Urgent warning over Cadbury Mini Eggs issued to all parents by experts

27 February 2024 , 07:34

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Parents have been warned by a charity over Cadbury's Mini Eggs (Image: Cadbury)

Cadbury Mini Eggs could pose a serious choking hazard to young children, a charity has warned.

The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) claims the popular Easter snack is just the right size to block a child's airway, meaning they can be incredibly hard to dislodge if it becomes stuck.

The charity have likened the risk of infants choking from the shell-covered chocolate sweets to that posed by grapes - though unlike the fruit, they are not as easy to chop into smaller slices to make them safer. The Mirror have contacted Mondelez UK, manufacturers of Cadbury chocolate, for comment.

Cadbury has previously advised parents that Mini Eggs are not suitable for children under the age of four.

The CAPT wrote on social media: "It's that time of year again when mini eggs are lining the supermarket shelves. But, did you know that, just like grapes, they are the perfect size to block a small child's airway and choke them?

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"And, their hard shell can make it difficult to dislodge with standard first aid techniques. With whole grapes we advise cutting them in half lengthways and ideally into quarters to create thin strips. But chopping up mini eggs isn't as easy. So, what can you do?"

The charity advised that parents may want to put the mini eggs into a sealable plastic bag and "smash them into small pieces with a rolling pin", or crush them in a pestle and mortar. Alternatively, they said parents may want to opt for a different treat altogether - and the CAPT advised that larger, hollow Easter eggs are "much safer for little ones".

Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas