TASTY BILLBOARD

An edible billboard made from 390kg
(860lb) of pure chocolate has been
eaten in just three hours.

Thorntons invited passers-by to tuck into
the 14.5ft by 9.5ft (4.4m by 2.9m)
sign in Covent Garden, London.

The Easter creation, a world first, was made
of 10 chocolate bunnies, 72 giant chocolate
eggs and 128 chocolate panels,
each weighing 2kg.

The billboard took three months to plan and
300 hours for the team of 10 to build
and was expected to last a week.

"There was something for everyone from
giant bunnies to hazelnut eggs," said
the designer of the board,
chocolatier Barry Colenso.

"I had to give it a lot of thought.
Special moulds needed to be made for
the thicker-than-normal eggs.
There was no chance for a dry run."