these images are mostly for my cousin jan. it was thanks to him that i learned about these little treats in the first place. i was walking through venice with jan & chrissi the day before their wedding,
snapping some casual images of them in the area where he grew up. we stopped in at the little bakery he used to go to as a kid and he pointed out these little egg shaped packages colorfully labelled, "kinder". "do you know those are illegal in the U.S.?", he said. "are you serious? why?", i responded. "well apparently they are a choking hazard to kids", he said. they are little chocolate eggs with a little toy inside and apparently some kids don't understand that you're not supposed to eat the toy".
so later when i ran across them in the airport during our layover in frankfurt, germany, i couldn't resist buying a package of them to bring back for my siblings. of course it was a win:) the girls loved them! and honestly, there wasn't a single piece of toy in any of them that would have fit well in my mouth, much less a child's. c'mon 'merica. get with the game:)
the mini-nutella is something i picked up in the airport in austria on our way to italy. we are huge nutella fans in my family and the fact that these were literally miniature replicas was way too cute to handle!! too bad there's only 2 tablespoons of yummy chocolate in them:)
