German customers queue for hours to buy Dubai Chocolate bars - in pictures

  • Leon Faehnle holds a Dubai Chocolate bar after waiting 10 hours to be the first customer to buy one of the bars at a Lindt store in Stuttgart, southern Germany. AFP
    Leon Faehnle holds a Dubai Chocolate bar after waiting 10 hours to be the first customer to buy one of the bars at a Lindt store in Stuttgart, southern Germany. AFP
  • Dubai Chocolate bars on display in the Lindt shop in Stuttgart. The hype around the chocolate bar - filled with pistachio and tahini paste and crispy kadaif noodles - has led to long queues outside German shops. AFP
    Dubai Chocolate bars on display in the Lindt shop in Stuttgart. The hype around the chocolate bar - filled with pistachio and tahini paste and crispy kadaif noodles - has led to long queues outside German shops. AFP
  • Customers queue up outside the Lindt shop in Stuttgart. AFP
    Customers queue up outside the Lindt shop in Stuttgart. AFP
  • The Lindt shop in Stuttgart had 100 Dubai Chocolate bars on sale. AFP
    The Lindt shop in Stuttgart had 100 Dubai Chocolate bars on sale. AFP
  • Customers queue outside to buy Dubai Chocolate in Aachen, west Germany. AP
    Customers queue outside to buy Dubai Chocolate in Aachen, west Germany. AP
  • Sales staff show off Dubai Chocolate in the Lindt shop in Aachen. AP
    Sales staff show off Dubai Chocolate in the Lindt shop in Aachen. AP
  • A bar of the limited-edition Dubai Chocolate in Aachen. AP
    A bar of the limited-edition Dubai Chocolate in Aachen. AP
  • Shop owner Ali Fakhro prepares Dubai chocolate at his Abu Khaled Sweets oriental pastry shop in Berlin's Wedding district. AFP
    Shop owner Ali Fakhro prepares Dubai chocolate at his Abu Khaled Sweets oriental pastry shop in Berlin's Wedding district. AFP
  • Mr Fakhro makes and sells Dubai chocolate - a trend that has recently gone viral on social media. AFP
    Mr Fakhro makes and sells Dubai chocolate - a trend that has recently gone viral on social media. AFP