Good question. This is my own view on it, remember I wasn't invited to the party that created the criteria. Gummy Bears, or similar, in their regular form, before you pull them half melted out of your pocket, are for the most part, relatively solid. In other words, you can't readily spread them, like you can pudding or peanut butter, or things like that. Again, my own personal view. May not be the real reason but I'll go with that. ;)

It's surreal. Somewhere out there, there are actual terrorists planning acts of murder. And our government debates the relative merits and acceptability of gummy bears vs pudding.

Home of the brave...

Depends if your particular screener is hungry or not at the time.

Anyone care to load their undergarments with gummy bears and go through a Nude-O-Scope just to see what happens?
:p

So I just happen to fly with gummy bears and worms every time. Usually 2-3 bags of about 12 oz each. And a lot of other candy. Never had any issues with it. Never had a secondary screening on the bags. Apparently the TSA doesn't consider gummy anythings to be a gel.
Yesterday even went through with a 2 lbs tin of roasted peanuts and had no issues.

When I left Italy last month, my tub of Nutella was confiscated while the little packets were okay. Go figure. :rolleyes:

(Still regret I didn't think to get the good stuff out of the tub and put as much as I could onto my croissant and eat it on the spot. :mad:)

I am still thoroughly confused about the TSA definition of states of matter, but of course it does not matter, since the final word is with the TSO at the frontline. Nutella, obviously, is too delicious to fly.

You should definitely be able to fly with Gummy Bears on this plane.

Not gummy bears, but I've gone through various airports with cream filled chocolates, tootsie rolls, reeses peanut butter cups, snickers, milky ways, most candies.

Also just this weekend through SNA my companion sent through a styrofoam take-out container with BBQ ribs, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and rolls all fresh from the restaurant. Nobody said a word or gave it a second glance.

gravy must've been in 3.2 oz containers or less.

TSA at DCA did a secondary check of my bag on Sunday afternoon because of home made chocolate Christmas candies. My cooking is pretty good, darn it, and certainly not a terrorist threat!

That said, DCA's TSA seems to be comparatively reasonable -- I suspect it's because they could be terrorizing one of their own senior bosses and not know it.

Last Thanksgiving I was flying out and my mom packed me my entire dinner in a tupperware and stuffed it in a zippy. Granted, she didn't send the gravy, melted butter or cranberry (don't know if that's a paste or a gel...). They just chuckled. Maybe they were laughing at the nasty note that was on it that told TSA to back off her daughters dinner...:eek:

Home of the lazy government worker looking for a bigger entitlement.

Home of the idiotic, and moronic, government policy makers.

Home of those who are in on the take (like former senior TSA folks).

And lastly, home of the diabetic.

That should explain why states of matter are so important, and why so many TSA clerks seem to fixate on yummy food.

Mashed potatoes = OK
Toothpaste = not

:confused: Mind spinning...

So easy to get explosives in toothpaste tubes.