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.

A hungry opossum is going viral this week after eating an entire Costco chocolate cake in Nebraska. The “cake bandit” was found outside Kim Doggett’s Omaha home earlier this month.

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.

When an opossum ended up hospitalized after eating an entire Costco chocolate cake, the internet rallied around the 'cake bandit.' ...

An opossum with a legendary sweet tooth is on the road to recovery after eating an entire chocolate cake from Costco.

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 ...

Opossum is recovering at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab after eating an entire Costco chocolate cake ...

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.

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.