Hershey has big surprise for college student who had Kit Kat stolen from car

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Hershey has come to the rescue of a college student who had his Kit Kat bar brazenly stolen.

Kansas State University student Hunter Jobbins tells The Wichita Eagle he left his car unlocked with a Kit Kat in the cup holder last month before running into his dorm building. When he came back, the candy bar had been replaced with a note. The thief wrote, “I love Kit Kats so I checked your door and it was unlocked. Did not take anything other than the Kit Kat. I am sorry and hungry.”

 Jobbins recounted to CBS affiliate WIBW his reaction to reading the note.

“At first I was a little upset that my Kit Kat was gone because, you know, it’s a Kit Kat and I was looking forward to eating it,” said Jobbins. “Then I read it again and I thought, ‘You know this is really funny.’”

Jobbins said he wasn’t upset after realizing the Kit Kat was the only thing missing from his car. He shared the note on social media and it was soon shared hundreds of thousands of times.

Hershey responded by sending a representative to the campus with 6,500 Kit Kat bars.

Kit Kat shared a photo on Twitter of the candy stuffed in Jobbins’ car.  

Jobbins handed them out around campus last week.

“It’s just crazy how it all happened,” said Jobbins, adding that students have started calling him the “Kit Kat guy.”

“If you have candy in your car, I would probably hide it or there’s a chance that the Kit Kat thief might take it from you,” said Jobbins.