For several years, a persistent rumor about the classic 1971 movie “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” has claimed that the chocolate river in the film was made out of real chocolate and cream. A 2016 story in lifestyle magazine Good Housekeeping read:The chocolate river was made from 150,000 gallons of water, real chocolate, and cream. If you want to experience the closest thing to the chocolate river in real life, there's a giant chocolate fountain at a Willy Wonka-styled theme park in Beijing, China. In a 2021 interview, a number of the former child actors who were part of the film discussed the "chocolate river" with Polygon. He wrote (emphasis ours):Then came the hard part—creating the chocolate river itself.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 10, 2024 19:17 UTC