Say goodbye to crayons that smelled good enough to eat. Children loved Crayola's food-scented crayons, but some parents didn't. The parents won.

The crayons, which have been on sale since July 1994, had scents like coconut, licorice, chocolate, cherry and blueberry. Some parents complained that children might be tempted to eat the Crayons rather than to color with them.

That was a perception, not the reality," said Sandy Horner, a spokeswoman for Binney & Smith, the manufacturer of Crayola crayons. "We have had fewer than 10 reports of kids eating the crayons, and there have been no injuries."

The company, she said, has sold three million boxes of Magic Scent crayons.

"Even if a child puts a crayon in the mouth it is not a problem," Ms. Horner added. "Crayons are non-toxic."