Let me tell you about the snack cup that survived my minivan. Yes, actually got run over and lived to tell the tale. Two years into daily abuse (toddler + dog attacks, weekly dishwasher torture), my whale-patterned mushie cup looks like it just came out of the package.
The magic? That thick food-grade silicone. Unlike flimsy plastic containers, this thing bounces back from being crushed in diaper bags. The spill-proof opening is genius - my 18mo old shoves her whole arm in chasing goldfish, yet somehow nothing escapes unless she deliberately flips it upside down (toddler science experiments excluded).
Pro tip: Buy multiple. Not because they break (they don't), but because you'll want the dinosaur print for daycare and the neutral cloud one for 'fancy' outings. They stack neatly in my stroller basket, and the 13oz size perfectly fits a full pouch's worth of snacks - no more half-empty containers rattling around.
Worth noting: After the car incident, I contacted Mushie asking about replacement parts (assuming I'd broken some hidden seam). Their response? 'Glad it held up! That's exactly why we use medical-grade silicone.' Now that's confidence in craftsmanship.