Michele Boudreaux, of Maplewood, New Jersey, said on her blog she provides candy, snacks, tissues, hand warmers and other goodies on her doorstep every year.Her husband tried to chase the squirrel to see plastic transparent airless bottle where it was hoarding all the treats, but it made a clean getaway.An obese squirrel was caught on video stealing gourmet chocolate and lip balm that a family leaves outside as a holiday treat for delivery people. Officials in the town of Sea Girt were puzzled last week when wires to the town’s Christmas tree and display were found torn.An obese squirrel was caught on video stealing gourmet chocolate and lip balm that a family leaves outside as a holiday treat for delivery people.Police kept watch over the display and on Saturday posted a photo on Facebook of the culprit — a squirrel.The shenanigans “brought my family so much joy,” she said.Boudreaux said she stumbled upon the thieving rodent in the act Wednesday, and recorded it taking more chocolate and a Carmex lip balm.

Her family has devised the perfect solution to the problem.Police said the naughty rodent was “charged with criminal mischief and released on bail. The rotund rodent showed his pickiness yet again. She’s never had any issues before, but this year, her basket was raided within hours of being set outside her home.

“We now have our chocolate in a jar that requires opposable thumbs,” she wrote.The thief seemed to be targeting the priciest stuff, including about 25 squares of Ghirardelli chocolate, she said.The family set up a surveillance camera to see what was going on and spotted the overweight varmint standing on a step stool, digging through the stash Tuesday. Workers repaired the damage so the tree could be lit on Friday.“He threw all the seeds out on the porch and ate all the other stuff,” she said.”.She also put a bowl of treats out for the squirrel Thursday, full of walnuts, popcorn and pumpkin seeds.Squirrels are seemingly trying to ruin the holiday spirit all over New Jersey this season.“I mean, this squirrel is so obese — a jolly ol’ chap — he must be prepping for a decade of winters,” Boudreaux wrote