Big Box of Chocolate Bars

Not to be confused with Box of Chocolate Bars

Big Box of Chocolate Bars #36

A very large box of Mars bars. Provides a small happiness increase when consumed.

Effect

Increases happiness by 35 and booster cooldown by 30 minutes.

Type

Candy

Sell Price

$20

Release Date

15 November 2004

Big Box of Chocolate Bars is a Candy item that can be acquired through shoplifting. It can be sold to (but not purchased at) Sally's Sweet Shop.

The Big Box of Chocolate Bars was one of the items available at the official launch of Torn on 15 November 2004, having been introduced during the Torn City Beta.

Usage

Eating a Big Box of Chocolate Bars will increase a player's happiness by 35 and increase Booster Cooldown by 30 minutes. It has the highest happiness gains out of any Candy acquired through shoplift crimes.

Due to its affordability, the Big Box of Chocolate Bars is used by some newer players in conjunction with Drugs as a method to maximize Battle Stats gains at the Gym known as a "Choco Jump." However, the availability of the Big Boxes of Chocolate Bar has dropped drastically due to most players switching to Crimes 2.0, so using 50 energy Candy items, such as the Bag of Candy Kisses, during a jump is generally more effective both for stats gains and minimizing costs.

Obtaining

The Big Box of Chocolate Bars is most commonly obtained through crimes. In Crimes 1.0, it can be found through the "A Few Chocolate Bars" shoplifting crime. It can also be found through city finds and can be traded between players. A Big Box of Chocolate Bars can also be obtained by winning the Pot game in Christmas Town if one was added to the pot by a player.

The Big Box of Chocolate Bars can be found as a result of the following crimes:

Burglary:

• Residential:
  • "Mobile Home" (quantity 1)

• Commercial:
  • "Liquor Store" (quantity 1)
  • "Market" (quantity 4, requires Jemmy)

• Industrial:
  • "Dockside Warehouse" (quantity 2, requires Lockpicks)

Buffs

The Voracity branch of Faction upgrades has ten upgrades for Candy happiness gains in 5% increments.

The 'Absorption" 7* special at Grocery Stores gives 10% extra happiness from the usage of Big Boxes of Chocolate Bars.

Booster Cooldown incurred from usage of any item is reduced by 10% from the "Fast Metabolism" 3* special at Grocery Stores and 25% from the "Professional Metabolism" 10* special at Restauraunts.

Like all Candy items, the Big Box of Chocolate Bars provides triple the regular happiness gains starting from 12 hours before, to 12 hours after, World Diabetes Day (November 14.)

Without any Faction perks, a Big Box of Chocolate Bars will give 39 happiness with Absorption, 105 happiness on World Diabetes Day, and 116 happiness with both. The table below shows happiness gains when Faction perks are applied.

Big Box of Chocolate Bars Happy Gains
Active Bonuses	Candy effect I	Candy effect II	Candy effect III	Candy effect IV	Candy effect V	Candy effect VI	Candy effect VII	Candy effect VII	Candy effect IX	Candy effect X
No Other Bonus	37	39	40	42	44	46	47	49	51	53
With Absorption	40	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	56	58
World Diabetes Day	110	116	121	126	131	137	142	147	152	158
World Diabetes Day and Absorption	121	127	132	139	144	150	156	161	167	173

Related Awards

Box of Chocolate Bars Related Awards
Image	Name	Requirements
	Diabetic	Eat 500 bags of candy
	Candy Man	Achieve 1,000 theft crime
	Smile, You're On Camera	Achieve 2,500 theft crimes
	Smokin' Barrels	Achieve 5,000 theft crimes
	Breaking And Entering	Achieve 7,500 theft crimes
	Stroke Bringer	Achieve 10,000 theft crimes

Historical Notes

Prior to an update on 12 July 2012 that added the option for players to eat Big Boxes of Chocolate Bars for happiness gains, the item had no use.

Image History

Big Box of Chocolate Bars Image History
Years Used	Image
2006* to ~2010	**
~2010 to July 2012
July 2012 to 12 September 2023
12 September 2023 to present

* Items did not have images prior to 2006.

** This image is a low-quality version. The full-resolution version of this image has likely been lost to time.

The first 3D model of the Big Box of Chocolate Bars was released on 12 September 2023.

Trivia

The Big Box of Chocolate Bars is the only Candy item that gives an amount of happiness that isn't a factor of 25.

Patch History

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