Do you know the muffin man? No, not the one who lives on Drury Lane, but the Norwegian swimmer enamored with the chocolate muffins in the Olympic Village.
The ultra chocolate muffins are grabbing viral attention at the 2024 Paris Olympics thanks to the numerous TikTok videos made by the Norwegian distance swimmer Henrik Christiansen .
He first posted about the "Choccy muffin" in a July 25 TikTok reviewing food in the Olympic Village, which he gave the now-famous muffins an "Insane 11/10."
He has posted about the muffins over 10 times since, with many of the videos gathering millions of views and amassing over 287,000 followers in the process. Posting a video on TikTok and using an audio from the movie "Shrek," Christiansen permanently solidified his Olympic identity as the " Muffin Man ."
"The only Olympic village love story that matters," one commenter posted on one of his many muffin-based videos.
"i am simply rooting for norway now because of the muffin man and i am not upset about it," said another commenter.
His virality has inspired other Olympians to seek out the chocolate muffins for themselves, including American swimmers Abbey Weitzeil and Torri Huske , who described the muffins as cake-like, with a melted chocolate fudge inside.
"For a chocolate muffin, a 9 out of 10," Huske said.
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When does Henrik Christiansen swim in the Olympics?
Christiansen swims in Heat 2 of the Men's 1500-meter Freestyle on Saturday, Aug. 3. He will also swim in the Men's 10-kilometer Open Water event on Friday, Aug. 9.
He previously swam in the second heat of the Men's 800-meter Freestyle , finishing sixth with a time of 8:00.55.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Meet the muffin man: Olympic Village's chocolate muffins are world famous thanks to this swimmer
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