Harry Potter with a rotating sucker coming out of his head. Gooey, sugary stuff kids can mix without Professor Snape ripping his greasy hair out.
Yep, these are some of the products from Hasbro's CAP Candy, Inc. division.
I first learned of Spin Pops when I bought two of my daughters ones with Marvin the Martian (another Warner Bros. character) with an animated arm holding a raygun. The two Harrys here do not have moving arms, but the lollipops turn. The arms can be posed as you choose. Other figures that I know of but do not yet have pictures of are Professor Snape, Ron and Hermione. About $5 each.
The last time I checked, Severus Snape didn't own a candy factory, unless one of his aliases is Bertie Bott or Mr. Drooble. I think this sour professor would hate candy. But CAP Candy offers this Professor Snape's Candy Potions Factory, which allows kids to mix up sweet liquids made of sugar and chemicals with scary names into edible potions. Compare this with Professor Snape's Potions Class. About $5.
Imagine an electric shock to the mouth -- your incisors and then some would get fried if you really tried to eat lightning. CAP offers this alernative, combining Harry's signature scar with the important tool of all wizards. It's the Magic Wand Lightning Bolt Candy! ZAP! Lumos! The wand lights up, and lightning shaped candies are inside! About $5.
Now you can have bronze Knuts, silver Sickles and golden Galleons, without having to fly to London, slipping into Diagon Alley and dealing with grumpy goblins. The only thing is, these aren't coins, but bubble gum stamped with the likeness of The Sorcerer's Stone movie money. So pay to chew -- but use Muggle money, please!
Finally released by early 2002, the Chocolate Frogs from CAP Candy resemble the Nestlé Crunch bar -- they contain little Rice Krispies-like dry rice. And unlike the inaccuracy of the Sorcerer's Stone movie, these Chocolate Frogs don't move -- being faithful to the book! Each packet also contains a card from the Famous Witches & Wizards series. You can collect Paracelsus, Circe, Dumbledore, etc. In a bit of Muggle innovation, the picture has been made to appear as if it moves. The card is "lenticular." You've seen these before: plastic-coated images that appear to be three dimensional and move when tilted.
