Easter eggs come in all shapes and sizes, but these babies’ heads might put off even the most devoted chocolate lover.
Made from inch-thick white chocolate, containing 5,000 calories and taking a week to produce, they are best tackled by smashing them into bite-size pieces with a hammer, says their creator.
The £40 life-size heads are made by Annabel de Vetten, food artist and owner of Conjuror’s Kitchen, which specialises in custom-made cakes and confectionery.
“I know that the chocolate heads won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but creating something with shock factor is quite fun,” she said. “The heads even scare me — I was doing the dishes last night and jumped out of my skin when I turned round and saw them.”
Miss de Vetten, 41, started making the heads after a batch of smaller ones proved popular. She said there had been such “overwhelming” interest in the larger ones that customers now face a three- to six-week wait.
The heads were commissioned for the release on DVD yesterday of horror movie The Tall Man, starring Jessica Biel in a story about the mysterious disappearance of children in an impoverished mining town in Washington state.
If you still have the stomach to face one of the heads, they are available to order at www.conjurerskitchen.com.
