About
Chocolate Gorilla Melting is an image macro series depicting a chocolate gorilla progressively melting in a pot of milk atop a stove. The format is typically used to show the slow disappearance of a subject attempting to tell the viewer a secret across the four panels, only to melt away before they can finish the statement. Although the original photo appeared online in 2017, the image saw a resurgence on Reddit in early August 2020 as a meme format.
Origin
The original photo used in the meme comes from a post to Imgur by user green1 on October 14th, 2017 (seen below). The image, which was uploaded under the title “I’ll be back,” received over 200,000 views, 4,000 upvotes and 140 comments. The actual product seen in the image is called “Zoology Chocolate Gorilla” and comes from Sugoi Mart.
The first time it appears in a meme comes from a post by Redditor walterwizzight on October 17th, 2017, to the /r/Accounting subreddit. The meme (shown below) was posted under the title “How Busy Season Feels,” receiving 336 upvotes and 17 comments in six months.
Spread
On March 23rd, 2019, Imgur user procrastinator9 uploaded a reaction image of the gorilla to the site under the title “Can relate.” The meme (seen below) received over 115,000 views, 3,100 upvotes and 100 comments.
On June 12th, 2020, Redditor Milk-Jug1737 posted a variant to the /r/dankmemes subreddit (shown below, left), receiving over 55,500 upvotes and 800 comments in roughly one month. On August 2nd, 2020, Redditor Dank_Memerman then posted another example to the /r/memes sub (shown below, right), where it received over 80,000 upvotes, 1,100 comments and several Reddit awards.
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External References
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chocolate-gorilla-melting