Hershey stops production on cocaine-looking candy

Hershey has decided to stop the production of Ice Breakers Pacs due to concerns raised by police that the candy packets bear a resemblance to bags of cocaine.

From the AP:

Ice Breakers Pacs, which first hit store shelves in November, are small dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside. The pouches come in blue or orange and bear the Ice Breakers logo.

Members of Philadelphia’s police narcotics squad said the mints closely resemble tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell powdered street drugs. They said the consequences could be serious if, for example, a child familiar with the mints found a package of cocaine.