CONCERT hall chiefs banned Tunnock's Snowballs because they had not been "risk assessed".
Fans celebrating the life of poet Edwin Morgan were told they couldn't eat the late writer's favourite treats.
So they had to smuggle the Snowballs into the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's trendy Southbank Centre. The Snowballs had been sent south by Tunnock's for 200 fans of former Scottish national poet Morgan, who died in August aged 90.
Judith Palmer, of the Poetry Society, said: "We wanted to celebrate as he would have wanted, with Tunnock's Snowballs. Tunnock's knew of his hankering for their confectionery.
"Unfortunately, someone failed to warn the Southbank staff and we were told we couldn't hand them out because they hadn't been risk assessed. The Snowballs were being smuggled about like contraband and that hint of danger made them even more irresistible."
A Tunnock's spokesman said: "This is the first time we've heard of our Snowballs having a risk assessment."
A Southbank Centre spokeswoman said: "We always try to facilitate requests. In this instance it came too late for us."
