--- description: Part of a Play-Doh baking kit. title: Play-Doh Toy Shaped Like a Penis Outrages Parents image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Play-Doh Penis-Shaped Toy Outrages Parents  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 12:15 AM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 12:15 AM CUT Play-Doh’s decision to equip its new baking kit with a tool that remarkably resembled a penis has parents outraged over its lack of family-friendliness. > [](https://twitter.com/Fatgoldfish4/status/549574954178854912) In an extra unfortunate design choice, the tool–included in the [Sweet Shoppe Mountain Playset](http://www.hasbro.com/en%5FUS/shop/details.cfm?R=FD802546-5056-9047-F565-7AFA4564D9FB:en%5FUS "undefined"), which lets kids make cakes out of Play-Doh–was designed to squeeze out Play-Doh icing. Parents have complained about its phallic shape since November, according to _Businessweek_, but an influx of angry comments on Play-Doh’s Facebook page around Christmas drew greater attention to the issue. Hasbro, which owns Play-Doh, said in a statement to _Businessweek_ that “We have heard some consumer feedback about the extruder tool in the Play-Doh Cake Mountain playset and are in the process of updating future Play-Doh products with a different tool.” \[[_Businessweek_](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-30/playdoh-enrages-parents-with-a-penisshaped-baking-toy "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3650773/play-doh-penis-shaped-toy-outrages-parents/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3650773/play-doh-penis-shaped-toy-outrages-parents/"},"headline":"Play-Doh Penis-Shaped Toy Outrages Parents","datePublished":"2014-12-31T00:15:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:37.086Z","description":"Part of a Play-Doh baking kit","url":"https://time.com/3650773/play-doh-penis-shaped-toy-outrages-parents/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3650773/play-doh-penis-shaped-toy-outrages-parents/","name":"Play-Doh Penis-Shaped Toy Outrages Parents"}}]}] ```