Best Brands for Cooking with Chocolate

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Unsweetened chocolate - Also called baking chocolate, chocolate or pure chocolate, unsweetened chocolate is cooled chocolate liquor. When chocolate liquor cools, it also hardens.

- Bittersweet chocolate - Sometimes called semisweet or dark chocolate, bittersweet chocolate includes cocoa butter, sugar and at least 35% chocolate liquor. The cocoa butter content and sugar content will vary according to brand.

- Sweet chocolate - To be considered sweet chocolate, the product must have a minimum of 15% chocolate liquor. Cocoa butter and sugar content varies.

- Milk chocolate - This form of chocolate has a minimum of 10% chocolate liquor and consists of at least 12% milk. The milk can come in various forms such as milk powder or cream. Sugar content and cocoa butter content varies.

- White chocolate - This form of chocolate will have at least 20% cocoa butter and 14% milk or milk products. Sugar content will vary. Chocoholics may not consider white chocolate to be a "true" chocolate because white chocolate doesn't have any chocolate liquor content.

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written by shumaila, July 23, 2010 03:23 am

wonder full

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written by pacskye, October 16, 2010 04:19 am

Thanks, very interesting and informative article. I use Ghiradelli, Nestle' and Hershey chocolate products simply because they are always high quality, and there is no guess work involved. The products work. Wondering about Mexican chocolate powder I see in my local store, I may try that one of these days. I tried Dutch process chocolate once, but did not care for it. I tend to stick with my three favorites. Thanks again for a really great article, I learned a lot about chocolate!!

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written by Debby Samuelson, October 16, 2010 01:52 pm

You missed Lindt & Sprungli extra dark 85% chocolate. It's fabulous. I went through Ghiradelli's tour, and it is good, too.

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written by soulshine, April 25, 2011 10:31 am

What about Merckens Chocolate? They are rated as one of the best chocolate manufacurers....talk about a high end quality chocolate....this is the best of the best!!!!!!!! Merckens brand is owned by ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Company)

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written by sylvia, January 17, 2012 01:37 am

Shumaila commented on hershey chocolate which had also been ome of my favorites until i recently read the ingredients on their chocolate bars. They have now added the cheap unhealthy palm kernal oil as has godiva and bakers. Cadbury from the uk have not added it, but their american version is cheaped. Buyer beware and always read labels! !

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written by marsangel, April 05, 2012 12:21 am

@sylvia, care to refer me to VALID and PEER-REVIEWED journals from which you've sourced the information why PKO (palm kernel oil) is unhealthy?

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written by TTTcook, March 22, 2013 09:44 pm

Another chocolate to try is IKEA`s brand.I liked the dark chocolate, it`s not sweet or bitter. It is also fairly low carb. I am not a chocoholic but you might like.

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