Ricky Joy has recalled about 2.3 million Sour Crush Rolling Liquid Candy bottles because the roller ball can detach and pose a choking hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. The company is offering refunds and says it will provide a prepaid shipping label for returns.
The September 10 notice is current and specific, but the refund applies to the recalled candy bottles, not to every sour candy product or every purchase from the listed retailers. Product identification remains the first step.
The roller-ball top is the feature behind the recall
The CPSC recall notice describes 1.85-fluid-ounce Sour Crush Rolling Liquid Candy bottles. The product is applied through a rollerball top and was sold individually and in three- and 12-bottle packs, in blue, red, green and pink flavors.
The agency says the plastic rolling ball can detach, creating a risk of serious injury or death from choking. It reports no incidents or injuries. A lack of reported injuries does not change the recall status or the stated remedy.
Ricky Joy is printed on the bottle along with “Extreme Sour,” “Sour Crush” and the flavor name, according to the notice. Those label details are useful because a similarly colored candy bottle may not be included.
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The CPSC describes a prepaid return process
The notice tells consumers to stop using the recalled bottles, take them away from children and contact The Ricky Joy Company for a refund. It says consumers will receive a prepaid shipping label to return the recalled product.
That is the verified remedy for this recall. The notice does not set a claims deadline or identify a flat refund amount. A product purchase price is not the same thing as a published payout, so no individual-dollar figure should be assumed from the reported 2.3 million units.
Sales ran through stores and online outlets
The CPSC says the bottles were sold at H-E-B, Forman Mill and other candy stores nationwide, as well as online through Walmart.com, CandyFunHouse.com, RickyJoy.com and other retailers. The cited sales period was January 2023 through May 2026.
Retailer names explain where the product traveled, but they do not replace the manufacturer’s recall process. The agency directs consumers to Ricky Joy’s recall page and telephone number; those routes are the current primary-source contacts for the remedy.
The CPSC lists International Trade Imports LLC, doing business as Ricky Joy, as the importer and says the products were made in Colombia. Those details confirm that the official notice concerns a defined company and product rather than an unverified social-media alert.
The notice includes photographs for the individual bottle and the multi-bottle pack. Comparing the packaging to those images is more reliable than relying on flavor names, which can be used by other sour-candy products that are not part of the recall.
The CPSC describes the item as a 1.85-fluid-ounce liquid-candy bottle. It says the label carries the Ricky Joy name along with “EXTREME SOUR” and “SOUR CRUSH,” and identifies blue, red, green and pink flavors. The notice also covers bottles that were sold alone as well as three-, 12- and 24-count packs, so the container and label remain more useful than the pack size by itself.
The agency says the products were sold from January 2023 through May 2026. It reports no injuries in connection with this recall as of the notice date, but that is not a substitute for matching the product and using the manufacturer’s return process. The reported hazard is that the bottle cap can detach and create a choking and ingestion risk for young children.
The unit count is not a consumer-payment total
“More than 2.3 million” is the CPSC’s estimate of recalled bottles. It is not the value of the refund program. The agency says individual bottles sold for about $3 and packs for between $13 and $32, which illustrates why individual remedy amounts can vary by purchase.
The CPSC also notes that federal law prohibits selling products subject to a recall. The current agency notice provides the product description, hazard and refund route, giving households a source-based way to distinguish this recall from general concerns about candy safety.
The recall number, 26-748, is another reference point on the agency page. It can help when contacting the company or comparing a product against the official notice.
The official record remains current
As of September 15, the CPSC lists the September 10 Ricky Joy action with a refund remedy and prepaid return label. That supports the headline’s product count and remedy without implying a closed-form payment or a refund for products outside the recall.
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This article was prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor.
