Delicious news from the South Caucasus, the land where small countries compete for producing the world’s largest, tallest and oldest sensations. Shortly after Azerbaijan unveiled the world’s tallest flag, confectioners from neighboring Armenia busted out the world’s largest chocolate bar. The Grand Candy factory lived up to its name, producing a 4.4-ton, world- record-breaking marvel. An axe was used to chop off chunks from the 5.6-meter-long and more than 2.7-meter-wide dark chocolate mass. Georgia, the third country in the region, has yet to come up with something to match its two rivals, but it shouldn't take long.
Giorgi Lomsadze is a journalist based in Tbilisi, and author of Tamada Tales.
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