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I absolutely HATE Chupa Chup lollies.

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Abitlosttoday · 27/06/2025 19:19

I have just picked my child up from a playdate and, on the way out, the mum gave both my kids a chupa chup. These fucking lollies. They're a huge choking hazard, they're impossible to open, and they're terrible for kids' teeth. I can't stand the bloody things. Currently perched on the sofa watching the kids eat them. I can't leave the room until I know the choking danger has passed. I am perhaps a touch neurotic.

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MarioLink · 27/06/2025 21:10

I think at 8 you need to let them eat it and explain the choking risk to them and make sure they eat sitting still.

5 is too young for one and I would have eaten it for them and got them something else.

MixedBananas · 27/06/2025 20:40

Everything is a choking hazard all sweets.
When I was 8 my teacher handed out hard boiled sweets in and oval shape and i was having mine as I left the class after school. Slipped down my throat and got lodged. I newrly died. No one helped. I had to lean over a bench and wack my chest over and over and over until it came out. No one came deapute being distressed and gasping. I have never gone near a hard boiked sweet ever again.

ShesTheAlbatross · 27/06/2025 20:36

I chuck them away if we get them in a party bag or something. Don’t care if my DD gets cross, I give her something else to have instead. I’m really not strict on food, just lollies.

I also can’t bear the sucking noise.

TheOnlyThing · 27/06/2025 20:30

Im pretty sure they’re sugar free now so I won’t give them as I don’t let me kids have artificial sweeteners

NescafeAndIce · 27/06/2025 20:27

notadrift · 27/06/2025 19:49

Its a lollipop.

OP, just checking you've seen this vital information?
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modgepodge · 27/06/2025 20:19

WHY are they so hard to open? I hate them for that reason alone. There’s another similar type which have a twist at the top, just untwist and eat, fine. Chuppa chups are so difficult. Why hasn’t the company cottoned on to this and changed them?!

notanothersummercold · 27/06/2025 20:16

Have them with a passion - not just chuba chops either!
My dh said his dentist used to give him one when he had been - can you imagine?!

Guavafish1 · 27/06/2025 20:15

I loved them as a kid and happy give to my kids as an occasional treat

tripleginandtonic · 27/06/2025 20:13

Abitlosttoday · 27/06/2025 19:19

I have just picked my child up from a playdate and, on the way out, the mum gave both my kids a chupa chup. These fucking lollies. They're a huge choking hazard, they're impossible to open, and they're terrible for kids' teeth. I can't stand the bloody things. Currently perched on the sofa watching the kids eat them. I can't leave the room until I know the choking danger has passed. I am perhaps a touch neurotic.

Lids love then though. The days of my dc choosing which one in the chemist/post office from the big plastic lolly evokes hapoy memories. And they were really cheap.

UnfashionableArtex · 27/06/2025 20:13

@FrodisCapering what's up with the raisin ban? I mean I hate them anyway but just interested.

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Abitlosttoday · 27/06/2025 20:12

Motnight · 27/06/2025 19:41

How old are your kids?

They're 8 and 5. They're both very small though, if that makes a difference! Petite. So, smaller airways, maybe. In my mind.

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JLou08 · 27/06/2025 20:03

Dependant on the age of the child I wouldn't say you're neurotic. They are a choking hazard. If your child is still too young to have whole grapes then they're too young for round lollies.

Wehavealaughdontwe · 27/06/2025 20:00

I say this all the time! I don't understand how they haven't been banned when they're such an obvious choking risk

FrodisCapering · 27/06/2025 20:00

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Canthelpmyselffromjoiningin · 27/06/2025 19:59

Totally agree. Feel like the fun police when my poor 5yo has spent ages bouncing with excitement about his lolly and I make him sit at rhe table and lick it. Not worth the risk, I don't understand why they haven't changed the shape

Lucillebatwings · 27/06/2025 19:55

When I was a wee girl a friend choked on one. It came right off the stick and blocked her airways. Thankfully they managed to dislodge it (I can’t remember exact details but remember her go away in an ambulance)

My children aren’t allowed them as a consequence. I’ve given in once and made them lick them which I think they found a hassle so they stopped asking.

They are now teens and tweens.

RandomMess · 27/06/2025 19:55

I banned lollies for all the risks and my DC are in their 20s now!

RedRoss86 · 27/06/2025 19:53

I hate them cause they are impossible to ooppeeennnnn
And you have a kid staring you down while you can't manage to open it 🙃🙃

ToKittyornottoKitty · 27/06/2025 19:51

How old are the kids?

TomatoSandwiches · 27/06/2025 19:50

I like the whistle lollies

notadrift · 27/06/2025 19:49

Its a lollipop.

NuffSaidSam · 27/06/2025 19:48

I don't let kids eat these. I'll swap them for something else and they're happy with that.

notadrift · 27/06/2025 19:48

Spanish classic. Designed by Dali.

Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 27/06/2025 19:47

I'm here to defend the chupa chup! They are lovely. No lolly like this is meant for little ones and they definitely shouldn't be walking around with them though.

littleweedandherflowers · 27/06/2025 19:45

I refuse to let mine have these ! I’m shocked they are still allowed to sell them to be honest ! Xx