One of the things that makes The Chocolate Guy so enduring in his appeal is that he doesn't cheat. The truth is when you see those strange-items-as-cake videos, 98% of the time it's fondant piled on top of some barely sculpted sponge. But chocolate guy -- sure he uses food coloring here and there, but he'll use all sorts of fruits, candy mixtures, and of course the most *delicately* sculpted chocolate to create his insane contraptions. He's taken chocolate to a lathe before. And that's infinitely more fascinating than yet another instance of edible play-doh being used to make a shoe, or whatever.