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World's Largest Meatball
Chef Mathew Mitnitsky of Nonni's Italian Eatery cheers after his restaurant broke the world's largest meatball record on Nov. 1, 2009, with this massive entry. The Concord, N.H., restaurant bested the record by 25 pounds with a meatball certified by Guinness as the world's largest.
Stats:
- 222.5 pounds

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World's Largest Cupcake
This cupcake created to raise money for a cure for breast cancer was unveiled on Oct. 3, 2009, and far and away blew the previous record holder out of the water. Made by Passion for Pastry in Boca Raton, Fla., it was certified by Guinness as the world's largest.
Stats:
- 1,316 pounds
- 5 feet by 4 feet
-12-inch wide cherry and 5-inch-long sprinkles

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SpongeBob Cupcake
Talk about a non-portable treat! This cupcake created for the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., was unveiled July 18, 2009, and certified by Guinness as the world's largest cupcake.
Stats:
- 151 pounds
- 2 feet by 1 foot
-15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing

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SpongeBob Cupcake
Guinness representative Danny Girton, Jr. certifies the world's largest cupcake at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., on July 18, 2009.
Stats:
- 151 pounds
- 2 feet by 1 foot
-15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing

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Blueberry Bagel
Talk about counting carbs! Check out the world's largest blueberry bagel created at the Lender's Bagel Bakery in Mattoon, Ill., in 1998.
Stats:
- 714 pounds
- 13.75 inches
- 59 inches in diameter, with a 15 inch diameter hole

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Apple Pie
What's more American than apple pie? Why a humongous apple pie, of course! Back in 1997, 600 residents of Wenatchee, Wash., gathered to slice and core thousands of apples by hand.
Stats:
- 37,000 pounds of apples
- 1,065 square feet of crust

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Beef Kebob
If a serving size of beef is 3 ounces, then this kabob has you set for 54 years of dinners. This leaning tower of meat was erected in Patras, Greece, in 2007.
Stats:
- 3,968 pounds
- 5.6-foot skewer
- 330 pounds of spices and 220 pounds of salt

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Cheese Fondue
Where is the world's largest loaf of bread when you need it? This giant bowl of fondue was stirred up in New York City in 2007.
Stats:
- 2,100 pounds
- 1,190 pounds of grated Gruyere, plus wine and spices
- Fondue was then donated to City Harvest

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Cookie
C is for cookie, but it's also for colossal! This chocolate chip monster took three days to bake in Tokyo in 2003.
Stats:
- 1.2 tons
- 11.5 feet in diameter
- 1,235 pounds of flour
- 2,000 eggs

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Chocolate Egg
It took 26 Guylian chocolatiers eight days and 50,000 chocolate bars to construct this gargantuan chocolate egg in Sint Niklaas, Belgium, in 2005.
Stats:
- 4,299 pounds
- 27 feet tall
- 21 feet wide

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