Chocolate Xbox 360 controller gets candy console companion

What is it about video game hardware that encourages some folks to pay homage by creating detailed likenesses in the medium of chocolate? We first picked up on this peculiar "confectionery affection" back when Engadget Spanish featured a chocolate PSP as part of a contest they were running, and we recently spotted an even more intricate Chocobox 360 controller (wireless, of course). Well now we've seen a sculpted masterpiece that "takes the cake" in this nascent art, an entire chocofied Xbox 360 console that's located in Microsoft's European BeNeLux headquarters, that manages to look both entertaining and delicious at the same time. Microsoft engineers say that they are very close to producing a fully functional version of this chocolate 360, but they're being held back by a problematic power brick design- apparently the darn thing keeps melting itself on startup.

[Via Joystiq]

[Karl Viklund @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:26AM]

Looks kinda ugly :)
But the most important, can I eat it?

[Sirius @ Feb 23rd 2006 7:08AM]

i wonder if this is hand made or 'printed' with a 3d printer.. if it's the latter i'd say these kind of merchandise could prove popular..

[John Hinds @ Feb 23rd 2006 7:22AM]

Looks like someone spray painted a 360.

[joel johnson @ Feb 23rd 2006 7:33AM]

Nice. would be nicer if I could get my hands on a *REAL* xbox 360.

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[Marcus Tein @ Feb 23rd 2006 9:33AM]

I'd buy it, though i'd probably complain about the fact that i can't play any games on it.

[sinisterdesign @ Feb 23rd 2006 10:02AM]

yeah, the sad fact is this is probably easier to buy than a real one...

[umrain @ Feb 23rd 2006 10:08AM]

It needs a choice of caramel-filled, crispy, or candy-coated faceplates.

[Legal lady @ Feb 23rd 2006 11:38AM]

Excuse me while I ask you a stupid question...what would the purpose of a chocolate 360 be?

[Todd Lokken @ Feb 23rd 2006 11:47AM]

Just pop in the Willy Wonka DVD and you will be good to go. I can hear the tune now..."you can even eat the systems...".

[Kane @ Feb 23rd 2006 11:55AM]

actually, it would be a chocholate fudge 360 b/c the system gets so hot. and good luck with a chocholate powerbrick.

[Fred @ Feb 23rd 2006 12:05PM]

How do they keep it from melting?

[Finished.Law.School @ Feb 23rd 2006 12:20PM]

Plug it in and lick it. If you live then sue.

[creamedcow @ Feb 23rd 2006 2:17PM]

This would be perfect for sale in the chocolate New Orleans.

[Felix @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:53PM]

melts in your hands, not in your mouth.

[Bazza @ Feb 23rd 2006 7:37PM]

Fantastic!! Easter sales sales would rocket.

[Tim Dillon @ Feb 24th 2006 1:45AM]

Choco, very interesting,
a little liquor would supercharge that greatly.

[Top Psp Games @ Feb 24th 2006 7:58AM]

I love chocolate (eating it that is), now as a colour on an xbox 360 not sure about that, although it would match my wood flooring better than my current xbox 360.