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choc chips vs morsels
in article , Barbara Mayo-Wells at
wrote on 4/3/04 1:20 PM:
> I have a crowd-pleasing quick-and-easy church cookbook recipe that never
> fails. Dagnabbit, today it did.
>
> Frosting recipe is:
>
> 1 cup sugar
> 1/2 cup milk
> 5 tbsp margarine or butter
> 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz package)
>
> Combine sugar, milk, & margarine, bring to a boil, boil 1 minute stirring
> constantly. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate chips until smooth. Pour
> and spread over warm bars. Cool completely.
>
> Today's problem: I inadvertently bought Nestle chocolate morsels instead of
> chocolate chips (they were on sale, half price), and used them. I stirred
> and stirred and stirred -- 20 minutes at least -- and the mixture never did
> get totally smooth. Little flecks of chocolate throughout. Tasted good,
> but looked crummy, and I was hoping to impress with this one.
>
> Any ideas about why this happened?
Nestle calls their chocolate chips "morsels". They are the same thing.
What brand do you usually buy? Perhaps the brand you've bought before melts
better than Nestle's does.
The thing about chocolate chips/morsels is that they are designed to hold
their shape in cookies after baking. So they melt a little on the inside,
but they never fully melt. That's desirable in cookies, but not in recipes
that call for smooth, melted chocolate.
For melting, you are better off buying a semi-sweet bar of baking chocolate
(Ghiradelli makes one, as does Baker's, both of which are available at most
supermarkets.) and breaking it apart. Bar chocolate will melt more smoothly
chips/morsels. Hershey's and Nestles also make squares of semi-sweet (as
well as unsweetened) chocolate that are meant to be melted before using.
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> The frosting usually stays soft and has a pleasing sheen. It goes atop the
> following:
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> CHOCOLATE CHERRY BARS:
> 1 pkg Pillsbury Moist Supreme devil's food cake mix
> 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
> 1 tsp almont extract
> 1 eggs, beaten
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> Combine ingredients, stir until well blended, spread in greased 15 x 10 x 1
> inch pan.
> Bake at 350 F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about
> 20-30 minutes.
> Frost, cool completely, and cut into bars.
>
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