The Noble Chafer Beetle is one of my favourite chocolate animals that I make here at The Edible Museum.

It is a striking, metallic green and lives hidden away in traditional orchards.

This one is made from Belgian couverture chocolate and sits in a solid chocolate frame – 255g of tasty joy in total.

It is all chocolate, the beetle and frame too, so plenty to share with your entomology friends. I hand paint all the details from its iridescent body to its tiny legs and antennae and I think this is why I like it so much. I spend a lot of time with it before it is ready to box up and send to someone and by then I almost don’t want to say goodbye!

More about this vulnerable species:

As its habitat reduces the Noble Chafer beetle is becoming increasingly rare and is classified as Vulnerable, which means it has a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

This beautiful beetle prefers traditional orchards that contain mature fruit trees of 50 to 80 years old. These sites are often cleared as the trees are reach the end of their productive life.

Thanks go to PTES for the information here.

Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 14 × 11.5 × 2 cm
Chocolate
Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate

Ingredients
INGREDIENTS:
Sugar, Cocoa butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa mass, Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla.
Surface Decoration: Glazing Agent: E904 Colours: fat-reduced cocoa powder, black iron oxide, curcumin, brilliant blue FCF, E172, E171, E132, E129*, E102*, E555, E104*. *may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children

ALLERGENS: Milk, Soya, May contain traces of nuts

BELGIAN MILK CHOCOLATE
Minimum Cocoa Solids 33.6%, Milk Solids 20.8%

Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 2357 kJ/563 kcal
Fat 36.2 g
of which saturates 21.8 g
Carbohydrates 50.9 g
of which sugars 49.9 g
Protein 7.0 g
Salt 0.21 g

BELGIAN DARK CHOCOLATE
Min Cocoa Solids 54%

Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 550kCal / 2303KJ
Fat 37g of which saturates 22g
Carbohydrate 46g of which sugars 43g
Protein 5.1g
Salt 0.01g

BELGIAN WHITE CHOCOLATE
Minimum Cocoa Solids 28%, Milk Solids 22%

Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 2379 kJ/569 kcal
Fat 35.8g
of which saturates 21.6
Carbohydrates 55.3g
of which sugars 54.9g
Protein 6.0g
Salt 0.21g

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