With its intricate legs and antennae, a beautiful iridescent body, and its polished frame, our Chocolate Dung Beetle is a stunning piece of edible art which deserves its own cabinet in a natural history gallery.

Why not indulge your mischievous side? Imagine gifting this piece without mentioning it is chocolate at all. Place it in a miniature easel or display stand and present your gift as if it were a real piece of taxidermy for their collection. Enjoy waiting for them to explore and discover it is crafted of delicious chocolate.

Although originally created for a specialist client, this piece is not just for entomologists. The Dung Beetle is an extraordinary gift for anyone with a sense of curiosity and a taste for the extra- special.

So, whether you’re looking to gift the natural historian in your life or wish to add to a cabinet of curiosities for your rather intriguing friend, our unique, confectionery artefact will get you the gasps of joy you are looking for.

This astonishingly detailed invertebrate is sculpted from examples of the Violet Dor Beetle Geotrupes mutator and its colour can range from black to blue and from violet to green - even a mix of two of these colours.

As featured on the Channel 4 TV show Extreme Chocolate Makers

This piece has been created in collaboration with entomologist Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS, an entomologist who is passionate about this important group of insects and actively works to conserve and promote them.

Sally-Ann is a Fellow of the Royal Entomology Society and the Linnaean Society. She specialises in land management, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning.

This rare species of dung beetle inhabits unimproved pasture, moor, coastal grassland and coastal heathland in Britain.

Threats to this species include removal of livestock, change of land use, soil disturbance and insecticide treatments. Its conservation requires environmentally sensitive livestock farming.

Also see our Chocolate Chafer Beetle

KEY FEATURES

• Our Dung Beetles are made of Milk or Dark Chocolate both with White Chocolate decoration
• Just like in real life, this Dung Beetle comes in a variety of colours, and each is different
• The whole picture and beetle are solid chocolate
• They come packed in a bed of food safe, shredded paper and are boxed in recyclable, compostable packaging
• Each is over 13cm / 5" long and weighs 225g / 8oz

Ingredients: 

Dark Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavour), Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavour), White Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavour, Cocoa Mass), Surface Glaze: Shellac, Colours: E171, E133, E132, E129*, E102*, E104* *May have adverse effect on activity and attention in children

Produced in an environment that handles: Peanuts & Tree Nuts

BELGIAN DARK CHOCOLATE (Min. cocoa solids 53.8%)

BELGIAN MILK CHOCOLATE (Min. cocoa solids 33.6% - Min. milk solid 20.8%)

BELGIAN WHITE CHOCOLATE (Min. cocoa solids 28% - Min. milk solids 22%)

Milk Chocolate Heart with white chocolate decoration. Nutritional Information per 100g Energy 2311KJ, Energy alt 552kcal, Fat 35g, Of which saturates 21g, Carbohydrates 50g, Of which sugars 49g, protein 7g, Salt 0.2g

Dark Chocolate Heart with white chocolate decoration. Nutritional Information per 100g Energy 2260KJ, Energy alt 540kcal, Fat 36g, Of which saturates 22g, Carbohydrates 46g, Of which sugars 43g, protein 5g, Salt 0.2g

White Chocolate Heart Nutritional Information per 100g Energy 2379KJ, Energy 569kcal, Fat 36g, Of which saturates 22g, Carbohydrates 55g, Of which sugars 55g, protein 6g, Salt 0.2g 

UK MAINLAND

• Free standard shipping on all orders.
• In stock items will be dispatched Monday to Wednesday. 

(If you are desperate then email via the contact form and I shall see if we can ship on Thursday or Friday but for efficiency and the sanity of our small team, we must limit our shipping days. I hope you can understand that we cannot compete with Amazon)

• We ship within UK using ‘Royal Mail tracked 48’ as standard. Royal Mail will send text alerts to let you know when it is due. If for any reason this service is not available, we will ship using Royal Mail First Class.
• Next Working Day Delivery £7.95

 We use Royal Mail Special Delivery which delivers by 1pm the next working day after dispatch.

This service is available Monday-Thursday if you order before 10am. 

Orders placed before 10am Monday to Thursday will be dispatched that day with arrival the following day by 1pm.

Orders placed Friday to Sunday will be dispatched Monday for delivery on Tuesday (although we will try to dash out to the Post Office before this if we can)

PLEASE NOTE this service is only available when ordering in-stock items, not back-ordered stock. Pre-orders can be shipped via Next Working Day and will be dispatched on the shipping date defined within your order.

UK ISLES & MAINLAND: 

Northern Ireland, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Scottish Islands and Isle of Scilly.

• Standard shipping £2 
• In stock items will be dispatched Monday to Wednesday. 

(If you are desperate then email via the contact form and I shall see if we can ship on Thursday or Friday but for efficiency and the sanity of our small team, we must limit our shipping days. I hope you can understand that we cannot compete with Amazon)

• We ship within UK using ‘Royal Mail tracked 48’ as standard. Royal Mail will send text alerts to let you know when it is due. If for any reason this service is not available, we will ship using Royal Mail First Class.
• Next Working Day Delivery

Sadly, this service is not available.

European delivery:

• Sadly, since Brexit, fees are involved when exporting goods from the UK to the EU. The fees differ in each country and are impossible to calculate until we have: your desired order, the full shipping address, phone number and email address of recipient.

Calculating the fees is so arduous that I currently do not offer shipping to the EU as standard.

However, if you email me with all this info and have a little patience then I shall figure it out for you because you are clearly committed!

USA, Canada, Australia delivery:

• We ship via courier only and use UPS and FedEx (if they have any issues, we will use another reputable courier) Parcels typically take 48 hours once dispatched and you will be sent tracking details.
• Courier fees depend on the weight, size, and destination of your order. To get an accurate cost please add your items to cart then enter your shipping address and zip code in the checkout area. This will calculate your unique shipping cost.
• In stock items will be dispatched Monday to Wednesday 
• Unfortunately, we cannot ship to PO Boxes.

Pre-Order and Back-order products:

All Pre-order and Back-order products are sold prior to availability. 

• Pre-order products will have a shipping date defined within the order.
• Back-order products are made for you and dispatched within 2 weeks of order. If you have a specific time you would like your item to arrive by, then do drop us an email via the contact form before ordering – very often we either have stock nearly finished or can put your item to the front of the queue.