September 11, 2010 - 12:15 AMT
Grand Candy breaks Guinness World Record for biggest chocolate bar

Grand Candy Armenian Company broke Guinness World Record for biggest chocolate bar weighing 4410 kg .

To present a certificate for the first industrial record in Armenia, legal representative of the Guinness Book of World Records Elizabeth Smith arrived in Armenia.

The bitter chocolate bar measuring 5600x2750x250 millimetres was manufactured in accordance to traditional technology, using Ghana-imported cocoa beans.

The previous record was set in Italy in 2007 where a chocolate bar that weighed 3580 kg was made.

At certificate award ceremony, head of Grand Candy Company Karen Vardanyan invited everyone to participate in chocolate tasting event due October 16 in Republic Square.