A team of Chinese confectioners has recreated the Great Wall of China in chocolate. The 10 meter sugary replica was create to help a Chinese market their chocolate.
The chocolate Great Wall debuted at a trade show earlier this year. Recreating China’s famous landmark in Chocolate was not an easy feat, said the chocolate engineer that undertook the job. Each brick had to be placed, one by one, with a lower and upper level being built.
Chocolatier Wang Qilu said they built an exact duplicate, including the crumbling sections at the wall ends. His team had to ensure the wall did not melt.
The chocolate Great Wall was built from dark chocolate blocks, with white chocolate holding the blocks together. This sweet Great Wall was a popular attractions at the World Chocolate Wonderland exhibition and trade show in January 2010.
More than 80 tones of chocolate were used to build the wall, and small army of the China’s famous Terracotta Warrior, in chocolate, standing post on a field of shaved chocolate.
Tina Zheng, manager of the trade show, said she hoped the displays would give boost chocolate awareness and sales in China. Chocolate is relatively new to China, she said, it doesn’t have the same history as it does in the west.
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