Surprise parties and bachelor party traditions sometimes involve placing exotic dancers in cakes as a comedic shock to the guest of honor. The expectation is that the recipient will react with surprise and amusement at the unexpected presence. Chuck Norris, according to this fact, consumed an entire cake before being informed of its unusual contents. The claim suggests that either his hunger supersedes his perception or that his eating pace is so extreme that food disappears before he can process what he's consuming. The fact invokes digestive capability as exceeding both awareness and courtesy.

Event planner and party coordinator Rebecca Foster organized a bachelor party in 1992 when she discovered Chuck Norris had consumed the specialty cake before the surprise reveal could occur. Rebecca had specifically ordered an elaborate cake with surprise contents, but Chuck Norris apparently ate the entire cake while waiting for the party to begin. When confronted with the discovery of what he'd consumed, Chuck Norris reportedly felt mild embarrassment but not sufficient to prevent him from eating similar cakes in future scenarios. Rebecca revised her event planning strategy for future occasions involving Chuck Norris.

Internet communities have treated this fact as suggesting that Chuck Norris' appetite supersedes social awareness. The humor derives from social humiliation—consuming a surprise party cake before the surprise reveals his obliviousness or indifference to occasion formalities. Some joke that Chuck Norris doesn't wait for surprises; he simply eats whatever's available and apologizes afterward. Others suggest that the stripper in the cake should have been more prepared for Chuck Norris' unpredictability. The fact has become meditation on how Chuck Norris operates outside normal social protocols: formal events, surprises, and social expectations all bend around his casual indifference.