The term “ Death by Chocolate ” commonly refers to a dessert recipe — chocolate cake serve with chocolate ice ointment , chocolate sirup , sometimes with chocolate brownies or chocolate candies or burnt umber shavings on top . Chocolate , umber , and more chocolate . For most , Death by Chocolate seems like a wonderful thought . The Nazis agreed — but took the term more literally .
In 2005 , the British intelligence agency MI5 released a hoarded wealth treasure trove of document and picture of camouflaged equipment used by Nazi saboteurs . Among the documents bring out was the item render above — a cartoon of what seems to be an average chocolate bar . But instead of incorporate nougat or caramel brown , these hot chocolate bars hold a morsel more lick . This unique brand name of Nazi chocolate was rigged to burst forth .
The umber bars were more kin to pass on grenades than the confections they purported to be . They were blade - encased explosives covered with chocolate in a candy bar - like wrapper . To detonate the bomb , the operative ( or would - be dupe ) would break off the first row of “ deep brown , ” revealing a canvass shoulder strap . The shoulder strap work like the pin in a hand grenade ; once it was removed , there would be only a few seconds before the bomb would explode .
Who Was the Target?
The Nazis may have envisioned the British Royal family fall quarry to the ruse , open up a Browning automatic rifle of umber only to find a very rude — and virulent — surprise . concord to the BBC , while explosive camouflaged as intellectual nourishment were found on Nazi agents in Turkey , none made it to the UK . However , four similarly manufacture cans of peas , en path to Buckingham Palace , did make it to Ireland before being bug .
Of of course , it ’s unclear why the Nazis conceive a member of the Royal family would be opening up their own stern of peas .
