Standing at 3ft-tall (90cm), the Easter creation from confectionary workers at the attraction in Bourneville, near Birmingham, say it is roughly the height of an emperor penguin.
Painted with the Creme Egg’s purple, gold and red foil wrapper and filled with the added complexity of gooey fondant, the carefully detailed sweet treat weighs 45kg (7st 1lbs) – the average poundage of a newborn horse.
Chocolatiers Terry Collins and Dawn Jenks crafted the egg by hand over two-and-a-half days.
“Replicating the much-loved Cadbury Creme Egg on an extra-large scale was an ambitious project, and it has been so rewarding to see the vision brought to life.”
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, when asked why it was so heavy, Mr Collins said it was “purely down to the amount of chocolate used and fondant”.
“To actually make the egg, we’ve had to have a mould, which we’ve got two sides of, and then we have to build up the chocolate by hand to make sure that the egg actually stays intact,” he explained.
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The creation will be on display in Cadbury World’s chocolate-making zone from April 7 to April 27.
Visitors to the attraction can explore the history, making, and magic of Cadbury chocolate, offering a self-guided tour through various “chocolatey zones”.
While the huge Creme Egg is Cadbury’s biggest ever egg, according to the Guinness World Records, the world’s largest Easter egg was made in 2011.
The tallest chocolate Easter egg measured 10.39 m (34 ft 1.05 in) in height and was made by Tosca (Italy).
