article_snippet.sent: A real-life Willy Wonka has laid claim to making the most extravagant chocolate creation - a seven-foot-tall, five-foot-wide Easter Egg made using 352lbs (160kg) of chocolate.
article_snippet.sent: the most extravagant chocolate creation - had to be completed using a step ladder and is the equivalent of 1,600 chocolate bars.
article_snippet.sent: The giant treat, which has since been wrapped in cellophane complete with a bow on top, was made with melted chocolate which had to be tempered overnight.
article_snippet.sent: The 58-year-old chocolatier commissioned an iron worker to make a special frame for The 58-year-old chocolatier egg, which was then wrapped in grease proof paper and cling film, before being covered in chocolate.
article_snippet.sent: Due to the nature of chocolate contracting after it cools, Jan Hansen's had to add layer upon layer of chocolate using a palette knife over a three-day period.
article_snippet.sent: Layers of chocolate cover an egg-shaped iron frame which the chocolatier had specially commissioned .
article_snippet.sent: The actual making was almost like chocolate cladding, I made big sheets of chocolate and put big sheets of chocolate on the side of an egg-shaped iron frame which the chocolatier had specially commissioned. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hansen added: 'I've always had a sweet tooth and on a Saturday morning I used to go into the sweet shop and look at the sweets before deciding what to spend my pocket money on. '
article_snippet.sent: Chocolate is my passion, I love Chocolate and working with chocolate is better than any medication or therapies. '