sold in the US, but only if several conditions are met:
- The capsule inside the kinder should be visible from the outside (its edges should look out between the chocolate halves). That's the only way little baby will understand that there is something inedible inside.
- The toy in the capsule must be solid and large, without additional parts.
It is clear that ordinary kinder surprises (the same “Smurfs”, “Masha and the Bear”, “Kinderino”, “Parrots”, etc.) cannot be brought to the USA under such conditions, and a fine for unofficial import for each egg may amount to 2.5 thousand dollars.
Probably almost all of our readers are familiar with “Kinder Surprise” - a chocolate egg with a surprise containing inside Plastic container with a toy or souvenir that is developed by both in-house and invited designers. Over the many years of the existence of this brand, such chocolate eggs have been produced by many companies around the world.
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1. The trademark belongs to the Italian company Ferrero. The production of chocolate eggs by this company began in 1974.
2. The inventor of Kinder Surprise was the Swiss designer Henry Roth, who came up with the idea of creating a chocolate gift with a surprise inside.
3. Kinder surprises are sold and bought on 5 continents in 60 countries.
4. The entire line of Ferrero products for children is called Kinder. It is for this reason that the word “kinder” is an integral part of the name of the chocolate egg. But the second part of the name, the word “surprise” is translated into its analogue, depending on the country where it is sold. Thus, Ferrero’s chocolate eggs are called “Kinder Uberraschung” in Germany, “Kinder Sorpresa” in Italy and Spain, “Kinder Surpresa” in Portugal and Brazil, “Kinderoverraskelse” in Sweden and Norway, “Kinder Surprise” in England, Well, in Russia - “Kinder Surprise”.
5. For countries with hot climates, Kinder Surprise eggs with toys inside are produced by Ferrero in a less “fusible” version called Kinder Joy.
6. By now, “Kinder surprises” have become popular not only among children, but also among adults who collect toys made from these eggs. Collecting has acquired quite serious proportions. At online auctions, prices for rare types of toys can exceed 1,000 euros. In February 2007, at an eBay auction, a collection of 90 thousand toys was sold for 30 thousand euros.
7. In Russia, 93% of the population aged 4 to 50 years know about Kinder Surprise.
8. In addition to Kinder Surprise, the Ferrero company produces candies, dragees, cakes, pastes, chocolate, bars: Ferrero, Raffaello, Fiesta, Nutella, Duplo, Tic-Tac and so on, so on...
9. Chocolate egg Kinder Surprise is prohibited from sale in the USA, where according to federal law 1938: Inedible items cannot be placed in food.
10. The total weight of the egg is approximately 35 grams.
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I very rarely write food reviews, but I couldn't help but ignore this one. huge Kinder, which was presented to me as a gift. Until this moment, I periodically observed it in the store, but spend 1500 rubles(that’s exactly how much it costs in the Victoria store) I couldn’t even afford 220 grams of chocolate.
By the way, the weight of a regular Kinder chocolate egg is 20 grams, and the price is about 60 rubles, therefore, 220 grams (i.e. 11 pieces) of such eggs would cost 660 rubles, which is still more than 2 times cheaper than this miracle, the size of a human head.
This is what it looks like compared to my head
Today I want to tell you what kind of egg it turned out to be and what was inside it.
Country of Origin- Italy, weight- 220 grams, price- 1500 rubles.
📌 Packaging
Like regular chocolate kinders, this egg is packaged in foil packaging. In this case, the foil turned out to be denser and stronger (for that kind of money), and it was also well fastened together.
The packaging itself is bright, beautiful, in the usual Kinder design.
There is an abundance of information on the packaging in different languages, information in Russian about the manufacturer and importer, composition, expiration date, as well as precautions regarding the toy.
📌 Chocolate egg
The chocolate egg turned out to be very thick, but it still crumbled, so I couldn’t separate the halves nicely. It differed slightly in design from the usual kinder - the outside of the egg was ribbed.
In addition, the inside of the egg was very sloppily made, the chocolate had streaks, and not an even glaze.
Everything else was the same - milk chocolate on the outside, white chocolate on the inside.
I put the toy aside for now.
The composition is generally the same as other chocolate eggs. But there is simply an abundance of sugar in the egg, it lies primarily in the milk chocolate that covers the egg, and also in large quantities found in white chocolate.
The egg tastes sweet, tender (the chocolate literally melts in your mouth), but a little cloying- the abundance of sugar makes itself felt. I was able to eat it only with a lot of tea - chocolate makes me very thirsty.
I have a terrible sweet tooth, but even it took me three days to eat this huge egg.
📌 Toy
The toy was in a large, bright package that looked more like a pill. I was dissatisfied with the packaging - it was made of very soft plastic (although even ordinary kinders now use thick plastic), and, secondly, even my 22-year-old aunt had difficulty opening it. A child definitely wouldn’t be able to cope with this.
Inside there was a toy disassembled in a durable plastic bag, stickers and all sorts of brochures. It's not hard to guess that I had an egg with a toy from the Despicable Me collection, so I got a minion. The stickers were also with minions.
The toy did not contain small parts, and I assembled it quite quickly.
I got it minion traveler with a backpack. The toy itself is made and painted with high quality. The toy is static and does not spin at all. In addition, it turned out that it was not very stable and was only supported by the backpack.
The inside of the backpack is empty. It is supposed to be used as a pencil holder. But it is very small, and pencils fall out of it. Therefore, I decided to include all sorts of small things like jewelry, buttons and coins.