Image of Pope Francis au chocolat

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

Chocolate artist Mirco Della Vecchia has created the heavenly treat out of a 1.5 ton block of dark chocolate. The statue was presented to Pope Francis at the Vatican last Wednesday

The labour of love took the artist and his 20 students a full 30 days to complete.

The chocolate pontiff is made out of dark chocolate from Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Read more

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