A lorry spilled 24 tons of melted chocolate onto a highway in Poland.

Overtuned lorry spills 24 tons of melted chocolate

Overtuned lorry spills 24 tons of melted chocolate

The gooey stuff fell out after the vehicle overturned causing six lanes to close, and the responding firefighters warned that once the sweet treat hardens it can be ''worse than snow''.

The driver of the HGV carrying the chocolate was reportedly taken to hospital with a broken arm, with no other injuries reported.

Fire chief Bogdan Kowalski told TVN24.''It will take several hours.

''Once it hardens, chocolate's worse than snow.''