"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue 15 Feb 2005 09:58:39p, Janet Bostwick wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> Can I substitute chipped chocolate from a piece of one of those 15 pound
>>> blocks of Ghirarardelli for chocolate chips in a recipe? I don't have
>>> enough chocolate chips for a candy recipe where the chips are melted,
>>> but I do have a piece of the other chocolate. Thanks
>>> Janet
>>
>> Absolutely! The Original Toll House Cookies were made with chopped
>> chocolate. There were no chocolate chips at that time, as they were
>> invented
>> after the increasing popularity of the cookie.
>>
>> Not that it matters that much, but is your Ghirardelli chocolate
>> bittersweet
>> or milk chocolate?
>>
>> Wayne
>>
> Thanks, Wayne. I thought the melting properties were the same but I had
> something niggling in my mind from some Cook's Illustrated article I read
> years ago and I just didn't feel comfortable until I checked with someone.
> This hunk is semi-sweet chocolate. I wanted to make another batch of
> Rachael Ray's Christmas 'Fudge.' Definitely not a real fudge, but it
> reminds me of that little candy bar you used to be able to buy--about 1
> 1/2 inches square by 3/4 inch high, wrapped in foil and it was chocolate,
> raisins and cashews--can't remember the name of it. I made substitutions
> to the recipe with that candy bar in mind. Here's the recipe
>
> Five-Minute Fudge Wreath
> Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
> Ingredients
> 1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate morsels
> 9 ounces (3/4 of a 12-ounce bag) butterscotch morsels
> 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
> 1 (8-ounce) can walnut halves
> 1/2 cup (a couple of handfuls) currants
>
> 8-inch cake pan, lightly greased with softened butter
> Candied cherries, red and green, for garnish, optional
>
> Directions
> Place a heavy pot on the stove and preheat it over low heat. Add chips and
> milk and stir
> until chips are melted and milk combined. Save the empty condensed milk
> can. Stir in vanilla and remove fudge from heat.
> Add nuts and currants and stir in immediately.
>
> Janet
>

Was that the Chunky bar?