He's TELLING you to eat a candy bar with worms.

AHHHH!

Woah.. even more of a reason to not eat chocolate (or anything else really) in the dark.

What's really gross about it is that they were ALIVE.. Eewwwww.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the sale on Hershey bars listed as one of the daily deals...

It's like the old saying..."Eat sh_t, three billion flies can't be wrong." How bad can a few worms be.

I've seen that. Not that I called the press, but I didn't eat the candy! It was a Hershey bar with Almonds, and it seemed like they were in the nuts when it was produced. The worms had eaten all the chocolate from the surface of the nuts.

Gross doesn't cover it!

Action 5 needs a new typist/editor for their on-screen banners. Even the dude is looking confusedly at the "eat worms" misstep.

@summerbee: It's a misspelling. They meant to write "Eated".

@Segador: Exactly what I was thinking. Quick someone link the cookie cat picture!

Best screencap ever. I can't stop laughing at the expression he's making. And the "eat worms" under it is absolutely hilarious.

Going right into my funny picture archive, C:\Users\Public\LULZ

I had this happen to me once when I was younger. I bought a chunky bar and it had worms in it but then again that was back when you just returned the bar for your money back and calling the local news wasn't the first thing on your mind.

"Yeah, I threw up a couple times. I couldn't get over the grossness of it in my mind". ( :

Wow, i just ate a Hershey's bar a few hours ago. Then again, if the bar had worms in it, I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference due to being so tired.

@summerbee: That is actually his Lakota name.

@Segador: Thats what I was going to say, they should have at least one person on payroll who could have said "ate not eat"

@Segador:
=)

I've never even heard of the E-Z Mart on NE 10th. If I get bored tonight I'll go buy a bag of gummy worms from them, then call it into the news...since they'll apparently put anything on the air here in Des Moines.

Also, throwing up twice? Really? I'm really not a fan of bugs...and those looked pretty nasty...but if he actually ate any of them they were likely far more nutritious than chocolate. Not to go all sciencey here or anything...

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@rickhamilton620: I'm sure worms are considered delicacies in some places. Just think of it as a gourmet chocolate bar XDD

Similar things can happen with raisins. Flies lay their eggs in them, and you can't tell until they hatch into larva. It goes unnoticed until it reaches the consumer.

It's rare, but it happens.

Grandpa Joe:
I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A wormy candy bar for me

'Cause I've got a bunch of worms
I've got a bunch of worms in my bar

I never had a chance to shine
Never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine
What an amazing thing

'Cause I've got a bunch of worms!

[Spoken]
It's ours, Charlie!

[Sung]
I've got a wormy sun up in the sky

I never thought I'd see the day
When I would face the world and say
Good morning, look at the worms
I never thought that I would be
Slap in the lap of wormery
'Cause I'd have said:

Charlie:
It couldn't be done

Grandpa Joe:
But it can be done

I never dreamed that I would chew
On the worms in ecstasy
But nevertheless, it's there that I'm
Shortly about to be

Grandpa Joe and Charlie:
'Cause I've got a bunch of worms
I've got a bunch of worms in my candy bar
And with wormy chocolate, it's a happy day

@Segador: Eated?! How about ate?

@evilrobot:

there we go.

internet jesus can has worms.

@azsumrg1rl: Well, the old British past participle of "eat" is "eat," pronounced "et" (think "read" and "read"). Maybe the Des Moines station employs Bertie Wooster.

@Kimaroo - 20% More Kitty Added!: I JUST gone done chomping on a cookies n' cream :(

@The Porkchop Express:
I thought it was supposed to be eats, they just dropped an s.

@bloggerX: Oh man.. those are good..

Same thing happened to me once with a packet of Raisinettes. Filled with maggots. Yuck !

Reporter voice over: The chocolate savory, the almonds salty

Seriously! Seriously!!! I just can't watch local news.

Hey Worms! What up, dawg?

Turns out there really is no wrong way to eat a Reeces.

When we were kids my brother and I bought a pack of Reeces Peanut Butter Cups and there were live worms crawling around inside in the peanut butter and poking up through the chocolate. We thought it was cool.

Life in the 80s sure was simpler. Silly ethical dad dad just took it back to the store for a replacement. In today's world we could have sued, or sold it on ebay, or used it somehow to make our quick buck.

@Murph1908: You just brought back a horrible memory that I haven't thought of in years. It was during lunch at elementary school. I opened my box of raisins, ate one, looked down, and noticed worms crawling around in the box. I freaked out, immediately ran to the garbage can, and threw the box away. I felt sick for the rest of the day. I haven't eaten a box of raisins since then.

@sean98125: I chuckled.

@Caffiend: Same here. I went on a run for a year or so when I found bugs in restaurant broccoli, living bugs in wrapped chocolate bars (plural), and something very gross indeed in a big ol' pomegranate. It got to the point where it was really a wonder I could bring myself to eat anything anymore.

I didn't call anybody about it, either, just shuddered and got rid of the offending food ASAP. Gee-ross.

@Segador: It's Iowa. You should see the quality of most the commercials.

I'm surprised he just bit into it without looking at it but then, when I was 11, I unwrapped the foil of a Nestle white chocolate candy bar to find a single worm inching along the bar. Since that day, I lost my interest in white chocolate and made a habit of carefully looking over my candy bars before making that first bite; even before I saw the worms, I would've been wary of all that white stuff covering his bar (I know it's just bloom and it's harmless but it does suggest that the candy's been sitting around on the shelf for a while).

I don't know, I mean we're not going to be able to guarantee no worms or maggots in a single food item everywhere. It's just impossible. So when these things get local news airtime, I just feel like it must be a slow day. I ate a pistachio once that turned out to be full of worms.. I spit it out for 5 minutes, and drank a ton of water, but that was it.. I mean, it happens. Humans can eat those things if they want. granted it's kind of traumatizing finding them where you don't expect them, but news time, is a little over the top. I think the coupons and a sincere apology are more than enough.

@evilrobot: internet jesus can has can of worms.

Is it just me, or do all the 'Bad Food Experience' news items seem to occur to people who could be considered financially challenged?

If you agree, what are your theories on why?

@Hirayuki: Yeah I brought some bananas home one time. I ate one, then I went to grab another from the bunch and noticed a big ol' spider egg sac stuck to them. Yeah, it took me like, six months to eat bananas again.

@Kogenta: Haha, good point. I remember being in elementary school field trips to musiems. The gift shop would always have the "bug inside amber" candy. Worms in lollpops, etc. Pretty cool, but never got to try one. :(

which is worse: the worms or the Hershey bar?

THIS is why I don't eat chocolate.

@azsumrg1rl: That "woosh" sound you head is the joke flying over your head.

@TinkishDelight: Hershey bar I've been saving in my desk drawer meet trash can. I can't stomach the thought of that happening to anyone.

Holy shit - It's Bubb Rubb!

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@lmarconi: And you didn't call Harry Belafonte, either.

Is it wrong that I want a candy bar right now?

When I was about 7 years old, Lowney had just introduced their Cherry Blossom chocolate, which was one of my favorite candies. One day I was staying at my grandmother's house and went to the local convenience store to buy one. Got back to grandma's and opened the package, and took a big bite. It was *crawling* with bugs, most likely from eggs in the cherry. But I've had Cherry Blossoms since then, and never had a problem since. Although I always take a few test nibbles and carefully eye it first...