Cadbury Chocolate Carnival

Lollies scrambled down the world's steepest street in Dunedin yesterday.

A record-breaking Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival is being celebrated by organisers.

Enjoying the 29th annual Winter Ball as part of the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival last night are (back, from left) Simon Wilson, of Dunedin, and Rowe Collings, Kaylene Gliddon and Lisa Butson, of Timaru, and (front from left) Rene Bignell, of Dunedin, and Christine Mold, of Timaru.

If you had gone to Larnach Castle yesterday, you'd have been sure of a big surprise.

Melted chocolate soothes the skin, those being pampered in Dunedin are discovering.

A mayor from another dimension met the Dunedin mayor at the opening of the Dunedin Cadbury Carnival on Saturday.

Either the cowboys and cowgirls were not getting the job done and needed some help, or some children just felt better about dressing as witches, Harry Potter or Indiana Jones.

A hall of fame, made entirely of chocolate, is on display in the mall throughout the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival, which opens today.

They travelled 150m down one of the most visited streets in New Zealand, but Cadbury's Giant Jaffas are "yummy" and it was difficult to stop children from collecting them out of the gutters and eating them following the Cadbury Jaffa Race on Baldwin St yesterday.

Hannah Rentoul (6), of Te Anau, shows off Real Teddy (left) and Grey Teddy at yesterday's Larnach Castle Teddy Bears' Picnic

Chocolate wrapping has gone up-market.

Three-year-old Casey Dodd, of Clinton, could not believe her eyes when she got to peek in the window of the chocolate house during the Cadbury Chocolate Fun Day at the Golden Centre, Meridian and Wall Street malls on Saturday.

Many women might appreciate the sight of All Black Richie McCaw, but British food artist Prudence Staite did not even know who he was when she was asked to sculpt an image of him in chocolate.

Snow and the likelihood of treacherous driving conditions on Monday morning has forced the postponement of two Dunedin 2011 Cadbury chocolate carnival events, organisers say.