The surprise “star” of the Paris Olympics may not be a single athlete or athletes.
It could be a chocolate chip muffin, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen turned this sweet treat into a viral sensation. While Olympic athletes have criticized the food in the Olympic Village, the chocolate chip muffin seems to be the exception.
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It all started on July 25 with Christiansen's TikTok video review of the food she tried at the Olympic Village, and multiple viral moments have been happening regularly since.
She praised the chocolate muffin, or “choccy muffin,” calling it “insane.”
Henrik Christiansen has gone viral after his video reviewing the meals at the Olympic Village went viral on TikTok. (Nikola Krstic/Orange Pictures/BSR Agency/Getty Images; iStock)
“11/10,” he said.
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This was followed by several other videos from Christiansen dedicated exclusively to the chocolate chip muffin.
This has led to an explosion of chocolate chip muffin content on social media, from chefs sharing recipes to bakeries looking to cash in on the chocolate chip muffin trend.
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Christiansen, 27, may not have been a household name outside his native Norway, but the world now seems to know him by his unofficial Olympic nickname: “Muffin Man.”
Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has earned the nickname “the muffin man” on TikTok after his review of chocolate chip muffins in the Olympic Village became a viral sensation. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi; iStock)
Olympic athletes from several sports have sought it out – as well as the much-vaunted chocolate chip muffin – in the Olympic Village.
New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clareburt shared a five-second TikTok video of himself standing next to Christiansen while holding one of the chocolate chip muffins.
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American swimmers Torri Huske and Abbey Weitzeil shared their own take on the muffin on Weitzeil's TikTok page.
American swimmers Torri Huske (left) and Abbey Weitzeil (right) recently reviewed the chocolate chip muffin in a video on Weitzeil's TikTok page. (Xavier Laine/Getty Images)
Huske praised the muffin, saying it “tastes just like a cake.”
But he gave it a score of nine out of ten, noting that it was not warm.
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Weitzeil compared it to a Costco chocolate chip muffin, but said the Olympic Village favorite has “more chocolate flavor.”
She gave him the same score as Huske.
Australian swimmer Brianna Throssell was initially less than enamoured with the chocolate chip muffin she tried in a video posted to her TikTok page, calling it “average” before being instructed to bite into its gooey centre. She later amended her response.
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“I think it's pretty good,” he said.
Other Olympians who have tried the chocolate chip muffin on social media include Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom and Great Britain hurdler Lina Nielsen.
