What We Cook With: Our Favorite Cocoa, Baking Chocolate, and Chocolate Chips
https://ift.tt/35QZnAT My Simply Recipes co-editors and I have lovingly referred to this past month as Choctober. Chocolate is good anytime, anywhere, but chocolate recipes feel especially on point when the weather turns colder. Hot chocolate! Hot cocoa! Chocolate banana bread! Chocolate brownies! Double chocolate cupcakes! Someone stop me, please, before I share this list of 14 more decadent chocolate recipes. (Too late.) To make all the chocolate things you need to have some chocolate (bar or chips) or cocoa on hand. But what kind? Quality, flavor, meltability can all vary from brand to brand, so I queried my fellow team members for their favorite go-to brands for cocoa, baking chocolate, and chocolate chips. Our Favorite CocoaBefore we get into cocoa, are you wondering about the difference between Dutch-process and natural cocoa? We wrote a post about that! Check it out here. Now on to our favorites… $3.00 for 8-ounce can Hershey’s natural, non-alkanized cocoa powder (read: not Dutch-processed) has a pleasant, familiar flavor, great for cozy baked goods you want to taste like your childhood.
$3.00 for 8-ounce can In the last year Hershey’s changed their Special Dark Cocoa from a natural and Dutch-processed cocoa blend to 100% Dutch-processed cocoa. Not everyone loved this change, as evidenced by the reviews, but some of us are big fans, especially considering it’s a budget-friendly Dutch-processed cocoa easily found at most grocery stores.
Ghirardelli 100% Unsweetened Cocoa $4.00 for 8-ounce bag Another natural, non-alkanized cocoa, Ghirardelli provides a lovely, sweet chocolate flavor to baked goods and hot cocoa.
Guittard Cocoa Rouge Unsweetened Cocoa Powder $6.99 for 8-ounce can Guittard’s Cocoa Rouge cocoa is a Dutch-processed cocoa powder, and a slam dunk when you’re aiming for a truly rich, deep chocolate flavor. It has more fat (from cocoa butter) in it than other cocoas, which means baked cakes, cookies, and brownies come out extra moist and fudgy.
$6.99 for 8.8-ounce box Droste Cocoa is imported from Holland and, yes, it is a Dutch-processed cocoa! Like Guittard’s Cocoa Rouge Dutch-processed cocoa, Droste has a higher fat content than most other cocoas for a full-bodied, rich cocoa flavor. It’s exceptional.
Our Favorite Baking Bar Chocolate$2.59 for 4-ounce bar Made of 66% cacao, Baker’s Bittersweet is Emma’s choice for an affordable, accessible baking chocolate that’s not too bitter and not too sweet.
Trader Joe’s Pound Plus 72% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Bar $4.99 for $17.6-ounce bar The Pound Plus bar from Trader Joe’s makes a fantastic baking chocolate. It’s slightly sweet (but not overwhelmingly so), not too bitter, smooth, and melts like a dream.
Ghirardelli Unsweetened, Bittersweet, and Semi-Sweet Baking Bars $2.69 for 4-ounce bar With its consistent texture and chocolate flavor, Ghirardelli remains one of our reliable go-tos for baking chocolate.
Our Favorite Chocolate ChipsGuittard Real Semisweet and Extra Dark Chocolate Chips $3.69 for 12-ounce bag Guittard is a family-owned business based out of San Francisco and their chocolate chips, like their cocoa, are consistently delicious and high-quality.
Ghirardelli Semisweet and 60% Bittersweet Chocolate Chips $2.78 for 12-ounce bag; $4.82 for 20-ounce bag Ghirardelli is widely accessible, which is great news for chocolate chip lovers! Their chocolate chips have a smooth flavor and texture, and are wonderfully gooey after baking.
What are your favorite cocoa, baking chocolate, and chocolate chip brands? We’d love to hear!Recipes via Simply Recipes https://ift.tt/2F9fkDA October 30, 2020 at 09:31AM #recipies
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