There’s something so fascinating about giant foods. Perhaps it’s the novelty of imagining how big the world’s longest hot dog is or the size of the world’s largest curly fry. More than anything, though, it’s the shock of what it takes to get cemented into the Guinness World Records — and the bragging rights for the creators that make it there.
It isn’t just savory foods breaking records. Back in 2012, See’s Candies set out to break a candy record, specifically for lollipops, and succeeded. The company created the world’s largest lollipop, which weighed just over 7,000 pounds. Altogether, 28 people worked together to create this gigantic sweet. Such a massive undertaking required 212 hours of preparation time before creating the lollipop could begin and actual production time was 14.5 hours. Their massive efforts paid off since the lollipop was so big that a flatbed truck was required to move it around. Over a decade later, See’s Candies still proudly holds the record for creating the world’s largest lollipop.
About the world’s largest lollipop
See’s Candies created this giant lollipop at the See’s Candies Lollipop Factory, located in Burlingame, California, on July 18, 2012. The final product was almost 5 feet in length, 3.5 feet in width, and nearly 6 feet in height, not including the stick (which did not count toward the record). According to Guinness World Records, this lollipop was 145,000 times the size of a normal See’s Candies’ lollipop. The lollipop itself was flavored after See’s Candies’ chocolate lollipops, a widely available product from See’s line of gluten-free candies.
Other than bragging rights, See’s Candies released this giant lollipop as a means to celebrate National Lollipop Day. It also served as great promotion for the company, since the lollipop was wrapped in See’s Candies’ signature gold wrapping and had the company name branded onto the giant lollipop stick.
