The world's biggest chocolate fair runs in Paris this week - what are some undefeated chocolate feats?

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(Relaxnews) - The most valuable chocolate bar in the world is a hundred years old and embarked on an expedition to the Antarctic. The largest chocolate bar was created in the UK and weighed about the size of an adult bull. And to make the world’s largest hot chocolate, it took three hours to heat the beverage to the right temperature.

As Paris prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of chocoholics for the largest chocolate fair in the world this week -- where trends are set and cacao given the spotlight -- here’s a look at some of the most delicious record-breaking feats ever made.

The Salon du Chocolat kicks off in Paris October 30 and runs through November 3.

Most expensive chocolate egg sold at auction (non-jeweled)
It’s easy to create a chocolate concoction, adorn it with diamonds and rubies and declare it the most expensive confectionery on the planet. And while the most expensive chocolate egg ever sold at auction is admittedly covered in edible gold leaf, the 50 kg (110 lbs) creation sold for an impressive £7,000 (valued at $11,107 USD in 2012) at a charity event in London. The ‘Golden speckled egg’ was made with premium Italian, Amedei chocolate, covered in gold leaf, filled with couture chocolate and truffles, embellished with a dozen smaller chocolate eggs, 20 mini chocolate bars, white flowers, and took three days to make.

Largest chocolate bar
Created by British chocolate brand Thorntons, the biggest chocolate bar in the world measured 4 m (13 feet) and weighed 5,793 kg (12,770 lbs) -- or nearly as much as a bull.

Largest cup of hot chocolate
To make the biggest cup of hot cocoa in the world, it took nearly 39,500 grams of powdered milk, 3,330 liters of water, 502,585 grams of cocoa and more than three hours to heat. The small pool of liquid chocolate was created for the Festival of Chocolate by the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida early this year.

Most expensive chocolate bar sold at auction
For $687, you could ostensibly buy 687 chocolate bars. Or, buy a 100-year-old Cadbury’s chocolate bar which accompanied an intrepid explorer on an expedition to the Antarctic at the turn of the 20th century. The confectionery, which measures 10 cm (4 inches) was kept wrapped and uneaten in a cigarette tin and purchased at a 2001 Christie’s auction in London for £470 (or valued at $687 USD at the time). Apparently, explorer Captain Robert Scott was quite the chocoholic, for the bar was part of a 1,587 kg (3,500 lbs) chocolate and cocoa haul he took along for his trip.

Largest chocolate (individual)
When’s Hershey’s wanted to fete the 100th anniversary of its iconic Kiss chocolate brand, the US confectionery company decided to create the sweetest, biggest Kiss on the planet with a chocolate drop that weighed more than 13,850 kg (30,540 lbs) -- about the weight of an unloaded semi-truck.