PrintRepurposed Easter Candy: Milk Chocolate Space Duck Pops
When I first came across boxes of Milk Chocolate Space Duck Pops ($2) at Economy Candy, my first though was, "WTF?" Ducks. Space. Chocolate. They go together like panthers, deep-sea diving, and pudding. Was there a popular astronomy-minded duck cartoon that I was unaware of? How could something with a tagline as awesome as "Mild Mannered Duck by Day, Intergalactic Super Hero by Night!" escape my radar?
But then things got weirder. The pops shown on the box weren't even in the shape of helmet-wearing ducks, but ducks with...bonnets. The prospect of space-faring fowl was being used to market Kosher Passover-friendly treats that were actually Easter-themed ducks. HUH?
As I opened the box, I still hoped to find space duck-shaped pops. But it was not meant to be.
Five bonnet-wearing ducks made of Passover chocolate greeted me. D'oh.
The back of the box shared this helpful suggestion: you can reuse the tray to make more things shaped like bonnet-wearing ducks! Any Jewish kid would be excited to have ice cubes and juice pops shaped like ducks with Easter hats.
Bazzini Holdings is the company that makes these pops. I wonder if I can ask them to make space duck pops that are actually shaped like ducks in space. Or perhaps something that actually looks appropriate for Passover.
Economy Candy
108 Rivington Street, New York NY 10002 (b/n Ludlow and Essex; map)
212-254-1531
economycandy.com
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20 Comments:
YES. I found these this weekend & bought 3 boxes for what will be the Best Passover Hostess Gift ever.
Somebody went to a lot of trouble to re-brand these weird old 80s-style country Easter ducks in a weird 80s-style space way. It's like they had a brainstorming session and were too desperate to edit.
butterface at 5:50PM on 04/07/09
Wow. Just wow.
I'm quite disappointed the box doesn't really contain "Mild Mannered Duck by Day, Intergalactic Super Hero by Night!" pops.
But I really hope I can find time to go buy a box for Passover.
And hey, ducks aren't just for Easter.
Amy
Baking and Mistaking
cool2bars at 6:00PM on 04/07/09
this is hilarious... full disclosure: i am pretty easily amused.
hookrilla at 6:24PM on 04/07/09
Silly, silly people. It's so obvious!
Seriously, the bonnet duck is the "day" version. Everyone knows that otherwise mild-mannered Christian-looking Easter-observing ducks turn into Intergalactic Super Hero Jewish Kosher-for-Passover ducks at sundown.
cybele at 7:52PM on 04/07/09
@cybele: That's the best explanation I've head so far!
roboppy at 7:56PM on 04/07/09
I always eat pudding while deep-sea diving with my panther. Doesn't everyone?
beersnob at 8:04PM on 04/07/09
@hookrilla: I am not easily amused and I am LMAO here at Robyn's post. Thanks, 'Boppy!
Adam Kuban at 8:44PM on 04/07/09
I'm shocked and surprised that the Bazzini folks perpetrated something like this. Their roasted nut products are an industry standard for quality. Perhaps this awful marketing ploy was the brainchild of an advertising agency.
shaogo at 8:57PM on 04/07/09
wow! love it! i'll have to go there and get some.
cybercita at 10:25PM on 04/07/09
Nano-nano. It's not a party in my house unless the ice cubes are bonnet-wearing, space-loving, out-of-this-galaxy ducks!
Sweet Freak at 4:40AM on 04/08/09
Perhaps they're just married female ducks of an observant variety. Then they have to cover their heads. I will fess up to having at least a couple of hats that look kinda like that worn only for synagogue. Though I still have to question who would take the time to make easter candy KfP. I see there's no actual hashkacha in the picture...
Stufsocker at 8:44AM on 04/08/09
I saw these at a Fairway and snatched them up, loving the idea of space bound kosher chocolate water fowl. The bonnets were a huge disappointment. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who was deceived!
universalchampion at 10:45AM on 04/08/09
i figured it out! in the top middle of the box it says, "mild mannered duck by day, intergalactic super hero by night." maybe the milk chocolate version is the "mild mannered day duck" and the dark chocolate version is the super hero duck... wow, i am putting way to much effort into this hahaha
hookrilla at 11:08AM on 04/08/09
Better question: what's with the "safety sticks"?
bearsonawire at 12:10PM on 04/08/09
@bearsonawire: Good question! ...They're way shorter than most sticks. Does that make them safer? Uh.
This candy is full of mystery.
roboppy at 12:15PM on 04/08/09
Geez, you're supposed to use your imagination. Like that thing kids use when they don't have a Ken doll so they cut off another Barbie's hair and call her a boy, and then pretend s/he's a space duck.
KarynMC at 3:12PM on 04/08/09
I might need some of these.
kitchenhacker at 3:20PM on 04/08/09
i also don't understand why ducks in space are any less christian than ducks in bonnets. ducks aren't particularly eastery, in general. I mean there are easter bonnets, but aren't there also non-easter bonnets? why not just sell bonnet ducks?
al oof at 3:29PM on 04/08/09
@KarynMC: I am ashamed to think that I just didn't possess the wild imagination required for such a radical idea when I was little. Childhood...FAIL!!
roboppy at 4:48PM on 04/08/09
They do carry a reliable Passover hechsher. My kids were SORELY disappointed in the "spack ducks" this Passover. Good thing I didn't use them as my "Ma Nishtana bribe." They wouldn't have performed the second night.
doclori at 10:11PM on 04/17/09