One of the most distinctive and sought-after Christmas candies along the Wasatch Front this month has been a chocolate-toy hybrid from Europe that for nearly 80 years has been banned in the U.S.

Here's another reason to get excited for the holidays: Kinder egg chocolates are finally coming to America! Kinder eggs aren't exactly a new candy — billions are sold in over 170 countries each year.

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The Kinder egg – which is technically called the “Kinder Surprise” – is a tremendously popular confectionary throughout most of the world. It consists of a thin shell of milk and white chocolate that ...

Objectively speaking, Kinder Eggs are not particularly good candy. But with chocolate halves breaking open to reveal a tiny toy prize inside, Kinder Eggs are cool, from a kid's perspective. And like ...

For the past several weeks I have been captivated by videos of adults opening Kinder eggs. “Today I’m going to show you 55 surprises,” a mellow man’s voice promises. The surprises are foil-wrapped ...

Kinder Eggs are coming to the U.S. — legally. The hollow chocolate egg with the toy surprise inside has not been allowed in the states due to a 1930s law banning candy with non-food objects inside, ...