Manning’s chocolate likeness a sweet hit at Choctoberfest

September 21, 2015

Perhaps the “sweetest” homage to Peyton Manning‘s Broncos quarterback career was the chocolate-covered bronze sculpture unveiled by Choctoberfest Saturday at the Omni Interlocken Resort and Spa in Broomfield.

Longmont-based sculpture artist Tim King spent the last year and a half working on this 300-pound statue that he coated in chocolate and put on display for the all-chocolate event.

King told Fox-31 News that he is paying tribute to Manning because he is “a team player and a great leader.” The statue is “more about the ‘man’ in Manning than the game. So there’s a lot of quotes, a lot of things from his family, different references to his education and his career,” revealed King in a mid-July interview with Fox 31.

While the chocolate-covered version of the popular Broncos QB was made of plaster, King intends to create a handful of Bronze versions of the statue for $55,000 each.

To see more of King’s creations (and to place your order for a Manning bronze), go to www.bronze.biz/.com.

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