How much did the record chocolate bar weigh? The world's largest chocolate bar
Get the title of the most for your product big chocolate This is the dream of every second confectionery factory in the world. In addition to an authoritative award, entry into the Guinness Book of Records, this is also an excellent opportunity to advertise your products and become famous throughout the world.
It is very difficult to surprise today's sophisticated buyer, but confectioners manage to exceed their wildest expectations. To make the largest chocolate bar in the world, you need to use only high-quality cocoa beans from your homeland chocolate tree- South America. Only varieties from Ghana and Ecuador can give the dessert an amazing subtle aroma and rich taste.
The beginning of chocolate megalomania
The very first and the very big chocolate bar appeared in Italy in 2007. The initiator of the creation of this delicious giant was the Rivarolo factory, and the author was the talented confectioner from Turin A. Giordano.
The event was attended not only by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records, but also by the mayor personally. Numerous residents and guests of the city came to see the world's largest sweet with their own eyes. Dimensions confectionery product really impressed all those with a sweet tooth: its length was 11 meters 57 cm. By the way, the previous record was shorter by as much as 4 meters! To this day, the Italian chocolate bar remains the largest in length.
Armenia vs America
4 years later (in 2011), the whole world was surprised by the owner of the Grand Candy factory, Karen Vardanyan from Armenia. On the tenth anniversary of his creation, he decided to make history by making the largest chocolate bar in the world, weighing 4,410 kg.
Everyone was able to appreciate the quality of the product: at a ceremony in Yerevan, the giant was cut into pieces and distributed free of charge to visitors. Unlike the Italian chocolate bar, the record holder’s parameters were more compact: 5 m 68 cm in length, 1 m 10 cm in width and a little more than 25 cm in height. The dessert was made from high-quality cocoa beans from Ghana, the largest and one of the most expensive suppliers of this raw material in the world. Along with representatives of the Book of Records, the ceremony was attended by journalists and television reporters from well-known media from different countries.
In September of the same year, the Americans decided to make the largest chocolate - the World’s Finest Chocolate factory. A sweet tooth's dream was presented in Chicago. To weigh a delicacy weighing 5,574 kg, special fastenings and cables were needed that could hold such a heavyweight. The dimensions of the largest American chocolate bar are also impressive: length 6.4 m and height 91 cm. After the figures were recorded by world experts, the confectionery product was sent on an American tour so that everyone could see the impressive spectacle with their own eyes.
It is noteworthy that the program within which the “chocolate tour” was organized was called “Thinking Big! Eat wisely." Thus, nutritionists urged people to follow moderation and not get too carried away with sweets.
Current record
The largest chocolate bar, the record of which no one in the world has yet been able to surpass, was made by the British in the fall of the same 2011, almost simultaneously with the Americans. The creator turned out to be the Thorntons factory, which has held a leading position in the chocolate industry market for more than a century. She made a giant weighing 5,792 kg with a regular square shape - 4 by 4 meters. It is noteworthy that such a large chocolate bar could produce as many as 75,000 bars of the delicious delicacy.
The author of the chocolate bar was an employee of the manufacturing company, Paul Bell. The confectioner admits that the idea for the creation came to him while watching Tim Burton's film "Charlie and chocolate Factory"starring Johnny Depp. In one scene, the tiles were reduced to microscopic sizes. Then Paul decided that it would be original to do everything exactly the opposite. As a result, the world saw a chocolate giant, which became the dream of all sweet tooths.
Chocolate is a magical piece of the puzzle of happiness. It's never enough for those with a sweet tooth. True gourmets chocolate, after reading this article, you will be pleasantly surprised. After all, we are talking about huge chocolates. Why waste money on small tiles when there are such giants in the world?..
Chocolate records
There are a lot of fascinating records in the Guinness Book. One of these is the largest chocolate bar in the world. Time after time confectioners various countries achieved this record. Let's trace the latest achievements of chocolate masters.
In 2007, the longest chocolate bar on the planet became the “Italian”. The brainchild, created in Turin, by local pastry chef A. Giordano, was 11 meters and 57 centimeters in length. The initiator of the creation of such an unusual chocolate bar was the Rivarollo Trading House. Almost all residents of Turin, the mayor of the city and specialists from the Guinness Book of Records were present when the miracle chocolate was shown.
2011 was a fruitful year for chocolate records.
At the beginning of 2011, the Italian record was broken - who would have believed it! - “Armenian”. The chocolate of Armenian origin was created in Yerevan by the Grand Candy factory. The new giant tile weighed 4 tons 410 kg. With such a wonderful “figure”: 568 cm long, 110 cm wide and 24.5 cm thick, she simply beckoned those with a sweet tooth. The dream chocolate was made in honor of the chocolate factory's tenth anniversary and entered into the Guinness Book of Records. A month later, the chocolate was distributed to everyone, absolutely free.
However, this record was also broken. This time the Americans. In September 2011, Worlds Finest Chocolate created a chocolate bar that weighed 5 tons, 574 kilograms and 65 grams. It is 6.4 m long and 91 cm high. It was presented in one of the states of Chicago - in Illinois. Let the numbers do the talking about this sweet monster.
The giant tile contained:
cocoa butter 771 kilograms,
liquor 635 kilograms,
milk 907 kilograms,
sugar 2494 kilograms,
544 kilograms of nuts.
The chocolate monster was officially entered into the Guinness Book of Records on October 7 of the same year. The chocolate bar then went on a tour of America under the slogan “Think Big! Eat wisely."
But this was not the limit for the confectionery masters.
The freshest" The British set the record. Today, the largest chocolate bar in the world weighs about 6 tons, namely 5 tons 795.5 kg.
“Paradise Square” (its dimensions are 4x4 meters), was manufactured by the Thornton company for its centenary. The creation of a giant chocolate bar was the idea of corporate employee Paul Bell as an anniversary gift to the company. In an interview, Bell said that his favorite film was “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and it served as the prototype for the record holder. The scene where the chocolate bar shrinks inspired Paul. He decided to do the opposite - increase the chocolate bar. By the way, he succeeded 75,000 times - after all, if you melt a giant bar, you can get 75,000 ordinary chocolates. Everyone was present at the presentation of the chocolate monster. The record was officially recorded in the Guinness Book on October 22, 2011.
Thus, England is the birthplace of the largest chocolate bar in the world, the photo of which still makes chocolate gourmets melt with bliss.
Yesterday in Chicago, Illinois, Worlds Finest Chocolate unveiled its latest achievement - a giant chocolate bar weighing 5,574.65 kg. This mega-chocolate was created by the company for another attempt to set a new Guinness record, and a successful one at that. The chocolate, almost 91 cm high and 6.4 meters long, beat the previous record holder by almost a ton.
1. Workers and guests in front of the largest chocolate bar in the world in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
2. Lexi Jeffrey's completely appropriate reaction to the largest chocolate bar in the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
3. This chocolate bar broke a world record, beating the previous “champion” by almost a ton. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
4. Last year, the title of “largest chocolate bar in the world” was awarded to a chocolate bar from Armenia, which, in turn, broke the record of an Italian chocolate bar made in 2007. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
5. The weight of the previous record holder was 4,410 kg, which is almost a ton less than the weight of the new champion. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
6. Workers at Worlds Finest Chocolate prepare to weigh what they hope will be the world's largest chocolate bar. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
7. Weighing the largest chocolate bar in the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
8. Harry Hine (left) and Gary Wychock help move a huge chocolate bar. The chocolate is made from 544 kg of almonds, 2494 kg of sugar, 907 kg of milk powder, 771 kg of cocoa butter and 635 kg of chocolate liqueur. The tile will tour the United States as part of an educational campaign called “Think Big. Eat wisely." (AP Photo/World's Finest Chocolate Photo, Brian Kersey)
9. Meara Tricy (left) and Lexi Jeffrey look in surprise at a huge chocolate bar. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
10. Workers at Worlds Finest Chocolate prepare to weigh a chocolate bar. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
11. A worker at the Worlds Finest Chocolate company stands in front of the largest chocolate bar in the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
12. Worlds Finest Chocolate CEO Eddie Opler (right) and Kimberly Partrick from the Guinness Book of Records in front of the largest chocolate bar in the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
13. Guinness World Records judge Kimberly Partrick inspects and evaluates the world's largest chocolate bar. (PRNewsFoto/Worlds Finest Chocolate, Brian Kersey)
For those who love sweets, we recommend eating before reading this article. Let's start the story about difficult chocolates. Every year, the world produces up to three million tons of cocoa beans. Annual coffee production doubles. The most delicious, thin and expensive beans grow in their homeland - on the continent of South America. But their collection is only five percent of the world's total.
Half of five percent is produced by Ecuador. And it is these cocoa beans that serve to produce the most famous and delicious chocolate. "Godiva" Belgian. The sweet was named after a high-ranking person, the wife of the English ruler who ruled the County of Coventry in the eleventh century. But chocolate is known in addition to its taste, shape, and number of kilograms.
Record holder
According to the latest data, the weight of the largest chocolate bar in the world is about six tons. Exact tile weight five tons seven hundred ninety two and a half kilogram. The record was set in October two thousand and eleven and was recorded in the Guinness Book. The English manufacturer Thomtons has created a multi-ton chocolate miracle. The confectioners’ giant turned out to be large in size – four meters long and the same width. The chocolate maker was made for the company's centenary anniversary. Seventy-five thousand regular-sized chocolates fit in the jubilee giant.
The idea of making the largest chocolate bar in the world and breaking the previous record came to the mind of one company employee - a fanatic of the film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
Thomtons employees were asked to comment best idea celebrating the company's centenary. Paul Bell, the author of the big chocolate bar project, says that in the film the chocolate bar was reduced in size and he suggested doing the opposite - making the chocolate bar bigger. Thus the idea of creating a mega chocolate bar was born.
Americans eat wisely
Another large chocolate bar weighing exactly five tons, five hundred seventy-four kilograms and sixty-five grams. The sweet-tooth drug was weighed precisely. The huge slab was considered the largest before the British record, and many people already worked to eat it completely.
On September thirteenth, two thousand and eleven, a chocolate bar of the largest size appeared. Its manufacturer is the company "Worlds Finest Chocolate". This was not the first time she was eager to win, and after one of her attempts she was crowned with success. She posted her record in Chicago, Illinois. The huge slab of chocolate was tall ninety one centimeter and length six point four meters.
Composition of the chocolate giant: cocoa butter seven hundred seventy-one kilograms, chocolate liqueur six hundred thirty-five kilograms, milk powder nine hundred seven kilograms, as well as sugar two thousand four hundred ninety four kilograms, almonds five hundred forty four kilograms. It turned out to be a nightmare for nutritionists and a holiday for sweet lovers. After the show, the huge slab of chocolate went on tour across America. She traveled to cities under the slogan: “Think big. Eat wisely."
So that the chocolate gets into Guinness Book of Records, she was weighed. They lifted her with the help special devices and cables. Then representatives of the book of records evaluated and examined the chocolate bar, and on October 7, two thousand and eleven, it was titled as the largest. After this, the company's sales increased.
Miracle from Armenia
A little earlier, the record was set by confectioners from Armenia. In two thousand and eleven, the Americans easily beat them by a difference of almost one ton. The Armenians took the weight four tons four hundred ten kilograms. Local confectioners created a huge creation and it was immediately entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Cocoa beans from Ganna were used to produce the giant. It measures five hundred and sixty-eight centimeters in length, one hundred and ten centimeters in width and twenty-five point four centimeters in thickness.
When it comes to world centers, you think about Switzerland, England, America, but you never think about Armenia. Not used to it. It’s good to know that the CIS countries do not lag behind the European ones, that Armenia’s record is recorded in the Guinness Book for many years.
When Armenia was striding towards a record, cameramen and photo reporters visited it. They all made their way to the chocolate slab. The Yerevan confectionery factory "Grand Candies" presented a chocolate weighing more than four tons Factory director Karen Vardanyan received an official certificate from representatives of the Guinness Book of Records. The chocolate slab was made to mark the tenth anniversary of the factory. A month later, the chocolate giant began to be divided and distributed free of charge to those who wanted it.
Italian long gauge
Before the Armenians, the chocolate record holders were the Italians in two thousand and seven. The longest chocolate bar was made in Turin and entered the Guinness Book of Records.
Experts from Rivarollo have produced a delight for sweet lovers that has the length six point ninety-eight meters. The initiative was taken by the recently opened Rivarollo Trading House. The author of the confectionery product is a local resident, Giordano.
The mayor of the city and many local residents attended the inspection of the giant miracle. After measurements, experts announced the length - eleven meters fifty seven centimeters.
The largest chocolate bar in the world is a nice sweet record that many confectionery companies have strived for. The desire to become the creator of a masterpiece with impressive dimensions has not disappeared from the masters to this day. Therefore, confectioners are constantly fighting for a place in the Guinness Book of Records - a collection of world achievements.
The largest chocolate bar in the world, a huge painting of chocolate, a tall and large cup of hot chocolate, chocolate egg- all these miracles have already been created and included in the list of unique masterpieces. There are no limits to the imagination of confectioners who strive to make not only delicious sweetness, but also the most unusual.
Favorite sweet
As you know, Europeans became acquainted with chocolate when it was discovered New World, and liquid chocolate production became popular back in the 17th century. And only in the 19th century the familiar chocolate bar appeared, which taste qualities significantly superior to the drink, since it contains more cocoa butter.
The sweet bar is made from cocoa beans, which grow in South America and West Africa. Depending on how much cocoa mass and milk powder it contains, chocolate can be black, dark, milk or white. To create the product, the beans can be roasted and ground. Then cocoa butter, sugar, powdered milk, vanilla and various additives, such as nuts or raisins. The resulting mixture is stirred in special containers for several days, after which it is poured into preheated molds and cooled.
Fight for the record
The Italians were able to create the largest chocolate and officially record the record. They were among the first to dare to do this. The record was set in 2007 in Turin. The chocolate bar became famous not only for its weight, but also for its size. The sweetness reached a length of almost 11.5 m (unlike the previous record: 698 cm).
The chocolate bar weighed 3.58 tons. The newly formed team managed to establish the achievement confectionery factory"Rivaloro". The author of the masterpiece is A. Giordano. The mayor and many city residents attended the ceremony dedicated to the record.
Armenian confectioners were the next to present their great creation to the world. In honor of its tenth anniversary, the Grand Candy company created a huge chocolate bar that weighed 4.41 tons. The basis for the chocolate bar was cocoa beans from Ghana, the world's largest producer. Ghanaian cocoa bean production accounts for a quarter of the world market. The length of the tiles was 5.68 m, the width was 1.1 m, and the height was 25.4 cm. At the time the record was set, Karen Vardanyan was listed as the director of the factory, who was awarded a certificate issued by experts from the Guinness Book of Records. After a month of demonstration, everyone could eat the chocolate bar for free.
Tried to install this many times chocolate record and American confectioners. In September 2011, the American company World’s Finest Chocolate finally managed to achieve success. In Chicago, they created a chocolate bar that weighed about 5,574 tons. They spent on it:
- 544 kg of almonds;
- more than 2 tons of sugar;
- almost 800 kg of cocoa butter;
- about 900 kg of milk powder;
- more than 600 kg of chocolate liqueur.
After the record was recorded (cables and special fastenings were used for weighing), the chocolate bar was sent on a tour throughout America.
The last record holder
The largest chocolate at the moment is a chocolate bar created by British confectioners at Thorntons.
It weighs 5,792 tons, which is equal to almost 75 thousand regular chocolates. The dimensions of this giant are 4x4 m.
The author of the idea to create the largest chocolate bar in the world is Paul Bell. And the tile was created in honor of the company’s centenary. All employees were invited to submit their ideas for celebrating the anniversary. Paul Bell was inspired by his favorite movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and thought the best way to celebrate would be to set a new world chocolate record.
Other chocolate records
The biggest chocolate Easter Egg created in Argentina in 2012. Its height was about 850 cm, and its diameter was 550 cm. The egg was created in the central square of the city for 2 weeks in front of all curious passersby. It took about 4 tons of chocolate to create the product.
One of the outstanding achievements in confectionery considered to be the creation of the highest chocolate fountain, which was made in 2007 in Las Vegas. It uses about two tons of white, dark and milk chocolate, and it reaches a height of about 8 m. The creator of the fountain is Jean-Philippe Maury.
Truffles from the American company Chocopologie by Knipschildt are considered the most expensive in the world. Their price is 5 thousand dollars per 1 kg.
Huge chocolate heart was made in Madrid (Spain) in 2004. It was prepared in honor of Valentine's Day. The heart weighs 7 tons. The manufacturing company is Chocovic.
The largest chocolate sculpture was made in 2012 by the Qzina Specialty Food company. Weight - 8.273 tons, height - 1.83 m, and dimensions 3.08 by 3.08 m. The sculpture is an exact copy of the Mayan temple.
