The Most Expensive Desserts In The World Cost More Than Your Rent
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There’s no limit to what people will do for Instagram-worthy foods these days — especially when it comes to dessert. Aside from satisfying your sweet tooth, pastry chefs around the world have gone to extreme lengths to create elaborate desserts. If customers are willing to pay, chefs deliver no matter what. In case you want to know just how absurd people can really be, these are the most expensive desserts in the world.
Golden Phoenix Cupcake — Dubai, United Arab Emirates: $1,224
The Golden Phoenix cupcake rings in at $1,224. It’s made by Bloomsbury’s in Dubai and the cupcake is wrapped in 23 karats of edible gold sheets. The ingredients are imported from Italy, Uganda and the United Kingdom.
The Victoria Ice Cream — Chicago, Illinois, USA: $1,000
You’ll find The Victoria ice cream at The Langham hotel in Chicago. It’s served in a Wedgewood crystal bowl with Dom Perignon champagne on the side. Both the vanilla and chocolate cream bases for the ice cream are made with Hennessy VSOP cognac. It’s also topped with salted caramel, caramelized golden peanuts, butterscotch, dark chocolate croquant, whipped cream, hot fudge and a chocolate crown on top.
Ice Cream Sundae — New York, New York, USA: $1,000
Bagatelle’s
The French Mediterranean bistro Bagatelle In New York City is responsible for this insane ice cream sundae that comes with a Carolina Bucci Lucky Bracelet that’s 18-karat gold. Bagatelle’s $1,000 sundae includes oversized scoops of vanilla ice cream and Dom Perignon Rose sorbet. The sundae is topped with chocolate truffles, macarons, whipped cream, chocolate vodka sauce, “gilded brownies” and a sprinkling of gold leaf.
Black Diamond Ice Cream — Dubai, United Arab Emirates: $817
At the Scoopi Cafe in Dubai, there’s Black Diamond ice cream. It’s made with Madagascar vanilla bean ice cream, Iranian saffron and Italian black truffle. The scoop is topped with 23-karat edible gold. It’s also nestled inside a Versace bowl, which you get to keep.
Strawberries Arnaud — New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: $1.4 million
Arnaud’s in New Orleans offers up a marriage proposal-worthy dessert with Louisiana-grown strawberries, Ceylon cinnamon, Tahitian vanilla, a ruby port sauce, a champagne glass with a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream. The dessert will run you $4 million and there’s a 7.09-karat pink diamond engagement ring that’s soaked in $25,000 worth of wine. If you wanted the dessert without the ring, well, that’s only going to cost you about $9.
Frrrozen Haute Chocolate — New York, New York, USA: $25,000
New York City’s Serendipity 3 has a high-end version of the restaurant’s iconic “Frrrozen Hot Chocolate” that retails for $25,000. Besides the cocoa, frozen milk and whipped cream, the frozen drink has five grams of edible 24-karat gold mixed in. It’s garnished with La Madeline Au Truffe (a specialty French truffle). The frozen drink is also served up in a goblet with a gold spoon and it’s surrounded by a gold and diamond crown.
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