What’s inside this Lindt chocolate bar that a customer received from HelloFresh?

Imagine enjoying a chocolate bar and something in it *moves*.

A HelloFresh customer says she purchased a Lindt chocolate bar from the meal kit delivery service, and while it was a delicious chocolate bar, she says there were some uninvited guests who had climbed onto her snack.

In a video posted to TikTok that has garnered over 274,000 views, user Calinda Jones (@calinda86 on TikTok) says she had eaten a small portion of her chocolate bar before realizing there were some additives in her chocolate bar.

“I’m sitting here enjoying some chocolate, waiting in line to pick up my daughter and eating some Lindt chocolate and admiring how creamy and smooth it is,” she says in the video. “I got it a little dirty, but I put it down and took a closer look.”

“Let’s see if I can zoom in. But there are like little specks,” Jones says, zooming in on the chocolate bar. “And after looking more, I see that the specks are moving. So you can take a look, they’re definitely moving, there’s definitely a colony of something here. I’m over seven months pregnant and I’m like, what the hell did I just eat? That’s great. What do I do now?”

She described the piece of chocolate bar she had consumed as a “small colony,” based on the number of moving dots she could see on the rest of her chocolate bar.

“I received a piece of @Lindt chocolate in my @HelloFresh US box last week and met up with some friends…” the video reads. “I just ate a small colony because I cleared a row before starting this one. I don’t need any more inhabitants in my body!”

The Daily Dot reached out to Jones via TikTok direct message and comment on the video, as well as Lindt and HelloFresh via email regarding the video.

Is this a recurring issue with HelloFresh?

Some customers have reported being given food and ingredients that they found unappealing or even rotten by HelloFresh, a meal kit delivery service. Others have complained about small portions for multiple people.

However, there are not many reports of mites or insects being found in food delivery service orders.

@calinda86 I received a piece of @Lindt chocolate in my @HelloFresh US box last week and met up with some friends… I just ate a small colony because I cleared a row before starting this one. I don’t need any more inhabitants on my body! #BugsInChocolate #Lindt #WhatDidIEate ♬ original sound – Calinda Jones

What can I do if I receive damaged or missing items in my HelloFresh order?

According to HelloFresh’s site, customers who receive damaged or missing items in their box can report it on the food service site.

Some viewers suggested that the tiny moving dots the poster saw on their chocolate bar could very well be a type of mite, and could have come from purchasing flour or other ingredients somewhere other than HelloFresh.

“It could be pantry mites, though they were probably brought in by wheat products,” wrote one commenter. “I had an infestation once. Get rid of the chocolate and check your kitchen.”

“They are chocolate mites,” said another.

“They look like some kind of mite found in fresh produce that may have gotten into the chocolate in the Hello Fresh box,” wrote a third.

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