Have you seen the world's largest gummi bear?

Cafe Society
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I was at RFK Stadium recently and saw they had something on the menu called “the World’s Largest Gummi Bear” for close to $25 (I think). I forgot to ask about it at the time, but was reminded of it today, so I looked it up.

Made by a company called Vat19, it is the equivalent of 1,400 normal-sized gummi bears, weighs about 5 pounds, and has 12,600 calories.

Here’s the article that provided those stats. It also has video.

Vat19 also make something called “Gummi on a Stick” (which was also on the RFK menu) and “the World’s Largest Gummi Worm.” Novelty value aside, who buys these things?

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Was it carved by gummi artisans who were exclusively in the medium of gummi?

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I saw that on World’s Largest Food, or something. I like the Astro flavor. Definitely need a knife and fork for that!

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That isn’t as big as I was expecting it to be.

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I was sorely disappointed that the company’s offerings didn’t include a gummi Venus de Milo.

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Will you two stop saying gummi so much?!

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Und vy does ze vurd “Gummi” elicit zuch a reaction? Ya, ya, you lie down on ze couch, und Dr. Freud he vill make ze bad dreams go avay. No more Gummi bears havink ze sexy schtuff mit you mother…

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I’ve seen larger than normal gummi bears, but not the largest ever.

As to who buys it - the same people that buy giant pieces of chocolate or other giant things. IOW, romantics (in both the amorous and generally passionate sense).

When I was a kid, I made my mom a valentine that was like 7 feet wide by 7 feet high. I can see anyone who cared a lot, either as a love interest, or as just a good friend, about someone who had a thing for gummi bears getting one to make a statement.

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Saw Mark Sommers do an industrially sanitized segment about it on FN last year.

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That makes sense. I think what puzzled me the most was why someone would buy it at a soccer game, which is the only thing happening at RFK these days. It’s a very odd concession choice.

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Wait, so these are real? I thought they were joke vids!

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Well, I didn’t actually see the products themselves, but the World’s Largest Gummi Bear and Gummi Bear on a Stick really were on the menu at RFK.

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You should check out their world’s largest gummi worm.

Looks like an internal model of your large intestine…or, dare I saw, 18" DHIBJD.

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Hmmm… and here I thought this was going to be about Tummi Gummi.

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I got an Astro one for my birthday last year. The green apple flavor was very good, the lemon and cherry flavors were normal gummi bear flavors. It took me almost 5 months of carving off a chunk every few days to finish it.

I got it for the fn value, setting it on my desk got a lot of people to stop by to say “What the hell is that?”