Hippy Sippy
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Hippy Sippy was a candy introduced in the late 1960s. It consisted of small, multi-colored chocolate pellets contained in a plastic ampoule, with a straw provided to suck the candy from the container.{{cite book |title=FDA Papers |date=1969 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sv5T-VQs0j4C |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=en}} Also included was a button badge with the phrase "Hippy Sippy says I'll try anything" or "please feed me" printed on it.
The packaging was seen by some as resembling a syringe,{{Cite web|url=https://beachpackagingdesign.com/boxvox/hippy-sippy|title=Hippy Sippy | publisher = BEACH | website = box vox | first = Randy | last = Ludacer | date = 21 September 2012 | access-date = 1 April 2021}} and drew criticism for potentially normalizing drug use.{{cite journal | title = Dangerous "Toys" | last1 = Moschetta | first1 = J. | last2 = Feder | first2 = C. | journal = Juris | publisher = Duquesne Law School | volume = 5 | number = 3 | date = March 1972 | pages = 3–4 | url = https://www.duq.edu/Documents/juris/_pdf/Vol05No3.pdf | access-date = 18 March 2022}} The FDA classified the packaging as a health hazard over concerns that pellets could be inhaled through the straw and into the respiratory tract.
The product was removed from the market within a few months.{{cite web | title = Notorious pasts of some of America's favorite candy | website = Fox News | first = Abigail | last = Forget | url = https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/notorious-pasts-of-some-of-americas-favorite-candy.amp | date = 4 April 2014 | access-date = 1 April 2021}}