Canary Cream

Canary Creams
Food information
Manufacturer	Fred and George Weasley
Sold	Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Zonko's Joke Shop
Price	7 sickles
Flavour	Sweet
Known ingredients	Custard cream

"Want a jam tart, Hermione? It's all right. I haven't done anything to them. It's the custard creams you've got to watch..."

— Fred Weasley to Hermione Granger in 1994

Canary Creams were one of the magical joke products that Fred and George Weasley invented for their shop, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

Description

The Canary Cream was a type of biscuit. Fred and George created them in 1994 and charged seven Sickles for each. They had the appearance and taste of ordinary custard creams, but when eaten, they transfigured the eater into a large canary. Within a minute, the person would moult their feathers and revert to their normal human form.

History

"Oh — sorry, Neville! I forgot — it was the custard creams we hexed —"

— Fred Weasley to Neville Longbottom

A box of Canary Creams

Neville Longbottom ate one during a celebration party for Harry Potter's triumph over the Hungarian Horntail in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament, in late 1994. He had just bitten into it when he overheard Fred offering Hermione Granger a jam tart and telling her that the tarts were not hexed, but the custard creams were. Neville immediately spat the food out, but when mistakenly reassured that Fred was joking, he returned to the consumption of the Canary Creams. He soon caused a diversion by turning into a large canary, proving Fred's memory correct. Within a minute, he reverted, and joined in the laughter.

After Ron Weasley began helping George with managing Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, he showed the Canary Cream to a visiting student and ate it with them, both turning into canaries. After they reverted, the student showed interest in buying it and asked if there were other flavours. Ron thought it was a good idea to develop more flavours to mix into other food or tempt others into eating.

In 2010, they were sold at Zonko's Joke Shop. The student planned to buy them for Robyn Thistlethwaite because they were her favourite sweets.

Behind the scenes

• In Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, the Canary Cream from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes transforms the consumer into a large-eyed red canary, whereas the one from Zonko's Joke Shop changes them into a small, black-eyed yellow canary. The game also shows that the cream turns the consumer into a normal-sized canary, unlike in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where Neville Longbottom was turned into a large one.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
• The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac