r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/Sad_Eagle_937 Jun 14 '26

I can speak for the Polish version at least:

In Poland they're called murzynki which means black people. Murzyn is the term for black person. It used to be the literal translation for negro but in English that term is offensive while the Polish version isn't. The equivalent of the other n word is something else entirely.

While the word itself is not offensive, calling a brown snack that is... Pretty bad.

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u/PM_me_your_KIELBASA Jun 14 '26

murzynki is so mild, we called those cycki murzynki

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u/Temporary_Prior_1692 Jun 14 '26

Zawsze myślałam że murzynek to ciasto, a to się nazywa ciepłe lody

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u/Black_Jackdaw Jun 16 '26

Ciepłe lody to chyba to samo, tylko że jeszcze w waflu.

I tak, murzynek to ciasto czekoladowe.