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Garry Hine, left, and Gary Wychocki help move a giant chocolate bar to a scale Tuesday, Sept. 13, in Chicago. The chocolate bar weighs 12,000 pounds and measures 3-feet high and 21-feet long. It includes 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. The bar will tour schools across the United States as part of a portion-control education campaign called "Think Big. Eat Smart."
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Meara Treacy (L) and Lexi Jeffrey look over a 12,290 pound chocolate bar created by the World's Finest Chocolate company to set a Guinness World Record Sept. 13 in Chicago, Illinois. The bar, which stands nearly 3 feet high and measures 21 feet long, beat the previous record chocolate bar by more than a ton.
Chicago's World's Finest Chocolate breaks the Guinness World Record for creating the world's largest chocolate bar that weighs more than 12,000 pounds. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Im not sure how a 12,000lb chocolate bar relates to portion control , it's not as if anyone actually eats quite that much. But my comment is more about the post itself. I really wish that there was a law on the books that forbids the use of the names of minors pictured in articles along with their pictures. Pedophiles would be more apt to be able to find these girls because, a. the article says where the pic was taken, b. their names , and c. their photos. Think about it, if a child hears their name, they pretty much assume that the person knows them or their family. Almost an automatic "in". It sickens me to see this in articles. Its completely unnecessary, adds really nothing to the article itself and is possibly dangerous reporting.