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|image=[[File:Gross harry potter cockroach clusters.jpg|250px]]
 
|name=Cockroach Clusters
 
|name=Cockroach Clusters
 
|manufacturer=[[Ambrosius Flume|Mr]] and [[Ambrosius Flume's wife|Mrs Flume]]
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|manufacturer=*[[Ambrosius Flume|Mr.]] and [[Ambrosius Flume's wife|Mrs. Flume]]
 
 
|sold=*[[Honeydukes|Honeydukes Sweetshop]]
 
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|ingredients=*[[Cockroach]]es<ref name="glossary">[http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/books/glossary/c Bloomsbury Glossary - C]</ref>
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'''Cockroach Clusters''' are shaped like peanuts. They are sold at [[Honeydukes]] in [[Hogsmeade]]. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] once thought he could fool [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] into eating some if he told him they were peanuts. They apparently contain real [[cockroach]]es. Once, when [[Harry Potter]] was trying to enter [[Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]]'s office, he stumbled upon the [[password]], which was "Cockroach Clusters". [[File:Gross harry potter cockroach clusters.jpg|thumb|Cockroach Cluster]]
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'''Cockroach Clusters''' are sweets made of [[cockroach]]es<ref name="glossary"/>, shaped like peanuts. They are sold at [[Honeydukes]] in [[Hogsmeade]]. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] once thought he could fool [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] into eating some if he told him they were peanuts. Once, when [[Harry Potter]] was trying to enter [[Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]]'s office, he was able to guess the [[password]], which was "Cockroach Clusters".
   
 
==Behind the Scences==
 
==Behind the Scences==
 
[[File:Cockroachclusters.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Real world version of Cockroach Clusters]]
 
[[File:Cockroachclusters.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Real world version of Cockroach Clusters]]
*In the Muggle world, there are actual Cockroach Clusters candies, which are sold as novelties. The website Candy Addict rated them number seven of the "10 grossest candies." [http://candyaddict.com/blog/top-10-grossest-candies/7-6-5/]
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*In the real world, there are actual Cockroach Clusters candies, which are sold as novelties. The website Candy Addict rated them number seven of the "10 grossest candies." [http://candyaddict.com/blog/top-10-grossest-candies/7-6-5/]
*Cockroach clusters may be a reference to the confection referred to in the Monty Python sketch, "Crunchy Frog". This may also be the origin of the [[Chocolate Frog]] sweet.
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*Cockroach clusters may be a reference to the confection referred to in the Monty Python sketch, "Crunchy Frog". The titular [[Chocolate Frog]] sweet, however, is not; a small frog-shaped chocolate is a common English confection.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
   
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==Notes and references==
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[[de:Getrocknete Kakerlaken]]
 
[[de:Getrocknete Kakerlaken]]
 
[[fr:Nids de Cafards]]
 
[[fr:Nids de Cafards]]

Revision as of 01:41, 11 June 2013

Cockroach Clusters are sweets made of cockroaches[1], shaped like peanuts. They are sold at Honeydukes in Hogsmeade. Ron Weasley once thought he could fool Fred into eating some if he told him they were peanuts. Once, when Harry Potter was trying to enter Professor Dumbledore's office, he was able to guess the password, which was "Cockroach Clusters".

Behind the Scences

File:Cockroachclusters.jpg

Real world version of Cockroach Clusters

  • In the real world, there are actual Cockroach Clusters candies, which are sold as novelties. The website Candy Addict rated them number seven of the "10 grossest candies." [1]
  • Cockroach clusters may be a reference to the confection referred to in the Monty Python sketch, "Crunchy Frog". The titular Chocolate Frog sweet, however, is not; a small frog-shaped chocolate is a common English confection.

Appearances

Notes and references