Chocolate bomb

This article is about the firework. For the food, see Bombe glacée.

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.^[1] 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.^[1] After that they are wrapped with colorful aluminum foil, making them resemble chocolates.^[1] The Burima brand of chocolate bombs were very popular in Kolkata in the 1990s.^[2] The firecracker has been declared illegal in West Bengal.^[3]

A few chocolate bombs in a box.

A chocolate bomb-style firecracker. The black protrusion is the fuse, which is ignited.