{"id":10140,"date":"2026-04-03T07:57:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/10140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:57:05","slug":"belgium-turns-easter-chocolate-into-giant-edible-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/10140\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium turns Easter chocolate into giant edible sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hosted at Hotel Amigo until 8 April, the event invites visitors to discover unusual chocolate pieces inspired by the 2026 theme, \u201cPleasure in Motion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains, rockets, bicycles, carriages and hot\u2011air balloons, made from dark, milk and white chocolate, fill the display, showing how Belgian chocolate makers are pushing seasonal tradition into the world of sculpture and design. The exhibition also helps reinforce Belgium\u2019s reputation as one of Europe\u2019s best\u2011known chocolate\u2011producing countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Created by chocolatier Marc Ducobu four years ago, Bel\u2019Oeuf was designed to bring Belgian artisans together and challenge them technically and artistically. Some works use up to 18 kilograms of chocolate and take as long as 25 hours to complete, yet every element remains fully edible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Entry costs \u20ac10, and each piece is offered for sale from \u20ac900, with profits donated to T\u00e9l\u00e9vie, a major Belgian\u2011led initiative for cancer research. Organisers say the exhibition sends a positive signal to customers after cocoa supply\u2011chain pressures and plantation diseases disrupted prices in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hosted at Hotel Amigo until 8 April, the event invites visitors to discover unusual chocolate pieces inspired by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6786,6747,7,6784,6785,6783],"class_list":{"0":"post-10140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-air-balloons","9":"tag-belgian-chocolate","10":"tag-belgium","11":"tag-chocolate-pieces","12":"tag-hotel-amigo","13":"tag-white-chocolate"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116339713343432773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}