£50,000 Diamond Stella Egg: The World's Most Expensive Easter Egg

The diamonds were attached to the egg in London

Yes, I do love chocolate but how do you like this.

Even by the standards of a London food scene that has marketed such extravagances as an £108 bowl of soup, the cost of this chocolate Easter egg may shock the unsuspecting shopper.

The "Diamond Stella Egg" went on sale at the Piccadilly shop La Maison Du Chocolat outshines previous examples of gourmet conspicuous consumption - with a price tag of £50,000.

It took two guards to protect the egg when the shop opened at 10am on the 12th April 2006.

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend but combine them with chocolate and, as a London chocolatier has discovered, you have every woman's dream.

Unfortunately for most, the Diamond Stella Egg, which has gone on sale, comes with a hefty £50,000 price tag.

Thought to be the world's most expensive Easter egg, it was being kept under guard at its Piccadilly store. 

Encrusted with more than 100 0.5 carat diamonds, the 65cm (25in) tall creation was made for La Maison du Chocolat.

Made in Paris over, then, three weeks, no glue or tape was used to attach the diamonds - instead a chef in London melted small sections in order to place the gems around the

La Maison Du Chocolat has five branches in Paris, one each in Tokyo and New York and two in London - one in Piccadilly and one in Harrods. But only one £50,000 Easter egg has been produced for the London store.

A treasure trove of posh chocolate, the shop dispenses hot chocolate from a copper urn and sells handmade chocolates with such names as Salvador, Bacchus, Othello, Zagora and Anastasia. A 1,200g box of champagne truffles sells for £96.

A spokesman for La Maison du Chocolat described its creation thus: "This is the most unique, exciting and individual egg we have ever created.

"The question we are asking is whether the buyer will want to eat it or preserve it," he said.

If the buyer is brave enough to break into their pricey purchase, he or she will find it contains peach and apricot chocolates along with pralines.

Eat or preserve? - I know what I would choose.....


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