Thousands of chocolate lovers have attempted and failed Slattery’s Patisserie and Chocolatier’s chocolate challenge. For around $30, visitors to the Manchester diner are invited to take on a warm chocolate fudge cake, homemade ice cream, fresh cream, two chocolate sauce pots, chocolate coins and a mug of hot chocolate. Running for several years, over 8,000 people have faced the chocolate challenge, but, only three percent have claimed victory. Restaurant manager, Mark Walker, said, “Lots of people think it’ll be easy and they get quite competitive, but, then when it comes to it, they just can’t do it.” Emma Gill attempted the tasty trial with her sister and recalled, “The cake alone is enough... Just getting through that is a task in itself. In fact we failed, miserably.” Those who successfully…
