Walking in a chocolate wonderland?
Seeing your city covered in chocolate powder is probably one of the only things that could wake up to a white Christmas for many children, and for one city in Switzerland last Friday morning, it was not just a fantasy.
The Swiss city of Olten, located between Zurich and Basel, received a surprise dusting of cocoa after a ventilation system at a local chocolate factory was defective.
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Covered bridge over the river Aare in Olten in the morning. (Photo by: Loop Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The company Lindt & Spruengli said that a small defect developed in the cooling ventilation for a line for roasted “cocoa nibs” at their factory in Olten.
The nibs are fragments of crushed cocoa beans that serve as the base of chocolate. The small defect, combined with strong winds Friday morning, caused the chocolate powder to spread to the immediate area of the factory.
The Twitter page for the city of Olten shared a photo of a car that had a fine layer of chocolate powder.
Twitter users then shared their excitement about the Willy Wonka-like chocolate anomaly, which for many meant a possible reversal of fortune in a year made expensive by the coronavirus, while some just starved for some candy.
“2020 is turning around,” one user wrote.
“Chocolate snow … surely only in the next life?” another wrote.
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“My dream is true,” remarked another.
For others, it turned out that their excitement could not be measured in words.
Lindt & Spruengli said one car light was covered after the malfunction, and they offer to pay for each cleaning – although no one has listed the company on its offer yet.
Meanwhile, the ventilation problem was repaired and factory production could continue as usual, the company said.
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It added that the particles were harmful to humans and the environment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
