Spooky Friends are individually wrapped ghost, pumpkin, and marshmallow treats.
Posted on 10/30/2007 6:24:42 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
(Philadelphia) — The maker of Peeps — the fluffy, yellow, marshmallow chicks that have spawned a fanatical following — has tapped an overseas manufacturer to make candies for the first time in the company's history.
Just Born Inc. is making its Spooky Friends treats for Halloween in China......
......Bethlehem-based Just Born said it was making the foray into outsourcing for the first time in its 84-year history because its plant in Bethlehem cannot individually wrap the Spooky Friends candies. The company found a factory in China that can do the job and meets their quality standards.
Privately owned Just Born said it wanted to make sure there's demand for the product before investing in equipment to make the treats in the United States.
"It's expensive and we wanted to make sure we have a viable product before we'll source it here," said Kathy Bassininski, vice president of brand development and corporate services.
Just Born has sold out this Halloween's entire inventory of Spooky Friends to retailers. The company will find out later whether shoppers went for the marshmallow candies, which come shaped like pumpkins, bats, ghosts, and spiders.
Just Born made the decision to test outsourcing last year, before the Chinese products scandals hit.
The candy maker said its popular Peeps and most of its other confectionery will continue to be manufactured in Pennsylvania......
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Spooky Friends are individually wrapped ghost, pumpkin, and marshmallow treats.
Check for lead. Check for human or animal waste. Check for real ink in the colors - the company might make pens and get confused on the packaging.
2007 no peeps
/bummed-out mode off
Thanks for the heads-up.
I WAS going to buy some tomorrow.
At least good parents don't have to X-ray the candy for safety sake. Just take the Peeps out of the child's sack and toss directly into trash bin.
Peep!
Humor break- email I got today:
Seniors’ Halloween
You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when:
10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
9. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you.
8. You ask for high fiber candy only.
7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your
Balance and fall over.
6. People say: “Great Boris Karloff Mask,”
And you’re not wearing a mask.
5. When the door opens you yell, “Trick or .”
And can’t remember the rest.
4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders.
3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won’t dislodge your hairpiece.
2. You’re the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker.
And the number one reason Seniors should not go Trick Or Treating...
*
*
*
1. You keep having to go home to pee.
One more thing not to buy.
LOL! Brings back memories. How about this:
1. You WANT to go home to pee!
After years and I mean years of “doing lines of MC’s (marshmallow chickens) and their ilk I now will give up my habit.
I hope the South Philly pretzels that are due for delivery tomorrow weren’t made in China.
Semper Fidelis,
fontman
trader Joe’s, is running an advertisement for hummus as a gift for haloween
16 oz tub, 3.69.
not made in china.
Yum!! I’m afraid I have to stick to sugar free Werther’s.
but you can eat some Smartie’s in my honor. k?
Just left a comment on their message board. Be surprised to see if they even let it go up, They have a waiting period for “approval” LOL! Well, all of their products are now off my list.
Yeah, even Necco is made in Communist China. No, wait... that’s Boston. Same difference.
Yeah, but that’s no fun.
AJC gets the award for the most misleading title of the year.
Thank you for giving me a little something to hand in to my Older Adult nursing instructor tomorrow. This should help break the tension before a big exam!
Oh no, now I can’t buy them and get poisened.
Alright alright alright ... quit yelling at me! /lol
I’ve seen some Chinese folks in Philly, so maybe that’s the answer?
Chill, dude.
Semper Fidelis,
fontman
The message is loud and clear: don’t nuke the “Spooky Friends” variety of Peeps in your microwave.
Now if ya wanted to see some *really* scary vegetables (for the Halloween season, of course:), take a look at these nasties:
Frost Kissed Artichoke:
Those things are *really* nasty looking, but ohhhhh taste so darn good :)
I was looking for treats this year and was finding that so much of it was made in china. It was not obvious - you had to look carefully. I settled on Tootsie Rolls that are clearly labeled as Made in the USA. If I had kids, I would screen the treats and throw away all the chinese crap.
Safer than Peeps, since “lead” pencils have graphite instead of lead.
That was pretty funny. Had to copy and pass that one on...! lol :~)
lol,, that would send a number of unwanted trick or treating youth away forever. too funny.
You remind me of Kathy Bates in Misery. “Have you all got amNESIA? They didn’t farm out all the cockadoody Peeps!”
Guess that puts the kibosh on future plans for the Ford Plant in St. Paul.
Ping for later reference. A friend of mine loves Peeps but she’s not gonna want to eat the Chinese version........
Personally, I'll have to pass on food made in China. I have a hard enough time trying to figure out who is putting ingredients from China in the stuff they produce in the U.S.
And I should have mentioned the health kooks who give out the mini raisin boxes. Do they still make those (the mini boxes, not the health kooks). What are those people thinking? I suspect it’s yet another passive-aggressive way of saying, “Don’t come to our door ever again”.
Geez, I love Smarties ... I eat at least a large bag a week. I need an intervention!
Tootsie rolls? I like ‘em every once in a while. ‘Specially the vanilla ones.
But the dum dums gotta go! I was referring to suckers not libs, er...lollipops not libs.
Just had 3 rolls dedicated to you.
And don’t even think about handing out a singly wrapped life saver.
I love Tootsie Rolls. What I don’t give out, I’ll eat myself! I also think the raisin boxes are great. You eat the raisins and then turn the box into a noisemaker and drive your parents crazy.
It's not misleading. The title is 100% accurate. The "Halloween Treats" were made in China.
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