Can this type of crack-breaking affect be achieved in After effects?

[Stefan Cargoski]

Hi forum.

I'd like to know which method using AE effects, this can be achieved. What I'm focusing on is, just an effect which makes animated cracks, I dont need the shatter of an object., just the few seconds of the demo below as the cracks appear is all I need. 

Here's an example below.

https://www.dreamstime.com/destruction-chocolate-surface-white-ice-cream-filling-chocolate-surface-w...

Thank you.

[Rick Gerard]

You should be able to use Shatter. A custom shatter map, a negative force, and fiddling with gravity and viscosity will do the trick. Then Pre-compose and add time remapping to control the speed. This took about 2 minutes. The timeline shows all modified properties of Shatter.