Here comes Santa Claus …
These holiday cookies have landed Target firmly on the Naughty List.
A quick glance at the big man’s boots, and it seems this saucy St. Nick is very pleased to see you.
Photos of the $3.99 confections depicting Santa’s phallic-looking footwear are making the rounds on social media — especially moms’ Facebook groups — with some parents jokingly deciding to boycott them to spare the blushes of their kids.
“I would not send these to school,” mom of two Suzie Fromer told The Post. “Definite design fail!”
The jewelry maker from Irvington, NY, added: “I think it might even be disgruntled employee sabotage.”
Fromer posted a picture of the chocolate-dipped pastries on her Facebook page as a gag. Her writer neighbor, Mai Spurlock Sykes, also a mom of two, said: “I peered in and thought: ‘What the hell is Santa’s penis doing there?’”
It was a case of buyer’s remorse for self-described “chaos coordinator” Nicole Miller, of Knoxville, Tennessee, a stay-at-home mother of four children. She purchased a pack and initially sang the sweets’ praises.
“Such a great treat to have on hand for parties … or school events,” she wrote on one of her go-to Facebook groups.
But it didn’t take long for dirty minds to mention the R-rated frosting.
“My friends pointed out Santa’s boots — which I then couldn’t unsee,” Miller admitted to The Post.
In Westchester County, mom of two Jola Burnett, a market researcher, found herself wondering how nobody at Target had spotted the snafu.
“I mean, how on Earth were those cookies able get so far down the [production] line?” she said.
In a statement to The Post, Target said it was the first time hearing about the crude cookies. “We have not received any feedback directly on this item,” a rep said. “The design is intended to represent Santa’s boots. We appreciate the feedback and will take it into consideration moving forward.”
Still, Burnett revealed that the risqué delights had brought a big smile to her face. The White Plains, New York, resident concluded: “After everything that’s been going on this year with the pandemic, it’s made my December.”
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