"D.Currie" > wrote in message
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> "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
>>
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> Was that the Chunky bar?
I think that's it! Thanks. I hate it when something so trivial nags at my
mind.
Janet