Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Largest chocolate coin: Carphone Warehouse sets world record
LONDON, UK -- Carphone Warehouse has unveiled its biggest and sweetest Christmas present yet - a chocolate coin measuring a huge 3.6m x 3.6m; it weighs over 270kg and is the equivalent of 5,081 bars or over 279 pints of chocolate - setting the new world record for the Largest chocolate coin, according to World Record Academy (www.worldrecordacademy.com).
Photo: Carphone Warehouse unveiled the World's Largest Chocolate Coin - which weighs 271kg and measures 3.6m x 3.6m. Photo courtesy: Carphone Warehouse/Freud Communications (enlarge photo)
The previous Guinness world record for the Largest Chocolate Coin was set by a Bucharest (Romania) shopping mall, with a 265 kilos chocolate coin, measuring 1.35m.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest chocolate fountain: it measures 8 m (26 ft 3 in) tall and circulates 2 tons (4,409 lb) of chocolate at a rate of 120 quarts per minute. It is displayed at the Jean Philippe Pâtisserie (USA) in Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The World's Largest Chocolate Coin was made by melting 271kg of Belgian chocolate at 45 degrees and took over 80 hours and 10 people to assemble in London's Westfield in Shepherds Bush.
Matt Stringer, UK MD from Carphone Warehouse said, "Chocolate coins are traditional stocking fillers – but I don't think we'd find a stocking big enough to fit ours in! It's pretty incredible to see a chocolate coin this huge."
The Largest Chocolate Coin in The World weighs in at a tasty 271kg - the equivalent of 5,081 chocolate bars (compared to a standard 49g bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk) or over 279 pints of chocolate.
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The World's Largest Chocolate Coin:
• The Carphone Warehouse's chocolate coin weighs over 270kg and measures 3.6m x 3.6m
• It is the equivalent of 5,081 bars or over 279 pints of chocolate
• 10 people spent 80 hours creating the chocolate masterpiece
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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