Mom warns of ‘Dragon’s Breath’ snack after son rushed to hospital

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (WPTV) — A mom in Florida said she’s grateful for her son’s life after he ate a snack at the mall and then wound up in the hospital.

Racheal McKenny was at The Avenues Mall in Jacksonville, Florida with her kids last week when they asked to try a dessert called “dragon’s breath.” The popular confection is made by coating cereal puffs in liquid nitrogen. This allows people who eat it to look as if they’re blowing smoke like a dragon.

“They had fun and it seemed harmless enough,” McKenny wrote in a post on Facebook warning others about the snack.

On the way home, her son, Johnny, started coughing and then experiencing trouble breathing. Johnny has asthma, which McKenny said is typically pretty mild, so she did not bring his inhaler with them for a trip to the mall.

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