Olympic Games 2024 in New York, they queue for two hours to taste the “Crous muffin”.

This is one of the stars of the Paris 2024 Olympics: the chocolate muffin offered in the Olympic village. A Norwegian athlete caused a sensation on TikTok by publishing several funny videos around this honey he said “skin” and something he could not do without. The small cake quickly went viral on social networks and it is clear that it has not stopped making people talk about it.

There’s a bonkers looooong line on 2nd Avenue in the East Village this morning for a pop-up (138 2nd Ave.) featuring the viral chocolate muffins from the Olympic Village in Paris. pic.twitter.com/AOO1xl6DC9

– evgrieve (@evgrieve) August 17, 2024

“I wanted to taste”

As reported RMC Sports A cafe in New York (United States) imported less than 300 muffins after the end of the Olympics and sold them inside its establishment on Saturday 17 August 2024. “For very selfish reasons, I wanted to taste this muffin”just explains the founder of Isshki Matcha, Angel Zheng, in a TikTok video.

A bold gamble that paid off. Hundreds of people waited in line for two hours on Saturday to taste this famous muffin. “The fact that it was exclusive made this question even more interesting. “a resident of New York explained to our colleagues. After tasting, she described a pastry “rich but fair” apart from “Not too sweet but very happy”.

Almost €10 per muffin

This sale of muffins surprised many French Internet users on social networks, especially students who were surprised by the success of this business dessert distributed in the Crous de France. They were especially surprised by the price of the cake: $10.89, or almost €9.90! Some are even worried about possible inflation of muffins at the beginning of the school year, reports The Huffington Post .

Due to the success of this first fair, the founder of Isshki Matcha and her partner are considering a second operation as part of the Paralympic Games to be held from August 28 to September 8, 2024. “A lot of people couldn’t afford a muffin and we want to make sure the wait isn’t in vain”they explained.