Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Unexpected Blocks

     There they were at our neighborhood grocery, looking like some Warsaw Pact version of the famous (and very trademarked) plastic building bricks:
   
     Thing is, the grocer's in my neighborhood doesn't have a toy section....
     Yes, it says "Candy Blox," and they were right next to the big jars of "penny" candy.  I checked: they do interlock, weakly, and they taste okay, too -- sugar, citric acid, just like the label claims; maybe some fruit flavor.  Just the thing if you're topping a cake for someone in the grip of  Legomania™ -- although it may give Junior Structural Engineers some unrealistic expectations.

     (There's a storm coming through and the power went out -- and stayed out for five minutes! -- right as I went to add photos.  Oh, First World Problems.)
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5 comments:

  1. fillyjonkJuly 23, 2014 at 7:08 AM

    My local small grocery has those, but they're all officially packaged up in little boxes from the company that makes them.


    I'm guessing they're something like Swee-Tarts, just differently shaped. (The company can call me when it starts making good chocolates shaped like LEGO.)

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  2. AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 9:39 AM

    Does anyone else think that these things might give Junior the wrong idea about what and what not to put in his mouth? I forsee lawsuits.

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  3. Old NFOJuly 23, 2014 at 4:08 PM

    Anon DOES raise a good point... sigh

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  4. SJJuly 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM

    I don't recall ever seeing such edible blocks when I was of-age to play with the non-edible kind...

    But I suspect that the non-edible kind are typically provided to children who are old enough to figure out the difference. Even if the figuring-out involves a taste-test.

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  5. mmoss@xyz.comJuly 27, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    What, no Hansel and Gretel jokes?

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