I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips. Now I've got
two extra bags of chocolate chips that I don't want to use so I thought I
might try to melt them down to make some chocolate candy with a variety of
chopped nuts in it. But I don't like the taste of semi-sweet chocolate as
a candy. I want to melt it, sweeten it to make it more like milk
chocolate, mix in some chopped almonds, pecans and walnuts, then drop onto
waxed paper to cool.

Now how do I go about converting these rather bitter, semi-sweet chocolate
chips into something sweeter without ending up with a mess?

Damaeus

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
> little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips. Now I've got
> two extra bags of chocolate chips that I don't want to use so I thought I
> might try to melt them down to make some chocolate candy with a variety of
> chopped nuts in it. But I don't like the taste of semi-sweet chocolate as
> a candy. I want to melt it, sweeten it to make it more like milk
> chocolate, mix in some chopped almonds, pecans and walnuts, then drop onto
> waxed paper to cool.
>
> Now how do I go about converting these rather bitter, semi-sweet chocolate
> chips into something sweeter without ending up with a mess?
>
> Damaeus

"Something sweeter. . . . " Melt them with some corn syrup until the
syrup bubbles, then stir until smooth. Stir in a can of sweetened
condensed milk. Viola. Hot fudge sauce.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In news:rec.food.cooking, Melba's Jammin' >
posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:08:02 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> 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?
>
> "Something sweeter. . . . " Melt them with some corn syrup until the
> syrup bubbles, then stir until smooth. Stir in a can of sweetened
> condensed milk. Viola. Hot fudge sauce.

LOL That sounds pretty good, actually. I might do that when I bring home
some glazed donuts.

Damaeus

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, Melba's Jammin' >
> posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:08:02 -0600 the following:
>
> > In article >,
> > 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?
> >
> > "Something sweeter. . . . " Melt them with some corn syrup until the
> > syrup bubbles, then stir until smooth. Stir in a can of sweetened
> > condensed milk. Viola. Hot fudge sauce.
>
> LOL That sounds pretty good, actually. I might do that when I bring home
> some glazed donuts.
>
> Damaeus

It is very good and it is very fast.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --

I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
feeble brain to handle.

nb

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
>> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
>
> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> feeble brain to handle.
>
> nb


I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense. He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet
chocolate chips in the post. What he got was a couple of bags of the
regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips. So what? What's the difference
from the other than the size? Why is he suddenly thinking they should be
milk chocolate chips? And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to
the store for him? Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own
chocolate chips.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> > feeble brain to handle.
>
> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.

That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
person you're replying to.

> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
> So what?

So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
bake them the way I like them.

> What's the difference from the other than the size?

The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?

> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be milk chocolate chips?

I never said that. My post was asking what method I should use to convert
them into milk chocolate chips. This is a cooking newsgroup, if you
haven't noticed.

> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for him?

He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party. Mini semi-sweet
chocolate chips go in the cookies, and I had them on a computer-generated,
printed list, but he got the wrong ones. We had a couple of extra bags of
semi-sweet LARGE chocolate chips left over and I don't want them in
cookies I'm going to be eating. I used the large ones in the cookies for
his Christmas party. While I would have liked the small chocolate chips
in the ones I sent to the party, since I wasn't eating them, I didn't make
a big deal about it. They were a hit anyway, and the women were slipping
them in their purses to take them home.

> Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate chips.

And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you should
be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a jungle ape,
you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious enough to realize
what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now and you can go look
like a jungle ape somewhere else.

Damaeus

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:34:29 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
> chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?

If that's the problem, then chop them up with a knife. Chocolate
chunks are all the rage these days, so you'll be on the cutting edge
(so to speak).

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"Damaeus" > wrote in message
...
> In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:
>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
>> > feeble brain to handle.
>>
>> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.
>
> That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
> person you're replying to.
>
>> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
>> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
>> So what?
>
> So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
> eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
> every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
> bake them the way I like them.
>
>> What's the difference from the other than the size?
>
> The size is the only difference I care about. I don't like big chocolate
> chips in my cookies. Is that too hard for you to understand?
>
>> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be milk chocolate chips?
>
> I never said that. My post was asking what method I should use to convert
> them into milk chocolate chips. This is a cooking newsgroup, if you
> haven't noticed.
>
>> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for him?
>
> He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
> he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party. Mini semi-sweet
> chocolate chips go in the cookies, and I had them on a computer-generated,
> printed list, but he got the wrong ones. We had a couple of extra bags of
> semi-sweet LARGE chocolate chips left over and I don't want them in
> cookies I'm going to be eating. I used the large ones in the cookies for
> his Christmas party. While I would have liked the small chocolate chips
> in the ones I sent to the party, since I wasn't eating them, I didn't make
> a big deal about it. They were a hit anyway, and the women were slipping
> them in their purses to take them home.
>
>> Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate chips.
>
> And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
> post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you should
> be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a jungle ape,
> you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious enough to realize
> what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now and you can go look
> like a jungle ape somewhere else.
>
> Damaeus


You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a favour
picking them up while at the store. That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved
on gas money, whatever. You still can't magically turn them into something
else. Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
concept.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown" > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:44:02 -0500 the following:

> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > And I suggest to you that you take a class on critical thinking. Your
> > post was full of so many hidden assumptions that from my view, you
> > should be pretty embarrassed with yourself. Unfortunately, like a
> > jungle ape, you don't have the mental faculties to be self-conscious
> > enough to realize what an idiot you look like, so I'll leave you now
> > and you can go look like a jungle ape somewhere else.
>
> You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a
> favour picking them up while at the store.

He didn't do ME a favor! He asked ME to bake the cookies for his
Christmas party. He wanted the cookies and they were HIS ingredients for
HIS cookies. Since he likes the cookies that I bake, I told him what to
buy. He got the wrong chocolate chips, so he didn't get exactly the same
cookie that he likes. The whole point is that we had two bags of
chocolate chips left over and I don't like big ****ing chips in my
cookies, nor do I want to stand there with a knife and chop them into
little pieces, but I would like some milk chocolate candy with nuts in
them and if I can put those chocolate chips to use (since I don't want to
use them in cookies), that's great.

> That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved on gas money, whatever. You
> still can't magically turn them into something else.

They're forever chocolate chips? That's pretty depressing. That means I
can't even melt them down to turn them into a chocolate bar. Oh, you're
wrong about that. Oh well, I'm not surprised.

> Take them back and get what you want. It's really not a difficult
> concept.

I don't think grocery stores take back food items unless there's something
wrong with them, or unless maybe it's a canned item.

Damaeus

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Damaeus" > wrote in message
> ...

> > He wasn't going "for me" to begin with. He was going for himself because
> > he asked me to bake 800 cookies for a Christmas party.
>
> You're the one with the comprehension problem. Your friend did you a favour
> picking them up while at the store. That's great! Saved you a trip. Saved
> on gas money, whatever.

Whatever, is right.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On 12/02/2011 11:34 PM, Damaeus wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, > posted on
> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:13:56 -0500 the following:
>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
>>> feeble brain to handle.
>>
>> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense.
>
> That's because you have the same reading comprehension problem as the
> person you're replying to.
>
>> He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet chocolate chips in the post. What he got
>> was a couple of bags of the regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips.
>> So what?
>
> So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips, YOU
> eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and I have
> every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and a right to
> bake them the way I like them.
>



If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?

In news:rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:23:36 -0500 the following:

> On 12/02/2011 11:34 PM, Damaeus wrote:
>
> > So what? It's a matter of taste. I don't like big chocolate chips in
> > cookies. I like tiny chocolate chips and a lot less of them than what
> > most recipes call for. If you like 70% cookie, 30% chocolate chips,
> > YOU eat the big chocolate chips. I don't like my cookies that way and
> > I have every right to have a preference for how I like my cookies, and
> > a right to bake them the way I like them.
>
> If you have to be so damned anal about your chocolate chips why not just
> get a knife and cut htem into halves or smeller?

Why don't I just start a latch-hook project, knit a pair of socks or maybe
mow the lawn with a pair of scissors?

I'm not being anal about the chocolate chips. I'm being anal about people
misunderstanding what's going on here. I provided a little background
story about how I ended up with chocolate chips I don't want, and now
everybody is being judgmental toward me, as if I should be happy to have
chocolate chips at all. They act as if the chocolate chips were a special
gift to me and that I'm unappreciative of my friend's generosity. That is
nothing like what this is about. *HE* got the wrong chips for *HIS*
cookies. I used what was needed and we had a couple of bags left over.
Neither he nor I like big, fat chocolate chips. I don't want to cut them
into little pieces with a knife when I can more easily go to the store and
get the teeny-tiny chocolate chips. I will turn the big chocolate chips
into something else.

Damaeus

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> >> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
> >
> > I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> > feeble brain to handle.
> >
> > nb
>
>
> I agree! The OP doesn't even make sense. He ASKED for "mini" semi-sweet
> chocolate chips in the post. What he got was a couple of bags of the
> regular sized semi-sweet chocolate chips. So what? What's the difference
> from the other than the size?

To you, nothing. To him, he did not get what he requested and what he
expected. Somewhere in the thread he said he does not like the bigger
chocolate chips in his cookies. Just his preference. Seems as
reasonable as most of the stuff posted here.

> Why is he suddenly thinking they should be
> milk chocolate chips?

He is not. He wants to make the taste sweeter, "more like milk
chocolate," and make a drop candy that will use his too-big semi-sweet
chocolate chips. Personally, I don't think all the sugar in the bowl
will make the semi-sweet taste like milk chocolate ‹ there's more to it
than that. But his question was for some help from the

> And what did he expect this friend to do, go back to the store for
> him? Unless he's an invalid I suggest he go get his own chocolate
> chips.

> Jill

It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
away. Kind of like you.

--
Barb

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
> for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
> chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
> use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
> say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
> thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
> away. Kind of like you.
>
> --
> Barb


Then my sincere apologies. But he could always just take them back to the
store and exchange them. I happen to prefer milk chocolate chips when I
make fudge. But I don't expect a magic recipe to turn semi-sweet chips into
something they aren't. And it seems to be a size hang-up. Men...!

Jill

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >
> > It doesn't look like he expects his friend to do anything; he was hoping
> > for some help here. My guess is that he will get for himself the
> > chocolate chips he expected. His request here was for suggestions to
> > use what he was provided with so as to not waste them. Didn't you just
> > say something about "waste not, want not" in your stovetop cooking
> > thread? It sounds like he's trying to use them rather than throw them
> > away. Kind of like you.
> >
> > --
> > Barb
>
>
> Then my sincere apologies. But he could always just take them back to the
> store and exchange them. I happen to prefer milk chocolate chips when I
> make fudge. But I don't expect a magic recipe to turn semi-sweet chips into
> something they aren't. And it seems to be a size hang-up. Men...!
>
> Jill

The exchanging sounds like a good idea if it works. I was thinking that
he might very well NOT have the store receipt because the other guy
bought and paid - Damaeus is just the poor ******* who said he'd bake
800 cookies for a friend. I would not expect the grocery store to take
back the chips without a receipt or something to identify that they came
from that store.

I use a combination of milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet when I make
my fudge. And I usually prefer a milk chocolate candy bar unless it's a
Midnight Milky Way.
--
Barb
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In news:rec.food.cooking, notbob > posted on 13 Feb
2011 03:02:00 GMT the following:

> On 2011-02-12, Damaeus > wrote:
> > I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips --
>
> I guess picking up actual milk chocolate chips was too much for your
> feeble brain to handle.

I guess reading comprehension is too much for your feeble brain to handle.
As I said in the original post, I asked my friend who was picking up some
groceries to bring home some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, but he got
the big ones, not the mini ones. I don't like the big chocolate chips in
my cookies, so I don't want to use them for anything. I thought I might
try to convert them into some kind of candy, but I don't like "semi-sweet"
chocolate candy, either. But I do like mini semi-sweet chocolate chips in
cookies.

Why don't *YOU* grow a brain before you criticze mine.

Damaeus

On 2011-02-13, Damaeus > wrote:

> As I said in the original post, I asked my friend who was picking up some
> groceries to bring home some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.....

> but I don't like "semi-sweet" chocolate candy.....

My reading comprehension is jes fine. I comprehend that you, by your
own admission, are an idiot.

nb

In news:rec.food.cooking, notbob > posted on 13 Feb
2011 04:36:26 GMT the following:

> On 2011-02-13, Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > As I said in the original post, I asked my friend who was picking up some
> > groceries to bring home some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.....
>
> > but I don't like "semi-sweet" chocolate candy.....
>
> My reading comprehension is jes fine. I comprehend that you, by your
> own admission, are an idiot.

Apparently not. If I was an idiot, I would have driven in my own car to
the store to pick up the chocolate chips my friend was going to the store
to obtain for the cookies for his own Christmas party. Since he was
going, why would I want to follow him?

You just want to win an argument, but you've already lost.

Damaeus

On 2011-02-13, Damaeus > wrote:

> Apparently not. If I was an idiot, I would have driven in my own car to
> the store to pick up the chocolate chips my friend was going to the store
> to obtain for the cookies for his own Christmas party. Since he was
> going, why would I want to follow him?

(if I was an idiot?)

> You just want to win an argument, but you've already lost.

As if one could actually win an argument with an idiot.

nb

"Damaeus" > wrote in message
...
> In news:rec.food.cooking, notbob > posted on 13 Feb
> 2011 04:36:26 GMT the following:
>
>> On 2011-02-13, Damaeus > wrote:
>>
>> > As I said in the original post, I asked my friend who was picking up
>> > some
>> > groceries to bring home some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.....
>>
>> > but I don't like "semi-sweet" chocolate candy.....
>>
>> My reading comprehension is jes fine. I comprehend that you, by your
>> own admission, are an idiot.
>
> Apparently not. If I was an idiot, I would have driven in my own car to
> the store to pick up the chocolate chips my friend was going to the store
> to obtain for the cookies for his own Christmas party. Since he was
> going, why would I want to follow him?
>
> You just want to win an argument, but you've already lost.
>
> Damaeus


WTF does Christmas have to do with it? This is February.

Jill

In news:rec.food.cooking, Damaeus >
posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:24:22 -0600 the following:

> criticze

*...criticize...

Damaeus

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:58:42 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
> little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips. Now I've got
> two extra bags of chocolate chips that I don't want to use so I thought I
> might try to melt them down to make some chocolate candy with a variety of
> chopped nuts in it. But I don't like the taste of semi-sweet chocolate as
> a candy. I want to melt it, sweeten it to make it more like milk
> chocolate, mix in some chopped almonds, pecans and walnuts, then drop onto
> waxed paper to cool.
>
> 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?
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.


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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.

Damaeus

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".


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In news:rec.food.cooking, sf > posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011
22:41:42 -0800 the following:

> Did you look at Joy of Baking?

Yeah, I checked a few pages and found all kinds of stuff I didn't want to
make.

> 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".

I certainly wasn't expecting you to search the web for me. I did that a
little, but so many search engines are a mess now with so many sites that
have no substantial content. It's obvious many sites are only there to be
filled with advertisements.

Damaeus

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:55:26 -0600, Damaeus
> wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, sf > posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2011
> 22:41:42 -0800 the following:
>
> > Did you look at Joy of Baking?
>
> Yeah, I checked a few pages and found all kinds of stuff I didn't want to
> make.
>
> > 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".
>
> I certainly wasn't expecting you to search the web for me. I did that a
> little, but so many search engines are a mess now with so many sites that
> have no substantial content. It's obvious many sites are only there to be
> filled with advertisements.
>
Isn't that maddening? I've run across a few of them lately. It's yet
another reason why going beyond the first page of hits is often an
exercise in frustration.


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
> little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips. Now I've got
> two extra bags of chocolate chips that I don't want to use so I thought I
> might try to melt them down to make some chocolate candy with a variety of
> chopped nuts in it. But I don't like the taste of semi-sweet chocolate as
> a candy. I want to melt it, sweeten it to make it more like milk
> chocolate, mix in some chopped almonds, pecans and walnuts, then drop onto
> waxed paper to cool.
>
> Now how do I go about converting these rather bitter, semi-sweet chocolate
> chips into something sweeter without ending up with a mess?
>
> Damaeus

Look for a recipe for fudge that involves marshmallows.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:49:34 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> Look for a recipe for fudge that involves marshmallows.

I so resisted posting this recipe previously... but you *made* me do
it http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/RockyRoad.html




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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:58:42 -0600 in rec.food.cooking, Damaeus
> wrote,
>I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
>little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips.

Chill in the refrigerator then chop in the food processor.

On Feb 12, 6:58*pm, Damaeus > wrote:
> I asked my friend to pick up some mini semi-sweet chocolate chips -- the
> little teeny tiny ones, but he got the big chocolate chips. *Now I've got
> two extra bags of chocolate chips that I don't want to use so I thought I
> might try to melt them down to make some chocolate candy with a variety of
> chopped nuts in it. *But I don't like the taste of semi-sweet chocolate as
> a candy. *I want to melt it, sweeten it to make it more like milk
> chocolate, mix in some chopped almonds, pecans and walnuts, then drop onto
> waxed paper to cool.
>
> Now how do I go about converting these rather bitter, semi-sweet chocolate
> chips into something sweeter without ending up with a mess?
>
> Damaeus

You could always make something like buckeyes.

In news:rec.food.cooking, " > posted on
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST) the following:

> On Feb 12, 6:58+AKA-pm, 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?
>
> You could always make something like buckeyes.

Actually I'll see if I can find a way to add something to it to make it
syrupy, but into something that won't freeze hard. I'll use it as a swirl
for homemade ice cream. The sweetness of the ice cream will be a nice
contrast for semi-sweet chocolate. I just want it to be soft in the
freezer. Some alcohol content will help, but I think it needs something
more. I think the corn syrup will help, but that would sweeten the
chocolate a lot. Still I don't think it'd be bad. Maybe I'd even use
marshmallows instead of the corn syrup. Marshmallows in Rocky Road ice
cream don't seem to freeze very hard at all.

I need to get some kind of injector that will let me fill a big, fat
syringe with chocolate syrup, then I'd stick it down into the bottom of
the container of ice cream and move it around, swirling toward the top
while I empty the tube.

Damaeus

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, " > posted on
> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST) the following:

> I need to get some kind of injector that will let me fill a big, fat
> syringe with chocolate syrup, then I'd stick it down into the bottom of
> the container of ice cream and move it around, swirling toward the top
> while I empty the tube.
>
> Damaeus

I think your best success with that technique will be with homemade ice
cream before it is frozen solid. I don't see swirling a syringe through
frozen ice cream.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In news:rec.food.cooking, Melba's Jammin' >
posted on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:51:22 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > I need to get some kind of injector that will let me fill a big, fat
> > syringe with chocolate syrup, then I'd stick it down into the bottom
> > of the container of ice cream and move it around, swirling toward the
> > top while I empty the tube.
>
> I think your best success with that technique will be with homemade ice
> cream before it is frozen solid. I don't see swirling a syringe through
> frozen ice cream.

Oh of course. That's how I imagined myself doing it. We have an electric
ice cream freezer and it's very soft once it's as frozen as it can get in
the ice cream freezer.

Damaeus

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

> You could always make something like buckeyes.

Please elucidate. Some of us just know about the tree and we're lucky
to know that much. http://fwd4.me/vgT

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>> You could always make something like buckeyes.
>
> Please elucidate. Some of us just know about the tree and we're lucky
> to know that much. http://fwd4.me/vgT

They're a no bake peanut butter cookie dipped in chocolate.

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:18:58 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST), "
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> You could always make something like buckeyes.
> >
> > Please elucidate. Some of us just know about the tree and we're lucky
> > to know that much. http://fwd4.me/vgT
>
> They're a no bake peanut butter cookie dipped in chocolate.
>
OH! Thanks. Speaking of peanut butter cookies, I ran across a no
flour peanut butter cookie recipe (baked) and it's *really* good!

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:18:58 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> news
>> > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST), "
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> You could always make something like buckeyes.
>> >
>> > Please elucidate. Some of us just know about the tree and we're lucky
>> > to know that much. http://fwd4.me/vgT
>>
>> They're a no bake peanut butter cookie dipped in chocolate.
>>
> OH! Thanks. Speaking of peanut butter cookies, I ran across a no
> flour peanut butter cookie recipe (baked) and it's *really* good!

That's what I hear but since daughter is allergic to peanuts and I am
allergic to eggs, we'll never get to try them.

On 2/14/2011 5:42 AM, sf wrote:
> OH! Thanks. Speaking of peanut butter cookies, I ran across a no
> flour peanut butter cookie recipe (baked) and it's*really* good!

Someone here posted that before Christmas. I made them, too. I also
lost a crown biting into one. LOL No, I don't *blame* them, but they
are a little hard.

sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:22:59 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:
>
>> You could always make something like buckeyes.
>
>Please elucidate. Some of us just know about the tree and we're lucky
>to know that much. http://fwd4.me/vgT

Since our tastes often run in the same vein- Here's the ones I just
made. I used a couple grains of Himalayan pink salt to fill the
toothpick holes- chunky peanut butter, Ghirardelli milk chocolate. I
forgot the rice crispies that someone mentions in the comments. I
think I would have liked them

Recipe
http://www.staging-seriouseats.com/r...-buckeyes.html
http://tinyurl.com/64tcubs

Some history
http://www.staging-seriouseats.com/2...html#continued
http://tinyurl.com/67ghvvc

[for those who want to find their own links- google Liz Gutman
buckeyes.]

Jim