"Barbara Mayo-Wells" > wrote in
:

> 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?
>
>

The morsels seized...That is to say there was a higher % of chocolate in
the morsels than in the chips and true chocolate doesn't like to boil.

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