Yahoo Lifestyle Katie Ledecky Says She Tried the ‘Infamous' Chocolate Muffins at 2024 Olympics: ‘I Can't Do That for Breakfast'
"I had about two bites," the Olympic gold medalist said
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Katie Ledecky in September 2024.Katie Ledecky's sweet tooth was no match for the food at the 2024 Olympics.
The swimmer, 27, revealed that she tried the "infamous" chocolate muffins during her stay in Paris for the Games this summer while attending a Raising Cane’s employee appreciation conference in Cancún, Mexico, on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
After giving a keynote presentation, and before heading into a Q&A with the food establishment's owner and founder Todd Graves and co-CEO AJ Kumaran, Ledecky said one question she is asked all the time is tied to the sweet treat.
"One question I've been getting a lot is, 'Did you try the chocolate muffins in the Olympic Village, the infamous chocolate muffins?' Yes, I did," the athlete said.
"I tried it after I was done competing for breakfast," she continued, adding: "I had about two bites because it was straight up chocolate cake, and I can't do that for breakfast."
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Katie Ledecky in August 2024.Earlier this summer, during the Games in Paris, double chocolate muffins that were being served in the Olympic village went viral on TikTok.
At the time, PEOPLE reached out to Sodexo Live! — the company responsible for feeding the 15,000 athletes living in the Village — to learn more about the treats. It was discovered that the goodies, made popular by Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen, were 130g “Maxi” muffins “presented in a tulip cup."
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“It is filled and topped with dark chocolate, featuring chunks of dark chocolate and milk chocolate. This muffin is served daily at the main athletes' restaurant and at the six takeaway food areas within the Village,” a representative for the company explained.
“This dessert is very popular, as around 2,000 chocolate muffins [are] consumed each day at the Athletes' Village. In total, Sodexo Live! plans to serve 100,000 muffins throughout the Athletes’ Village during [the] Olympic and Paralympic Games,” they added at the time, without revealing the tasty recipe.
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Katie Ledecky at Todd Graves in Cancún, Mexico, on Sept. 24.Related: Katie Ledecky Reveals the Hiding Spot She Has for the Gold Medals She Won at the 2024 Olympics
During the Raising Cane's event earlier this week, Ledecky was a special guest alongside Snoop Dogg. After his own Q&A, the rapper, 52, performed a DJ set.
The event, according to a press release, was set up "to recognize, reward and celebrate" more than 3,000 Raising Cane’s leaders and their significant others. It was described as "an industry-defining conference that was centered around relaxing and having a good time."
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