Chocolate Train Named World's Longest Chocolate Structure At 111.5 Feet
The Huffington Post
By Rachel Tepper
11/26/2012
A new Guinness World Record was recently set in Belgium by Maltese master chocolatier Andrew Farrugia, who unveiled the world's longest chocolate structure at Brussels Chocolate Week.
Farrugia's creation was a detailed steam-powered locomotive, rendered in 2,755 pounds of Belgian chocolate, that stretched 111.5 feet (34 meters) long and took 784 hours to complete. Farrugia explained how he thought up the concept to several press outlets:
"I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realization of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like... Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today."
The train's many components include seven wagons modeled after modern Belgian trains. The remaining trains recall Belgium's older train wagons, including one with a bar and restaurant.
Most of the structure was constructed in Farrugia's home country, but the world record almost wasn't -- many pieces were damaged in transit to Brussels. Farrugia managed to reconstruct the trouble spots in time for the train's debut.
Sky News shares that the train will be displayed at various chocolate museums in Belgium and at the Brussel's train museum in coming days.
Get a better view of the train in the below video.
