An opossum with a legendary sweet tooth is on the road to recovery after eating an entire chocolate cake from Costco, according to the wildlife rehabilitation center where she was treated.

An opossum with a “sweet tooth” was hospitalized after it annihilated an entire Costco chocolate mousse cake that was left outside on the porch of a Nebraska real estate agent’s home this week.

An opossum that ate an entire Costco chocolate cake is in recovery at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, reports KETV. Kim Doggett and her family had left the cake out only to later find tiny chocolate ...

'Cranky' Opossum Hospitalized After Eating Costco Chocolate Cake in Family's Backyard The "choco-holic" opossum turned out to also be dealing with lead toxicity, according to those who treated her By ...

From there, the opossum cake bandit was born, taking the internet and the world by storm after posts on social media amassed over 17,000 reactions and counting.

OMAHA, Neb. — There's a cake bandit in the metro. She is reported to have four legs and is a big fan of chocolate cake. This opossum cake bandit stole the hearts of people around the globe.

A real estate agent in Omaha, Nebraska, got an unexpected houseguest this week – a hungry opossum gorging on the Tuxedo Chocolate Mousse Cake she recently bought from Costco.

OMAHA, Nebraska — There’s a cake bandit in the metro.She is reported to have four legs and is a big fan of chocolate cake. This opossum cake bandit stole the hearts of people around the globe.