# Evil Nazi Exploding Chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463 "2005-09-07T02:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/1 "2005-09-07T02:57:43Z")
**Tuba** and other chocolate lovers, beware! [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-britain-chocolate-bomb,1,2572491.story?coll=chi-news-hed](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-britain-chocolate-bomb,1,2572491.story?coll=chi-news-hed) ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/2 "2005-09-07T03:07:14Z")
Zo, Herr Vonka … your Oompaloompas haff betrayed you, no? Vell, how do you like _deze_ apples?!? OK, plums, then. Vatever! ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/3 "2005-09-07T03:10:12Z")
Ve know you haff relatiffs in Hershey, Pennsylvania… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/4 "2005-09-07T03:11:18Z")
It blowed up good. Blowed up REAL good! ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/5 "2005-09-07T03:34:23Z")
I never can remember that chocolate code. What is it? Square means nougat, round is cream-filled, oval is exploding? ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/6 "2005-09-07T04:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Other German designs included bombs disguised as tins of plums, throat lozenges, shaving brushes, batteries, wood, coal and stuffed dogs. Heh, heh, heh. ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/7 "2005-09-07T04:39:46Z")
Anyone besides me reminded of the ‘crunchy frog’ and other concoctions? Like the tasty treat that shoots steel bolts piercing through both cheeks when you eat it? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/8 "2005-09-07T04:50:44Z")
Shrapnel sweeties? Teutonic truffles? Sometimes, truth really _is_ stranger than fiction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/9 "2005-09-07T05:33:38Z")
> [@missdavis102](#): > > Anyone besides me reminded of the ‘crunchy frog’ and other concoctions? Like the tasty treat that shoots steel bolts piercing through both cheeks when you eat it? That did cross my mind. But I decided that any reference, even a cryptic one, to the Whizzo Chocolate Company would mark me as a complete geek. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/10 "2005-09-07T05:58:41Z")
> [@the Chicago Tribune](#): > > The chocolate bomb was illustrated in documents which also explained that it was intended to blow up seven seconds after someone tried to break off a piece. So what exactly is the purpose of the seven second delay? Were the wily Nazi saboteurs planning to distribute the things one at a time? “Hier…haff a chocolate bar!” _:runs away very quickly:_ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/11 "2005-09-07T06:04:08Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > So what exactly is the purpose of the seven second delay? It’s a standard feature of Acme[sup]TM[/sup] brand weapons. The thing has to tick loudly for a few seconds, then ring like an alarm clock. Then BOOM! That’s how you know it’s an Acme[sup]TM[/sup]! ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-nazi-exploding-chocolate/320463/12 "2005-09-07T06:17:50Z")
The (British) S.O.E had similar devices. One was exploding horse manure left conveniently in the road and another was an exploding Buddha specially for Japanese troops. More here :- [SOE](http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,1190261,00.html)