Doctor responds after concerned customer spots trypophobia inducing issue with chocolate

A doctor has addressed a concerned customer's question about their chocolate bar that looked a bit odd.

There's nothing better than chomping down on a sweet chocolate bar after craving it all day, treating yourself to a reward that you probably deserve.

However, when this person was enjoying their own sweet treat, they noticed something weird with the appearance of the cocoa-based snack.

Concerned with what they saw, the social media user reached out to a trusty source - a health expert on Instagram, named Dr. Karan Rajan.

The medical professional has over 1.2 million followers on the platform, and is known for making informative videos explaining the health and science behind other creators' videos, covering topics such as why you should never hold in a fart and the grim thing that happens if you don't clean your belly button.

Essentially, he either clarifies or debunks other people's health claims, and people love it.

Dr. Rajan has now come in to clarify the chocolate issue, where the user realised that hole-shapes were forming, with his sweet treat turning into an absolute nightmare to those who have trypophobia.

Trypophobia is basically a fear of the sight of a repetition in patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps.

The user posted the video with the text 'what tf is that in my Reese's egg'.

Dr. Rajan then clarified if you should throw away the sweet treat away if it starts to look like this, to which the simple answer is no.

Essentially, when chocolate is exposed to any moisture, the sugar on the dessert will dissolve in the water, but when the moisture evaporates, the sugar recrystallises.

The doctor continues: "But it won't form the same smooth texture it had originally, instead you'll have this white grainy texture known as sugar bloom.

"Another possible explanation is fat bloom."

He explains that this is when the fatty component in the chocolate, cocoa butter, melts when exposed to high temperatures, with the fat recrystallising as it cools down, forming a white layer.

He then debunked any suggestions of insect eggs, as they prefer highly perishable foods such as fruits or vegetables.

Dr. Rajan ruled the food safe to eat, and joked that we should eat our chocolate straight away when we get it, 'because of science'.

Users took to the comments section to share their thoughts with the medical expert.

One commented: "Oh nawwww, it's OK to eat but trypophobia says hale no."

Another joked: "'When you got chocolate eat it quickly' Yaaaay science!"

A third put: "I have seen this in chocolate bars all my life. Never knew what it was."

A different user shared: "The texture of bloomed chocolate is really off-putting. It's grainy and leaves almost a film of fat in your mouth."