kinderegg
		kinder sorpresa
    kinder ägg
kinder surprise
	    kinder ei
               kinder överraskning
			surprise egg
    kinderÜberraschungsEier

(Jan 2001) James will ship Canadian kindereggs to people in the U.S. for less than a dollar each (in large quantities). I ordered a box from him and was happy to receive them quickly and well packaged. Others have also written to tell me that they were pleased with James' service.

(November 9, 2000) An amusing article: Germany's Finest Import: The Strangest Candy Of All Time!

(October 22, 1998) Would anyone like to send me a sample of the Cadbury Yowie? I've never seen one. (I'll trade you a Brazilian Kinderegg.) Write kindereggs@moonmilk.com.

(April 28, 1998) Karen (kf2@post.queensu.ca) writes:

"Unfortunately Germany-Service no longer sells Kindereggs, Ferrero germany shut them down. [Jan 2001 - it looks like Germany-Service is back in service. See URL below.] What a great loss to the rest of Europe and North America. They were expensive but the only way some of us had to get the much coveted eggs here in Canada and elsewhere."

(August 4, 1997) Jaime Nunez (duocom@hotmail.com) offers to sell Kindereggs and Lucky Magico and related products (t-shirts, etc) which are available in Ecuador. I haven't done business with him, but if you do, let me know how it works out. (Tell him Moonmilk sent you!)

Another very nice kindersite is that of Dave Hann.

(July 18, 1997) Nestlé has announced a KE-like toy called Nestlé Magic to be released soon throughout the US. It's larger than KinderEggs and spherical; the first examples contain models of Disney characters, some come disassembled or have simple moving parts. Should cost about one dollar each. Amusingly, the press kit claims both that this is the first surprise chocolate and that the surprise chocolate market is well-established in Europe.

Here's more information and pictures!

Update: Nestlé Magic was cancelled after just a few months.

(June 27, 1997) Hallo Ü-Eierfreunde! Bernd Lieberwirth has an egg-collectors' page entirely in German.

(March 17, 1997) Thanks to Mattias Sjögren for sending this picture of a Swedish egg. "In Sweden we call it 'Kinder Ägg' or 'Kinder Överraskning' as it says on the egg. 'Mjölk' and 'kakao' are the Swedish words for milk and cacao."

(March 11, 1997) A source of eggs? Bettina writes from Germany-Service to let us know that they have KinderEggs for sale. I have not done business with them, but if you give them a try, let us know how it works out. And tell them that Moonmilk sent you!

(June 1997) Several people have written from around the United States and Canada to report that they have indeed received eggs from Germany-Service, in good condition (though expensive).

(February 23, 1997) Joachim, from Germany, writes to tell me of his kinderegg site.

(February 6, 1997) Of course Ferrero, the manufacturer of Kindereggs, now has a web site. But there's nothing much on it. Somehow it never occurred to me that Nutella (sorry, they've already registered nutella.com) and Kindereggs come from the same place. Nutella. Hmm. Send me your best Nutella stories and pictures, and I'll publish them here. If they don't violate the Communications Decency Act. nutella@moonmilk.volcano.org

(January 19, 1997) Ho-hum. Another day, another award.

(October 1, 1996) Homepage for collectors of KINDEReggs in German and English, by Ralf Schäfer

(July 9, 1996) Talon Claw has some kinderpages of note.

(June 24, 1996) Gunter and Susanne Koppon in Australia have a Kinder Collecting page.

(June 10, 1996) Alan Swann's home page is, so he claims, soon going to have vast quantities of kinderinformation. Meanwhile, it has links to kindersites I haven't listed below.

(June 5, 1996) Heather has goaded me into updating this page with some new pictures, animations, and a stylish late 1995-early 1996 look. The original page, however, is a true relic, dating back to 1993 and the dark ages of the web. Therefore I have preserved it, as possibly the oldest known example of an internet world kinderegg information service.

(May, 1996) Thanks to Ben Cox for sending me an Italian-packaged kinder sorpresa.

Wolfgang Schloegl has collected hundreds of Kinder Surprise Metal Figures! See them all! He has also translated into English some information about collecting KE toys.

There's a lovely Kinderegg page here, in Australia. Nick and Andrew give this warning: "This page is under construction, and the site is not always up and running, (sometimes, we must use DOS) so use at your own risk. :)" Give 'em a visit!

Hartwig Motal writes from Austria to tell me of a Kinderegg page in Germany. I can't read it, but it appears to contain a price list for collectors of kinderegg toys. And "KinderUeberraschungsEier" means Kinder Surprise Eggs, I suspect.

Jerome Chik (Brisbane, Australia) has a picture of his KinderEgg toy collection in his Interests Page.