Chocolate Fountain Drips On At Bellagio

Where: 3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd. [map], Las Vegas, nv, United States, 89109

2/04/2005 at 10:27 AM
Tags: Hotels

Willy Wonka would be so proud.  Appear pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury and his team have created the worlds largest chocolate fountain at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Three rivers of dark, two of milk and one of white twist and swirl from vessel to vessel, flood across then spill down to the next carefully positioned receptacle.

Standing at 27-feet tall, the masterpiece circulates more than 2,100 pounds of melted dark, milk and white chocolate at a rate of 120 quarts per minute.

The floor-to-ceiling chocolate fountain is enclosed in heavy protective glass.

How long before an episode of The Simpson's shows Homer breaking the glass, getting under the fountain mouth a gaping and mumbling, "Mmm...chocolate".

We give it six months.

No photos yet, when we get 'em we'll share 'em.