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This Gigantic Geode is Actually Candy

A young pastry chef creates a massive 50-pound edible geode by growing rock candy inside a chocolate egg.
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To the displeasure of sugar-lovers, rock candy, unlike real stones, cannot be  readily found in nature. But it can be grown inside an eggAlex Yeatts, a 20-year-old student at the Culinary Institute of America, has made candy just a tad sweeter by hatching rock candy inside massive, textured eggs. The milk-chocolate egg combined with the rock candy interior weighs about 50 pounds.

With shining colors of deep purple and blazing orange, each egg creates a vibrant and delicious contrast. Yeatts worked with Abby Lee Wilcox, a cake decorator and fellow students at CIA, to create and hatch the six individual eggs. The purple egg resembles a shining gash from the underbelly of the planet. The glinting orange calls to mind the molten core of the Earth's center. Each candy design boasts a rough, Dinosaur-egg like outside that measures several inches in thick chocolate.

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Over the span of six months, Yeatts and Wilcox worked together to create the edible geode. The results are dazzling. Watch a video of the young chefs opening their eggs below:

To see more of the giant candy geode and other culinary works by Alex Yeatts, visit his Instagram, here.

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