Tag Archive: world record
World Record Box of Chocolate!
October 16, 2015
How long is the world’s longest box of chocolates?
Well, as of recent history, it’s 313 feet!
Record-breaking Chocolate Sculpture
May 22, 2012
Another Guinness World Record has been broken! Qzina Specialty Foods, which is based in Irvine, California, celebrated its 30th Anniversary by building the largest chocolate structure to date.
They created a replica of the ancient Mayan temple of Kukulkan (in Chichen Itza) that weighs 18,239 pounds. That makes it 7,500 pounds heavier than the previous record set in 2010 in Italy.
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White Chocolate Sculpture
January 25, 2011
I’m absolutely fascinated by sculptures crafted in chocolate. Perhaps it is because I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. I do, however, have a deep admiration for those that do.
I have had several blog posts in the past showing off many chocolatiers’ incredible artistic skills.
Most, if not all, of those were carved from milk or semi-sweet chocolate.
Recently, one of Italy's well known chocolatiers, Mirco Della Vecchia, formed his creation from white chocolate.
His project was to sculpt and display famous tourist destinations from around the world.
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World’s Largest Chocolate Truffle?
October 23, 2010
The Queen’s Head Inn, a pub in Worcestershire UK, made a 250 kg chocolate truffle and they’re hoping it sets a new world record for the world's biggest chocolate truffle!
Now that is a lot of chocolate! (And, an awesome photo!)
The pub plans to show off the massive treat to mark the beginning of National Chocolate Week.
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