Giant Chocolate Christmas Tree

This is amazing!  From Nov. 27,  2010,  found on <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/8164511/Giant-chocolate-Christmas-tree.html">The Telegraph</a>, you can view the video here and see the giant chocolate tree.<br /><br />Patrick Roger's creation will be used to raise funds for a television charity event to support research into <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_disease" rel="wikipedia" title="Neuromuscular disease">neuromuscular diseases</a>. <br /><div class="secondPar">The tree, which is currently towering inside the chocolatier's factory in Sceaux, weighs four tons and according to Mr Roger's is a piece of "architecture". </div><div class="thirdPar">He said: "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." </div><div class="fourthPar">The chocolate Christmas tree will be shown on France's Telethon, a nationwide charity appeal show, and viewers will receive part of the sugary sculpture in exchange for a donation. </div><div class="fifthPar">Mr Roger's laboratory also features a wide range of other chocolate sculptures, including small Santas, reindeers and other figurines. </div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=c9d69a0a-fb8a-4289-bdad-57eaa40e092e" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Giant Chocolate Christmas Tree

This is amazing!  From Nov. 27,  2010,  found on The Telegraph , you can view the video here and see the giant chocolate tree. Patrick Roger...

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