There’s a new chocolate-based star at the Olympics.
Published: Feb. 12, 2026
Today.com - Joseph Lamour
There’s a new chocolate-based star at the Olympics.
It’s not a muffin or lava cake — it’s a giant Nutella dispenser.
On Feb. 4, U.S. snowboarder Hahna Norman posted a video at the Milan-Cortina Olympics that attracted a lot of hungry eyeballs — and it had nothing to do with her talent on the slopes.
While showing viewers around the inside of one of the Milan Olympic Village’s dining halls, viewers noticed a giant Nutella dispenser, just chilling in the background.
“wait close up on the nutella dispenser pleaseeeeee,” requested one commenter.
“Was that a giant Nutella dispenser,” another asked, and Norman obliged the crowd with more sweet footage.
“POV the Olympic dining hall has the nutella plug,” Norman wrote on a video of her teammate, snowboarder Bea Kim, dispensing a glob of hazelnut-chocolate spread onto toast.
And she’s not the only Olympian going gaga over the Nutella pump.
On Feb. 5, snowboarder Maddie Mastro posted about what she called the “Nutella Keg.”
On Feb. 8, Australian Freeskier Daisy Thomas posted a video of herself enjoying the dispenser, pumping the chocolate-hazelnut spread onto a golden-brown croissant.
Fans across the internet are thrilled at the prospect of using such a stunning culinary tool.
“2024: chocolate muffin. 2026: Nutella Keg,” declared one TikTok user.
“now I really regret not training harder to become an olympian,” wrote another.
Nutella did not immediately respond to TODAY.com’s request for comment, but it’s been commenting on Olympians’ social media posts with encouraging words.
“We are so happy about this! ❤️,” the company wrote on Norman’s Instagram video.