On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:22:16 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, sf > posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011
> 21:04:06 -0800 the following:
>
> > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:58:42 -0600, Damaeus
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Now how do I go about converting these rather bitter, semi-sweet
> > > chocolate chips into something sweeter without ending up with a mess?
> >
> > Damaeus, why don't you do something else with the chocolate chips?
>
> That's why I posted he to find out how one might convert semi-sweet
> chocolate chips into milk chocolate candy. I don't want the final candy
> to taste like semi-sweet chocolate, but I didn't want to ruin them by
> adding the wrong ingredients.
>
> > Make chocolate fondue, granola or cookies - those gooey bars on the
> > label of sweetened condensed milk are pretty darned good. Search
> > http://www.joyofbaking.com for "recipes using chocolate chips" for
> > ideas and recipes.
>
> I already know what I want to make, if it can be done with the chocolate
> chips I have. I want chocolate clusters with finely chopped nuts in
> them...and a lot of nuts at that.
>

Did you look at Joy of Baking? I hate milk chocolate, so I won't
search any further than this for how to make it or substitutions.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html
Scroll down to "chocolate, milk".


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