Release the Kraken!

September 11, 2018 1:44 AM

He made this cool boat model out of chocolate, but then see what happened! [SLtwitter]
posted by Gotanda (14 comments total)

I can almost hear the ganaching of the Kraken’s beak!
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:13 AM on September 11, 2018 [20 favorites]

Now I'm craving chocolate... lots of chocolate
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:11 AM on September 11, 2018

That's so incredible I'd wait at least 5 minutes before eating it all.
posted by srboisvert at 3:32 AM on September 11, 2018 [3 favorites]

I guess it's got no option but to ganache its beak, what with having no teeth and all.
posted by flabdablet at 3:45 AM on September 11, 2018 [6 favorites]

This is the amazing Amaury Guichon!
posted by ellieBOA at 3:57 AM on September 11, 2018 [4 favorites]

And if you take the chocolate from the ship to make cookies, you get chocolate ship cookies!
posted by sour cream at 5:07 AM on September 11, 2018 [17 favorites]

Fucking artists, man, thank you, you outrageous creators.
posted by darkstar at 7:21 AM on September 11, 2018

Seems to have quite a temper.
posted by howfar at 8:11 AM on September 11, 2018 [7 favorites]

On a more serious note, they say that the kraken is 100% chocolate, but does that definition of "chocolate" include an addition of corn or sugar syrup to make it malleable? Or is there some other way of altering the texture without additions?
posted by howfar at 8:14 AM on September 11, 2018

So many kraken posts rn, what's up, Metafilter?
posted by Made of Star Stuff at 3:20 PM on September 11, 2018 [1 favorite]

On a more serious note, they say that the kraken is 100% chocolate, but does that definition of "chocolate" include an addition of corn or sugar syrup to make it malleable?

Chocolate almost always has sugar or some other sweetener in it, and legally can have as little as 20% cacao solids while still being called "chocolate".
posted by Lexica at 4:04 PM on September 11, 2018

So many kraken posts rn, what's up, Metafilter?


Foreshadowing.
posted by darkstar at 4:40 PM on September 11, 2018 [5 favorites]

but does that definition of "chocolate" include an addition of corn or sugar syrup to make it malleable?

The kraken is probably made from modeling chocolate.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:35 PM on September 11, 2018

this is awesome. I was half-expecting a tragic end...something like this.
posted by es_de_bah at 6:49 PM on September 11, 2018 [2 favorites]