Paderborn, Germany, Dec 3, 2008 / 04:08 am
German churches have criticized a businessman for selling thousands of chocolates shaped like Jesus.
The candies come from Frank Oynhausen’s "Sweet Lord" chocolate-making business, which wraps the figures in gold foil.
“I started thinking about how I could reintroduce traditional religious values into this commercial world," Oynhausen states on his web site.
The figures at present are custom-produced, costing about $190 for almost a quarter pound. Oynhausen expressed hopes of mass producing the product and exporting it for sale in countries such as the U.S.