This is the Play-Doh Sweet Shoppe Cake Mountain Play Set.
The play set comes with an applicator...
...which many people have realized looks an awful lot like a penis.
I salute the designers who somehow managed to get this Play-Doh icing maker past their bosses. http://t.co/cRCnsEMmmo
Concerned parents have been posting photos of the cake mountain play set's alleged penis on the Play-Doh Facebook page.
I dunno if anyone else follows Play-Doh on Facebook but you should cause they're doing some serious damage control
But users began noticing that the moderators of the Facebook page were deleting the comments and photos.
Play doh is deleting photos of its Cake Mountain topper. Snort.
The toy, and Play-Doh's response, was so controversial it made the local news. Tulsa, Oklahoma's, KTUL interviewed parents who felt it was too phallic.
This come with cake mountain play-doh set 4 kids, #Hmmm
"We have heard some consumer feedback about the extruder tool in the Play-Doh Cake Mountain play set and are in the process of updating all future Play-Doh products with a different tool," a Hasbro spokesperson told KTUL reporters.
.@PlayDoh nice job including a dildo shaped implement in cake mountain. Happy holidays!
BuzzFeed has reached out to Play-Doh for comment, which appears to still be deleting Facebook comments about its play set.
Play-Doh's parent company, Hasbro, said in a statement Tuesday that it would change the toy's design.
"We have heard some consumer feedback about the extruder tool in the Play-Doh Cake Mountain playset and are in the process of updating all future Play-Doh products with a different tool," the company said on Facebook. "Should any consumer want a replacement extruder for this item, they can contact Hasbro's Customer Service Department at 800-327-8264."
(H/T: Oh No They Didn't)