Benedict Cumberbatch chocolate, Hello! Are you a fan of candy treats and/or fantastically entertaining British television? Well good! Then here is a thing that might be of interest to you:Yes. It is a life-sized statue of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, sculpted out of chocolate.I don’t like chocolate (I find it tolerable), and even I’m down with this. That’s because as a general rule, I support all life-sized objects carved out of food products (see also: the Iowa State Fair Butter Cow).
Plus, I feel like this should be celebrated, because … well, because “Sherlock” is ace. Sorry? Were you looking for something more nuanced there? It’s because “Sherlock” is ace.
Here’s the backstory behind the statue, via ABC:
A life-size statue of the Oscar nominee was commissioned by a British TV station, UKTV, to promote the launch of drama on its on-demand service. After polling 2,000 women as to who was the “dishiest actor,” Cumberbatch won out, and on Friday, the sculpture in his likeness will go on display at a local shopping center.
“We’re using Belgian chocolate, which is around 33 percent cocoa,” explained one of the artists behind the work, adding that about 500 bars of melted chocolate went into the work. “[If you ate it,] it would taste like chocolate!”
Which, okay. Cool fact. Just so we’re all clear, if you ate this chocolate statue, it would taste like chocolate.
Here’s a video that shows how the statue, called Chocobatch, was created. If you don’t have time to watch right now, here are the highlights:Oh wait sorry actually that’s the butter cow again. My bad.
Where does this rank among Cumbermemes? I don’t know, what do you think, Chocobatch?Chocobatch cannot be bothered with the power rankings, because he’s too busy being creepy.
Plus, I feel like this should be celebrated, because … well, because “Sherlock” is ace. Sorry? Were you looking for something more nuanced there? It’s because “Sherlock” is ace.
Here’s the backstory behind the statue, via ABC:
A life-size statue of the Oscar nominee was commissioned by a British TV station, UKTV, to promote the launch of drama on its on-demand service. After polling 2,000 women as to who was the “dishiest actor,” Cumberbatch won out, and on Friday, the sculpture in his likeness will go on display at a local shopping center.
“We’re using Belgian chocolate, which is around 33 percent cocoa,” explained one of the artists behind the work, adding that about 500 bars of melted chocolate went into the work. “[If you ate it,] it would taste like chocolate!”
Which, okay. Cool fact. Just so we’re all clear, if you ate this chocolate statue, it would taste like chocolate.
Here’s a video that shows how the statue, called Chocobatch, was created. If you don’t have time to watch right now, here are the highlights:Oh wait sorry actually that’s the butter cow again. My bad.
Where does this rank among Cumbermemes? I don’t know, what do you think, Chocobatch?Chocobatch cannot be bothered with the power rankings, because he’s too busy being creepy.
