In a sweet but serious case that has gone viral, confectionery giant KitKat has confirmed the theft of approximately 12 tonnes (around 4,13,793 bars) of its chocolate from a truck in Europe last week, just ahead of the Easter festival.

The consignment, belonging to a new range of KitKat products (reportedly including a Formula 1-themed line), was being transported from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to Poland when the entire truck went missing during transit. The incident was first reported widely on March 30 and has since sparked massive interest online.