A popular brand of chocolate egg may give candy lovers a bigger surprise than the toy found inside.
Lind Bird of Canada was stopped at the U.S. border last month and subjected to a random search of her vehicle, in which authorities spotted and confiscated a $2 Kinder Surprise as illegal contraband.
"It's just a chocolate egg," Bird told CBC. "And they were making a big deal. They said: 'If you were caught with this across the border you would get charged a $300 fine.'"
Because the United States prohibits embedding non-food items in confections, the eggs have been denied access to the country due to tiny toys contained in them that pose a choking hazard for small children, the AFP reports.
According to Mike Milne, a spokesman for U.S. customs and border protection, authorities seized over 25,000 of the eggs in 2009, which are most often brought back during Christmas and Easter seasons.
