A Giant Chocolate Christmas Tree!

In a move sure to delight many, a famous French chocolatier has prepared a giant chocolate Christmas tree for a television charity event aimed at raising funds to support research into neuromuscular diseases.

The ten-meter-high tree, towering inside chocolatier Patrick Roger's chocolate factory in the Parisian suburb of Sceaux, weighs a trouser popping four tonnes and is described as a rare piece of 'architecture'.

"To achieve this kind of architecture - because this really is a piece of architecture - we used a sort of cavity inside to make the chocolate solid enough, because there is very strong vertical pressure," explained Roger.

The tree, which took Roger's team over a month to craft, will be one of the main highlights at France's Telethon, a nationwide charity event that will be broadcast on French television on December 3 and 4. Participants will receive pieces of the tree in exchange for their donations.

Patrick Roger is one France's most famous chocolatiers. He was honoured as the prestigious 'Meilleur Ouvrier de France Chocolatier' (best French artisan-chocolatier) in 2000, an award for professionals combining art and taste and proving to be worthy representatives of French gastronomy.

Roger's laboratory also features a wide range of other chocolate sculptures, including small Santas, reindeers and other figurines.

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The World's Biggest Chocolate Bar!

Armenian Company, Grand Candy, smashed the Guinness World Record recently for the biggest chocolate bar every made. Weighing in at 4,410 kg the gigantic bar beat the previous record, which was made in Italy in 2007 by over 830kg.

To mark its 10th anniversary on September 11, the company held a presentation ceremony to unveil their creation which measured in at 5600 x 2750 x 250 millimeters and took four days to make using cocoa beans imported from Africa. According to the Guinness terms, the bar is 70% made from natural primary products – 500kg of cocoa beans and 300kg of powdered sugar.

According to the Grand Candy President Karen Vardanyan the record-setting bar, which will be kept in special conditions, would take the average consumer some 450 years to eat!

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Recipe of the Week - Cherry Coke Salad

I'll bet this is a new one on you!

Originating from the Deep South, Cherry Coke Salad might not necessarily sound like a match made in Heaven but when served as a dessert or sweet salad on a hot day it is actually surprisingly good! For best results it is well worth leaving this dessert in the fridge for 24 hours to really let the flavour soak in.


Ingredients

20 oz crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup water
6 oz cherry gelatin powder
21oz cherry pie filling
3/4 cup Cherry Coke
Handful of roughly chopped Pecan or Macadamia Nuts
Whipped Cream
Cadbury's Flake


Method

1.  Drain the pineapple and set aside.

2.  Pour the pineapple juice into a saucepan, add the water and bring to a boil.

3.  Remove saucepan from the stove and stir in the gelatin powder until the gelatin mixture is dissolved.

4. Add the cherry pie filling and Cherry Coke and pour mixture into a serving bowl.

5. Leave to chill until the mixture starts to thicken.

6.  Fold in the reserved crushed pineapple and pecan or macadamia nuts.

7. Refrigerate until firm and then serve topped with whipped cream and a crushed Cadbury's Flake.


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