Iranians apparently take their desserts seriously. The sweet final course of any meal even spills over into foreign policy.
In the latest rivalry between Iran and the United States, a Tehran ice cream company broke the Guinness record for the world’s largest ice cream cup — a full five tons worth of creamy chocolate. Baskin-Robbins held the previous record — a mere four tons of vanilla ice cream — produced in 2005. Iranian press reports made repeated note that Choopan Dairy had bested the American company’s record.
In a ceremony on April 1, Choopan held an ice cream social at the Tochal ski resort in the scenic Elborz Mountains. Over 10,000 reportedly turned out to witness the unveiling of the giant tub — and share in a mass tasting — on the final day of Nowruz, the Persian new year. Khashayar Baheri, Choopan's chief executive officer, claimed that it took eight hours to fill the massive ice cream carton. Guinness has yet to verify the claim, although its representatives were reportedly at the event. Click here to watch a report by Press TV, if the video below does not play.