[Grumble grumble, huff huff. They suppose he's got a rather good point. It's more effort than it's worth, though frankly the expressions they've gotten from seeing Mom or Dad scoop up a handful of the things makes it totally worth it. There's no quicker way to lower the bar as to what is acceptable to eat than to offer someone a handful of Bertie Bott's and watch the sparks fly.

Purely hypothetical sparks anyway. Mostly.]

Food-based pranks are hard, all right? You've got to be effective and inventive, otherwise people wise up to them really fast, and then it's no fun.