Celebrations makes life-size bust of King Charles from chocolate

An expert team of chocolatiers and model makers have worked on the bust which weighs more than 23kg and took four weeks to create.

They carefully planned how to make the profile view of Charles look as close as possible to the image of him which will soon feature on stamps, coins and banknotes.

A variety of chocolates from the confectionary brand have been added to elements of the bust.

The bust is made of 17l of melted chocolates (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)

King Charles chocolate statue is made from around 2,875 melted chocolates

The outfit Charles is expected to wear on the day of his coronation is the same as the sculpture with the epaulettes (a type of ornamental shoulder piece) embellished with Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty Celebrations chocolates.

Malteasers Teasers are also used on the collar of Charles’ outfit on the sculpture while the medals on the chest of the bust feature chocolates including Snickers.

Chocolatier Jennifer Lindsey-Clarke had the honour of constructing the “tasty” creation which is made from roughly 2,875 melted Celebrations chocolates.

The life-size bust of King Charles took four weeks to create (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)

Emily Owen, senior brand manager for Celebrations, said: “The team studied hours of footage of the King to capture his true likeness and the resemblance is uncanny.

“Celebrations is all about bringing people together and we are thrilled to be sharing this occasion with so many chocolate lovers up and down the country.”

Celebrations’ sculpture of Charles will be on display at Mars Wrigley UK’s headquarters in Slough.

The piece was specially commissioned by Celebrations who will also launch a limited-edition tub to mark the event.

The tubs will be available to buy in select Tesco stores.