By Henry Stachera

KitKats were stolen! Men posing as Italian police officers set up this movie-esque ploy to steal hundreds of thousands of KitKat bars, 413,793 to be exact. These were not any normal KitKats however, they were supposed to be a promotional item for the new F1 movie as well as the entire F1 scene in Italy. F1 car shaped chocolate specifically for the occasion with sculpted tires and the like creating an impressive work of chocolate art. Although this thievery appeared to occur only from pure coincidence at first, further investigation brought to light factors of the heist that were too coincidental to just be a coincidence. The shipment of chocolate was not public knowledge and these special KitKat bars were supposed to be released to the public a few days later. 

The truck was en route to regional warehouses in the area and was hijacked by the Italian men as though they were in Back to the Future III stealing a train to get back to the future. By the time that real police officers reached the crime scene, the truck was gone and thankfully the driver was left untouched. 

Due to the nature of the theft and the chocolate that was stolen any Formula One chocolates that could hit the market whether sold by the thieves or on the open market may become a desired collectible as time goes on. Alongside the possible desirable, another explanation for the theft could be the ease of selling chocolate. There is no need for a dealer or excess people in on the sales as if they were selling drugs meaning it can be moved in high volume at a high speed. 

Italian authorities are still investigating this case and working to find both the thieves and the chocolate. For now we can only speculate where the chocolate is and where it will go. The thieves got away with this heist and no one seems to know what to do about the situation. 

It is not clear as of right now who is the real victim of this heist, Nestle, the Italian people or Italian police getting befuddled; one thing is for sure, Formula One is living by the old adage, any press is good press.

Courtesy of Nestle