Hi all. I was in line at Trader Joes and noticed a pile of boxes with items
waiting to be stocked. One box was labeled Callebaut. I peeked inside and
it contained packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips with the Trader Joe's
label. I bought a few packages, but haven't tried them yet.

On the subject of chocolate chips, I have tried the new Hershey's Special
Dark chips, and I thought they were good. I hope these will still be
stocked in my grocery store now that the holidays are over.

On the subject of Trader Joe's - they are a great place to get several
kinds of chocolate - and at very good prices. At Christmastime, and
perhaps later, they have 10 pound(!) Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate bars
for $20. That's only $2 a pound - a fabulous deal. They have good
prices on Valhrona, which is normally premium priced, too.

And I just found a new line of varietal chocolates from "Chocovic"
there. These are samples of the three principal varieties of chocolate
- straight 71% cocao, no vanilla. Perfect for training your palate and
creating your own custom blends.

I asked them to see if they could carry Lindt, too. If you guys all
ask, there'll be a better chance they might do it. I get Lindt at
excellent prices at Rodman's Drug Stores in the DC area, but if Trader
Joe's had it, I could get all my chocolate there. :-)

Enjoy,

Rocky

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In article >, Karen Salomon
> wrote:

> Hi all. I was in line at Trader Joes and noticed a pile of boxes with items
> waiting to be stocked. One box was labeled Callebaut. I peeked inside and
> it contained packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips with the Trader Joe's
> label. I bought a few packages, but haven't tried them yet.
>
> On the subject of chocolate chips, I have tried the new Hershey's Special
> Dark chips, and I thought they were good. I hope these will still be
> stocked in my grocery store now that the holidays are over.
>
>

Don't buy the Trader Joe's "Sao Tome" 72% bar. I bought some last week, and
tried one piece on two separate days - I dunno, it tastes like poop to me,
and I can't think of any better way to describe it! I'm going to take it
back - surprising, since it's made in Switzerland.

<Alan > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:04:22 -0500, "Karen Salomon" >
> wrote:
>
> >Hi all. I was in line at Trader Joes and noticed a pile of boxes with
items
> >waiting to be stocked. One box was labeled Callebaut. I peeked inside
and
> >it contained packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips with the Trader Joe's
> >label. I bought a few packages, but haven't tried them yet.
> >
> >On the subject of chocolate chips, I have tried the new Hershey's
Special
> >Dark chips, and I thought they were good. I hope these will still be
> >stocked in my grocery store now that the holidays are over.
> >
>
> My store has Guittard chocolate chips, which are the best I've tasted.
>
> Once Trader Joe's opens in this area, maybe I'll be in for a surprise!
>
>
>

In article >,
Alan wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:04:22 -0500, "Karen Salomon" >
> wrote:
>
> >Hi all. I was in line at Trader Joes and noticed a pile of boxes with items
> >waiting to be stocked. One box was labeled Callebaut. I peeked inside and
> >it contained packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips with the Trader Joe's
> >label. I bought a few packages, but haven't tried them yet.
> >
> >On the subject of chocolate chips, I have tried the new Hershey's Special
> >Dark chips, and I thought they were good. I hope these will still be
> >stocked in my grocery store now that the holidays are over.
> >
>
> My store has Guittard chocolate chips, which are the best I've tasted.
>
> Once Trader Joe's opens in this area, maybe I'll be in for a surprise!

I had been buying bulk chocolate from Whole Foods, but it's cheaper by
far from Trader Joe's. They have three-packs of dark chocolate bars
neat the checkout in the one in Downers Grove, IL, here. Very tasty.

Dave