Chocolate bomb
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A chocolate bomb (Hindi: सुतरी बम) is a firecracker which is exploded by revelers during Diwali and New Year's Eve celebrations in India. Chocolate bombs are made of tiny paperboard boxes stuffed with gunpowder.{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/nature/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AE-1.76986|title='গরিবের বাজি' বলে দেদার তৈরী হচ্ছে চকোলেট বোমা|last=Ghatak|first=Shubhashish|date=14 October 2014|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata|archive-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025010419/http://www.anandabazar.com/nature/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AE-1.76986|url-status=dead}} A fuse is inserted in one of the corners. The boxes are then tightly wrapped with jute strings and dried in the sun for three days. After that they are wrapped with colorful aluminum foil, making them resemble chocolates. The Burima brand of chocolate bombs were very popular in Kolkata in the 1990s.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/City-of-sound-fury/articleshow/44915951.cms|title=City of sound & fury|last=Sen|first=Zinia|date=23 October 2014|work=The Times Of India|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata}} The firecracker has been declared illegal in West Bengal.{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/govt-wants-banned-crackers-out-of-bengal-before-new-year-celebrations/549399/|title=Govt wants banned crackers out of Bengal before New Year celebrations|last=Dam|first=Mohona|date=3 December 2009|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=25 October 2014}}
