# Western Civilization will collapse without Harry Potter Cupcakes! (merchandising)

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**Created:** [November 12, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-civilization-will-collapse-without-harry-potter-cupcakes-merchandising/92990 "2001-11-12T22:29:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-civilization-will-collapse-without-harry-potter-cupcakes-merchandising/92990/21 "2001-11-15T19:50:50Z")

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She appeared to me to be satirizing the Jelly Belly phenomenon, not “ripping it off,” certainly any expectation of a spinoff product was never there.

As to cupcakes, the kids on the train eat pumpkin pasties, and pasties, at least the ones I have known, are not shaped like cupcakes. More like turnovers.

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