What Are Chocolate Chips Made Of?
Sounds fairly obvious, right? You probably know they come in white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate and milk chocolate. You might assume that chocolate chips have the same ingredients as candy bars, but they’re just shaped differently. They actually have a smaller amount of cocoa butter in them than most chocolates. This helps them keep their shape and don’t appear to be melted, even when they are. This is because it’s the cocoa butter that’s melting. Ironically enough, because it’s the cocoa butter that’s melting, if you use melted chocolate chips in recipes that call for melted chocolate, you’ll be disappointed because the texture will be thick and grainy unless you add a little vegetable oil to them as they melt. Are all chocolate chips created equal? Here are a few ways to find out: • High quality chocolate chips smell, well….like chocolate! They shouldn’t taste like chemicals. • High quality chocolate chips have a smooth, glossy and unmarred appearance. • High quality chocolate c
