14 DAY TRIAL // A truly special treat for all chocolate lovers out there: to mark the start of Chocolate Week, the world’s largest brandy truffle has been created. It weighs over 250 kg and packs quite a caloric punch, at 433,330 calories.
The truffle is 60 pounds heavier than the previous record holder and will be accredited by the Guinness World Records, after which it will be broken into pieces and donated.
The impressive feat comes from the owners of the Queen’s Head Inn, in Bromsgrove, Worcs, Gianni D’Aniello and chef Chris Long, who worked for many hours to “built” it, the Daily Mail informs.
“Weighing in at a whopping 253.9 kg and made using £1,600 of ingredients, the mega sweet treat contains a staggering 433,330 calories and 22,941g of fat,” the Mail writes.
It takes seven people to lift the truffle – and presumably just as many to cut it into pieces, which will then be sold in a bid to raise money for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Heart Appeal.
The humongous sweet treat is not just a ball of chocolate, though, the aforementioned publication says, since it was created in accordance to all standards.
It was made with a ganache, covered in brandy chocolate from an in-house recipe, and was then covered in cocoa powder. All the ingredients were donated. It took five and a half hours to make it.
“Chris is exceptionally skilled at making things with chocolate so with it being National Chocolate Week we decided to try and break a record,” Gianni D’Aniello says.
“It was certainly quite a challenge though. We had to make the ganache the night before and cross our fingers in the hope that it would set in time as Guinness set very strict timeframes on these things,” Gianni adds.
“Then it was just a case of assembling it, which took quite a few hours. There was one point when we thought we had bitten off more than we could chew, but then we rolled up our sleeves and got stuck in to it,” he says.
As for what they think will happen to the truffle: “We are hoping to make about 2,000 smaller truffles out of it which should raise about £7,000 for the hospital. Hopefully a truffle or two should really sweeten the deal for them.”