May 20, 2025 8:13 PM -
Vancouver Island University students make world's largest Nanaimo bar
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Students at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., assembled the world's largest Nanaimo bar.
Students at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., assembled the world's largest Nanaimo bar.
The sweet treat was unveiled to the public at noon on Saturday, and it is 21.3 meters long, 0.9 meters wide and weighs nearly 500 kilograms.
Aron Weber, chair of the professional baking and pastry arts program with VIU, says students got the idea a few years ago when they were brainstorming ways to generate publicity and excitement for a business.
Weber says they looked up world records and found that the largest Nanaimo bar was made by a family in Ontario, and considering the B.C. city has so much pride around the bar, it inspired the students to bring the record home.
The previous Guinness World Record for the largest Nanaimo bar was set in 2020 by a chocolatier from Levack, Ontario, with a 240-kilogram bar.
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