Amethyst wedding cakes were all the rage in 2016, but two students at the Culinary Institute of America recently took the trend to the next level by creating enormous geodes made entirely from rock candy coated with dark chocolate.
While these beautiful candies don’t involve any cake, they are super mesmerizing to see them be carved open with a cleaver and a hammer.
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The day has come and it only took 6 months!!Cracking these chocolate geodes has been the most exciting thing for me!!! #baking #chocolate #chocolateshowpiece #cia #proud2bcia #yum #food #rockcandy @abbyleewilcox
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Want to see another one get cracked open? Of course you do! Here’s one from Abby Wilcox, who helped her CIA classmate Alex Yeatts make at least six of these candy masterpieces.
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After 6 months of hard work @alex.yeatts and I cracked open our chocolate geodes!!! I am so thankful to have had this experience. #proud2bcia #chocolate #geode #foodart #chefstalk #candy #bakerylife #confectionery #foodie #foodporn #cny #pastry #buzzfeast #geodecake
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Who needs chocolate Easter eggs, when you can have one of these?
These candy geodes are so big it took six months for Yeatts and Wilcox to grow these rock candy crystals.
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Here’s a family photo of all the chocolate geodes! #geode #chocolate #chocolateart #insiderfood #rock #crystals #candy #sweet #buzzfeed #amethyst #beautiful #foodart #food #proud2bcia #edibleart #geodecake
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Take a closer look at these gigantic pieces of candy. Hard to believe that’s not a real amethyst and just rock candy and dark chocolate, right?
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Rock Candy Chocolate Geodes �� So beautiful, don’t you think?? After 6 months of hard work looking at them is a dream come true @alex.yeatts #proud2bcia #foodie #chefstalk #candy #cny #chocolate #rockcandy #geode #foodart #foodpics #dessert #pastry #sweet #art�� #crystals #beautiful #geodecake
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Another geode sugar crystal close up! Everyone really seems to like the chocolate geode pics so I will post some more! #geode #chocolate #showpiece #food #yum #edible #sugar #geodecake #candy #instafood
