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Candy Factory creates world’s largest peanut butter cup

Confection weighs in at 441.5 lbs!

By Crystal Lindell
March 25, 2015

Worlds largest peanut butter cup

There’s a delicious new record on the books.

North Hollywood, Calif.-based Candy Factory, which dubs itself as the “Candymaker to the Stars,” has made the world’s largest peanut butter cup — weighing in at a whopping 441.5  lbs.

The previous record was held by a chocolate shop in Vermont, which created a peanut butter cup weighing 230 lbs.

The Candy Factory topped the record, and brought the title to the West Coast by using more than 250 pounds of chocolate  and peanut butter combined in a huge 6-ft. round, 15-inch. high mould to create the "World’s Largest Peanut Butter Cup".

An application has been filed with Guinness World Records to make it official.

The company created the treat with help from some of its celebrity clients, who were on hand to help verify the weight and help stir the chocolate.

Once verified, the leviathan peanut butter cup will be cut up in pieces and sold in boxes with custom labels identifying it as a piece of the "World’s Largest Peanut Butter Cup".

The proceeds will be split between two charities: The Thalians, in support of UCLA's Operation Mend, and Precious Paws, which supports Pet Rescue.

Celebrities helping out included actress Ruta Lee, Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady on The Brady Bunch), game show host Wink Martindale, comedian Judy Tenuta, and actress Kira Reed Lorsch. 

KEYWORDS: Candy Factory peanut butter

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Crystal lindell sept 2020 002 author
Crystal Lindell, Former editor-in-chief of Candy Industry Magazine. While here she has worked on Candy Industry Magazine, Food Engineering Magazine and Food Safety Strategies. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois – Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Illinois University. And her favorite breakfast is a cup of espresso and Twix bar.

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