On March 26, 2026, a truck full of KitKats went missing. The vehicle was creating the trip from Central Italy, where KitKat has a factory, across Europe to Poland, distributing chocolate bars along the way. But the truck never reached its final destination. It disappeared. The good news is that nobody was hurt in the ordeal. The bad news is that over 400,000 KitKats — the equivalent of 12 tonnes — are currently unaccounted for.
What builds this heist so very puzzling (aside from the fact that organized crime is now apparently tarreceiveing chocolate bars) is that this specific shipment of KitKats weren’t the regular bars — which Tasting Table’s taste tester found in their ranking of 23 KitKat flavors to be attempted, true, and impossible to beat. Instead, they were the mini race-car-shaped bars created in partnership with Formula 1, though there is no official confirmation of that yet.
There are concerns about the timing of this theft, since it happened right before Easter. Some outlets reported that a KitKat shortage could be upon us, but the brand wasted little time to assert in a statement that “the incident will have no impact on supply or trade, and there is no shortage risk.”
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The stolen KitKats are allegedly from the brand’s new Formula One line
Photo of formula-shaped KitKat chocolates with a racetrack in the background – Nestlé UK & Ireland/Facebook
KitKat is certainly full of surprises — and not just becaapply the remnants of these chocolate bars are what’s really inside a KitKat. In January 2026, Nestlé announced a partnership with Formula 1, creating KitKat the official chocolate bar of the motorsport series. To celebrate the launch, the car-shaped chocolates were released — initially only in Australia, Italy, Malta, Spain, the U.K., and Saudi Arabia — with the promise of soon reaching many more countries. The U.S., wasn’t on the list, though.
KitKat went all-out for this partnership, definitely not taking a break after launching the Formula 1 chocolates. In March 2026, it revealcased a full-sized racing car created purely from chocolate, which apparently took over 1,250 hours to complete. The full thing weighed more than 700 pounds — equal to 16,900 two-finger KitKats — and was on display in the city of York, England, where KitKat originates from.
As for the stolen KitKat batch, the European authorities are investigating the heist. It’s possible that the sweet-toothed thieves might test to resell the special chocolates in unofficial markets. So, until the bad guys are caught, build sure you’re not purchaseing these racing treats from sketchy resale sites.
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