Twelve Tons of KitKats Were Stolen, and You Can Help Find Them - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. It's not an April Fools' joke: A new online tracker lets people enter the batch number from their KitKat wrapper. KitKat is missing 12 tons of chocolate bars. But they don’t look quite like the ones in this photo. On March 29, Kit Kat posted on Instagram that 12 tons of KitKats (about 413,793 bars) were stolen between Italy and Poland. Both the chocolate bars and the truck carrying them vanished and remain missing. Nestle is now searching for the hijacked KitKat bars, and it’s asking the public to help find them. If the thief is trying to sell the candy, they might get tripped up. Nestle knows the serial numbers of the missing bars. Since the theft happened in Europe, candy sold in the US probably isn’t affected. These aren’t the traditional KitKats, but special-edition car-shaped KitKats developed for a Formula 1 promotion. A representative for KitKat did not immediately respond to a request for