Kit Kat garners positive PR for campus theft response

The chocolate maker racked up love after sending replacement candy to a college student who tweeted that his bar was stolen.

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It all started when Kansas State student Hunter Jobbins tweeted this:

Left my car for maybe 15 minutes in front of the dorms and I come back to this. College man pic.twitter.com/KlDx5BtXLX

— Hunter Jobbins (@jabbins) October 30, 2016

The tweet picked up plenty of attention, and even caught a brand manager’s eye:

@jabbins Who steals someones Kit Kat?! WHO DOES THAT?! Shoot us a DM and we’ll replace it for you 🍫

— Kit Kat (@KitKat_US) October 31, 2016

So, what did the chocolate company do to make it right? They provided Jobbins with a carful of Kit Kats: 6,500, to be exact. Check it out:

.@Jabbins making it rain on #NationalCandyDay 🍫☔️🍫 pic.twitter.com/tfcGQN7qQW

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