Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate - world record
set in New York
NEW YORK, USA -- The American Dairy Association
& Dairy Council unveiled a giant cup of hot chocolate
in Bryant Park; it weighs more than 4,180 pounds before the
addition of marshmallows-setting the world record for the
Largest
Cup of Hot Chocolate.
Photo: Children scoop marshmallows out
of a mug holding nearly 500 gallons of hot chocolate. . AP
Photo / American Dairy Association / Dianne Bondareff
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The seven-foot wide mug held 487 gallons
-- that's almost eight thousand cups of of piping hot cocoa
-- not to mention tons of marshmallows. Officials said they expected to distribute
6,000 to 10,000 free cups of cocoa.
The World's
Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate, unveiled in Bryant Park,
weighs more than 4,180 pounds before the addition of marshmallows
and heats the traditional winter beverage to an optimal temperature
of 120 degrees