World's Finest sets world record with 12,000-pound chocolate bar

Here's a recipe for a world record: 1,200 pounds of almonds, 5,500 pounds of sugar, 2,000 pounds of milk powder, 1,700 pounds of cocoa butter and 1,400 pounds of chocolate liquor.

World's Finest Chocolate put it all together and what they made was a record for the world's largest chocolate bar. It weighs more than 12,000 pounds and measures 21 feet long and almost three feet high.



The Chicago-based company plans to take the chocolate bar on tour to schools nationally help educate families about proper nutrition, using the candy bar as an example of ... portion distortion," according to CEO Eddie Opler.

Verified by Guinness World Records, the chocolate bar easily topped the previous record, of 9,722 pounds, set by an Armenian company a year ago.

Via chicagotribune.com