Thursday, July 19, 2012

 Largest Lollipop: See's Candies breaks world record

SAN FRANCISCO, USA -- See's Candies celebrated National Lollipop Day by revealing a 7,000-pound lollipop in the city of San Francisco - which sets the new world record for the Largest Lollipop, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

  Photo: See's Candies celebrates National Lollypop Day with the world's largest lollipop, weighing in at a whopping 7,000 pounds. ( enlarge photo )

  In addition to creating the world's largest lollipop, See's Candies is celebrating National Lollipop Day by giving away* their famous Gourmet Lollypops at over 200 retail shop locations across the U.S.
* While Supplies Last

The previous Guinness world record for the Largest Lollipop was made by Jolly Rancher and weighed at 4,016 pounds and measured 62.8 inches in diameter (over 5 feet square) and 18.9 inches thick.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest candy mosaic; it measured 99 m² (1065.627 ft²) consisting of 290,000 candies and was created by M/s. National Model Schools (India) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

  "We are so pleased to have created a larger than life version of our favorite candy-on-a-stick," says See's Candies CEO Brad Kinstler.

  "This accomplishment is a testament to our extraordinary production team, who spent many hours designing and constructing the world's largest lollypop. We can't wait to showcase this record breaking lollypop on National Lollypop Day to our customers in San Francisco."

  See's Candies has been producing fresh chocolates and candies since 1921.

  With more than 200 shops throughout the U.S., See's acquires the freshest and finest grade ingredients to make over 100 varieties of candies including the signature Milk Chocolate Bordeaux(TM) and the classic Butter Cream.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:38 AM