The Olympics have been off to an exciting start. Team USA has been winning medals left and right. But if you’re only watching the summer games on your television, you’re missing out on half the fun.
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Popularized during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Olympians are taking over TikTok to share their behind the scenes experiences and what it’s really like to be an athlete living in the Olympic Village.
Some of the popular videos so far have been room tours, merchandise hauls and dining hall food reviews, the later of which has inspired a new craze of its own.
@henrikchristians1 Olympic Village food review! A little surprise at the end too! Smash like and subscribe for part 2 #fyp #olympics #paris2024 #olympictiktok #olympicvillage #foodreview @Olympics @paris2024 @Mr.Nicho
Shortly after arriving to the Olympic Village, Henrik Christiansen, an Olympic Swimmer for Norway, shared a video of him reviewing the different foods he had tried so far in the dining hall. One of the items? A chocolate muffin. “Insane. 11/10,” he rated it.
@henrikchristians1 I don’t think you guys realize how good this stuff is #fyp #zipline #olympics #paris2024 #olympictiktok #olympicvillage #muffins @Mr.Nicho
Since that initial video, Christiansen has posted 9 TikToks just about the chocolate muffins, which is over half of the 16 videos he’s uploaded since arriving in Paris.
@henrikchristians1 We have chocolate muffin before GTA 6 #fyp #olympics #paris2024 #olympictiktok #olympicvillage #muffins #gta #gta6
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From what Christiansen has shared, these aren’t your ordinary chocolate muffins. In addition to being a chocolate batter with chocolate chunks on top, the inside appears to have melted chocolate, similar to a molten lava cake.
@henrikchristians1 When bae is looking like a snack #fyp #olympics #paris2024 #olympictiktok #olympicvillage #muffins @Olympics @paris2024
Christiansen’s videos are inspiring fellow Olympic athletes to try the dessert themselves and share their own reviews.
@henrikchristians1 Yet another beautiful day in the Olympic Village #fyp #olympics #paris2024 #olympictiktok #olympicvillage #muffins @Olympics @paris2024
Olympic Swimmer Lewis Clareburt from New Zealand shared a video of him and Christiansen with a chocolate muffin in hand.
@lewis_clareburt Guys i found him @Henrik Christiansen #olympics #paris2024
American rock climber Colin Duffy also shared a photo post of the treat with the caption reading “You do not understand how good these muffins are.”
U.S. track and field star Gabby Thomas shared it was the best muffin she ever had, giving it a 9.8/10 rating, clarifying in her caption that she would’ve rated them higher but they had run out of them when she tried to get them earlier so she deducted points for that.
@itsgabbythomas Replying to @olivia random id rate it higher but they ran out when i tried to get it earlier so minus points for that
@aleahfinn They are so good like ??? #olympics #olympicvillage #paris2024
@nikita.ducarroz @Henrik Christiansen the #OlympicVillage chocolate muffins really are 11/10 ! #Olympics #paris2024 #olympicgames
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@marslikethebar this is a joke and i am an aid, not an athlete. Still at the olympics tho which is super cool #olympics #paris2024 #jo #jo2024 #teamusa #italy #olympics2024
As for viewers at home who aren’t able to visit the Olympic Village dining hall, some have taken it upon themselves to find out where they can get the chocolate muffins. Others are sharing recipes that fans can make at home to soothe the craving.
@j.stucky needing @Henrik Christiansen to get some deets on where the muffins are from, who makes them, how we can buy them, ANYTHING #olympics #parisolympics #olympics2024 #muffins #muffinman #olympicswimming #olympicvillage
@kelin.online @Henrik Christiansen wdyt is it the same ?? #greenscreen #olympics #muffinman #baking
@elaina.bell @Henrik Christiansen get this man a chocolate muffin sponsorship and stat
https://www.tiktok.com/@elaeatz/video/7397220159162813727
@freyja19 ignore my weird af hair, I’m working from home #olympics #olympicvillage
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@curioustatum extreme olympic fomo @Henrik Christiansen #olympics #olympics2024 #parisolympics2024 #paris2024 #olymipicmuffinman #olympicmuffins #swimming #2024 #fyp #foryou #foryoupage
