As we celebrate Easter this weekend, consider this:
The most expensive Easter egg ever made is said to be the "Diamond Stella Egg" which went on sale at the Piccadilly shop La Maison Du Chocolat in 2006 with a staggering price tag of £50,000 (about $73,000 at today's rates).
A chocolatier spent three weeks making the Diamond Stella Egg in a workshop in Paris. Standing 65cm (25in) tall, the egg is made of layers of dark chocolate and is stuffed with peach and apricot chocolates and pralines in the shape of fish - a French tradition at Easter. The outside is studded with more than 100 0.5 carat diamonds. Decorative stars lie alongside the diamonds, made of coloured milk chocolate.
Priciest Easter egg up for sale
What would Dr David Walker make of the Diamond Stella Egg? Not much, I guess, since he was behind last month's proposal for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as cigarettes and alcohol.
Dr Walker, a GP in Lanarkshire, suggested taxing chocolate in order to tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, his motion calling for a chocolate tax was defeated by two votes at a British Medical Association conference in Clydebank.
GPs vote against 'chocolate tax'
A chocolatier spent three weeks making the Diamond Stella Egg in a workshop in Paris. Standing 65cm (25in) tall, the egg is made of layers of dark chocolate and is stuffed with peach and apricot chocolates and pralines in the shape of fish - a French tradition at Easter. The outside is studded with more than 100 0.5 carat diamonds. Decorative stars lie alongside the diamonds, made of coloured milk chocolate.
Priciest Easter egg up for sale
What would Dr David Walker make of the Diamond Stella Egg? Not much, I guess, since he was behind last month's proposal for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as cigarettes and alcohol.
Dr Walker, a GP in Lanarkshire, suggested taxing chocolate in order to tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, his motion calling for a chocolate tax was defeated by two votes at a British Medical Association conference in Clydebank.
GPs vote against 'chocolate tax'
Anyway, have a happy Easter everyone - even to those who would deprive us of the little pleasures in life....
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