Serendipity 3 Creates The World's Most Expensive Dessert

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Nov 8th 2007 at 2:02PM

For the last few years, the Golden Opulence, a $1,000 ice cream sundae, has reigned supreme as the priciest dessert at Serendipity 3 in New York. Now Stephen Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3, has gotten himself a Guinness world record for the most expensive dessert. The dessert emporium teamed up with jeweler Euphoria New York to create the "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a $25,000 chocolate sundae. The new dessert is made from a blend of 28 cocoas from all around the world and is infused with five grams of edible 23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with edible gold. It is topped with whipped cream, more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound. It even comes with souvenirs, an 18K gold bracelet with a carat's worth of diamonds that rests at the base of the goblet and a gold spoon set with white and chocolate-colored diamonds. It makes yesterday's $1,000 bagel look positively simple by comparison.

Tags: gold, guinness world record, new york, serendipity 3, Serendipity3, sundae

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elizabeth Flores Nov 14th 2007 10:34AM

Could you help me????????
I need the e-mail of serendipity's manager to make him some questions.I'm journalist (Estrategia newspaper and Gestión Magazine, from Chile) and I´m writing and article about expensive ice-creams, cakes, etc.
Thanks

ELAINE Nov 14th 2007 9:56AM

I would LOVE to try this dessert! Then, ever-so-innocently, look at the Maitre' D' and say.." oh no.. I don't have any money!" Wonder how long I would have to wash dishes? : D

Icaro Nov 16th 2007 11:44AM

This is the best topping on this dessert:

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=75662

john Nov 17th 2007 11:29AM

Amazing piece of dessert! by the way, what's in the edible gold? does it have a real gold in it for you to eat?? sorry for that, really, i dont have an idea, 'just curious with that thing..

Dimitrios Nov 17th 2007 1:13PM

Let's look at it from a positive perspective, most of the comments here don't realize the craftmanship that went into thie piece. Sure, it sound like paying $500 bucks for a hotdog, but hey, if there's a value, and you got the money, and you felt good eating that hot dog, what's wrong with that? It's just the idea of this costly sundae that is unusual, but look at what went to it. Bet you if you spent 3 hours on making this piece, including paying for the gold and the expensive chocolate, you would think different.

Look at this guy: probably the most expensive sand in the world: http://www.thousandlotsofsand.com Guess what: there's value again in it, unique piece of art, made with organic material, from an exotic location et voila!

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