Dangerous honeycomb wax sweets trend sweeps social media in Thailand

[webfact]

 

Social media is on fire with the sale of a potentially dangerous dessert, known as honeycomb wax sweets or simply, wax sweets. These cute, colourful treats conceal a hidden risk.

A consumer posted on Facebook today, December 8, about a certain type of sweet that resembles a candle wax stick but contains a sweet filling. The shell, which is made of wax, has a texture similar to a candle. Some people bite into it, suck out the sweet syrup, and then spit out the wax, reported Sanook.

 

“The wax sweets trend is so strong that everyone seems to be following it. I understand that it’s edible, but I want people to realise that it also carries a hidden danger, especially for children. This wax sweet or whatever you want to call it, is a fruit-flavoured syrup coated in beeswax. You just bite and suck out the sweet syrup, that’s it.

“Many people think of it as a solid sweet, easy to eat and edible in its entirety. But they don’t know that swallowing beeswax is strictly prohibited. Imagine chewing a candle, can you manage that? And then you also have to swallow it. It’s hard for the stomach to digest, even more so than before.

 

by Samantha Rose

Photo courtesy of Sanook

 

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[Chris Daley]

We already invented candy in England.  Did Thailand not get the memo?

[JoePai]

41 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

We already invented candy in England.  Did Thailand not get the memo?

Err no : Candy is an uncountable noun therefore it's American - if you are a Brit then it's called 'sweets'

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“Many people think of it as a solid sweet, easy to eat and edible in its entirety. But they don’t know that swallowing beeswax is strictly prohibited. Imagine chewing a candle, can you manage that? And then you also have to swallow it. It’s hard for the stomach to digest, even more so than before.

So how did it get past the Thai FDA?

[Bobthegimp]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

don’t know that swallowing beeswax is strictly prohibited. Imagine chewing a candle, can you manage that? And then you also have to swallow it. It’s hard for the stomach to digest, even more so than before

 

My God, how am I still alive?

 

A coworker of mine was a beekeeper and occasionally gave me honeycomb from one of his hives.  It was delicious spread on crisp toast or eaten with a spoon.  Now I find out that the bastard was trying to kill me. 

[parallelman]

Additives are the worse part. If the beeswax has a hint of honey it is probably paraffin free but if there is a hint of crayon wax then probably paraffin has been added

[bamnutsak]

This too shall NOT pass.

 

 

As a kid we had wax-lips, Nik-L-Nip bottles, probably more.

 

I think most of us knew not to swallow the wax bit after extraction/mastication.

 

But then some kids ate crayons and drank glue (Elmers).

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

8 hours ago, JoePai said:

Err no : Candy is an uncountable noun therefore it's American - if you are a Brit then it's called 'sweets'

And if you are an Ozzy they are called lollies even their 'Boarder Force' call them that. 🙄

Edited December 9, 2023 by brianthainess

[nausea]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

swallowing beeswax is strictly prohibited

No, it ain't. Pure nonsense. Maybe, if you eat it in industrial quantities, or it's adulterated.

[2baht]

3 hours ago, nausea said:

No, it ain't. Pure nonsense. Maybe, if you eat it in industrial quantities, or it's adulterated.

Be careful of the Beeswax Crime Suppression Squad, they are watching!

[d4dang]

On 12/9/2023 at 6:33 PM, brianthainess said:

And if you are an Ozzy they are called lollies even their 'Boarder Force' call them that. 🙄

In Canada there are hundreds of strippers named Candy and they often have lollipops. The wax candies were a fad 50 years ago.

 

[JeffersLos]

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wax sweets trend sweeps social media in Thailand

 

 

Thankfully they're safe from bright sparks. 

[still kicking]

On 12/9/2023 at 10:56 AM, JoePai said:

Err no : Candy is an uncountable noun therefore it's American - if you are a Brit then it's called 'sweets'

Err we call it lollies.

[still kicking]

Sorry Brian missed your reply.

[RocketDog]

On 12/9/2023 at 1:50 PM, hotchilli said:

So how did it get past the Thai FDA?

In a brown envelope.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, RocketDog said:

In a brown envelope.

Ahhhh... got it.

[Artisi]

On 12/10/2023 at 6:18 AM, nausea said:

No, it ain't. Pure nonsense. Maybe, if you eat it in industrial quantities, or it's adulterated.

correct, natural bees wax is edible, except in Thailand where some supposedly highly educated "expert" say's otherwise.