Delicious-looking train becomes longest chocolate sculpture ever at over 55 m

Maltese chocolatier Andrew Farrugia has broken his third Guinness World Records title by creating the world's longest chocolate sculpture - a 55.27-metre long old-style train.

That’s longer than the length of an Olympic swimming pool and not far off the wingspan of a 747 jumbo jet.

The tasty creation is composed of one locomotive and 22 carriages, each weighing up to 160 kg and fully made out of Belgian chocolate!

Andrew is not only a talented chocolate artist with a life-long culinary career, but also a senior lecturer of culinary arts and chocolate-making at the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) in Malta. ITS is a higher education institution focused on hospitality, culinary arts and tourism. He has been proudly teaching at ITS for about 29 years as of 2026.

“With this record, I wanted to leave a legacy to my institute, my country, and my family,” Andrew said.

The exciting chocolate piece was presented in Milan, Italy – the true capital of food and beauty. Andrew shared proudly that he and his team have broken two Guinness World Records titles in the past decade.

In 2012, he created a 34.05 metre model train built of chocolate in Brussels, which was recognized as the longest chocolate sculpture at the time.

Two years later, he masterfully replicated Dubai’s Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building - in 2014, measuring 13.52 metres, and becoming the tallest chocolate sculpture in the world. The sculpture was later assembled in Dubai International Airport.

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Andrew shared that building such a sculpture was a lengthy process. He said that he and his team spend approximately a whole year preparing. But, the actual production took four months of detailed planning and modelling, and definitely paid off.

Starting in August, Andrew prepared clay models of each train component that later turned into huge quantities of chocolate pieces. Around October, Andrew shared that he started working on the actual base of the train, building each wagon from large slabs of chocolate in Bergamo. Lastly, pieces were all assembled together by a large team of chocolate makers.

“If I had to calculate, more or less we had 5,000 pieces – all hand cut,” Andrew said, “and, around 180 wheels for the wagons alone.”

The train was hard to move around due to its record-breaking length. Andrew said that transportation was the most difficult part of the process.

“It is a very fine, delicate piece, and to transport sculptures like this from one place to another requires a lot of attention,” he shared. “We had to cover every single piece securely by plastic film. But, I am very happy to say that all of the structures arrived here safely, and no piece was broken!”

Creating such a sculpture was an achievement for both the chocolatier, his family, and the institute he represents. Andrew says he is extremely proud and satisfied with the opportunity he was given to showcase his work, and values his community like nothing else!

“Working alongside colleagues, friends, students, people from other places – Bergamo, Brescia, Milan – has filled me entirely with nothing but pride and joy,” he said.