Created with gilded leaves, a gold dusted Belgian chocolate flower and—hold your breath—edible diamonds, this £1,000 donut is not just the world’s most expensive but also the most delectable. Unveiled by Krispy Kreme at Selfridges department store in the UK about two years ago, the confection was created to mark National Donut Week — a fundraising effort benefiting the UK Children’s Trust charity. The donut took three days to assemble and lists all the ingredients of decadence like a Dom Pérignon vintage 2002 champagne jelly with a raspberry and Chateau d’Yquem crème. Finished with a passion fruit glaze and gilded with edible 24K gold leaf, it is seductively adorned with hand-made 23K gold dusted Belgian white chocolate lotus flower, blossoms, ivy, butterflies and edible diamonds. Sitting pretty atop a Krispy Kreme Cocktail made from raspberry and passion fruit syrup, 500-year-old Courvoisier de L’Esprit Cognac and topped with 2002 Dom Pérignon champagne, this is one helluva tempting creation!
