Chocolate is well-loved around the globe. It’s one of the most craved foods by both men and women. People love to eat it and feel more loving when they eat it, so it’s this gigantic positive circle of eating.
Some people might actually love it so much they want to marry it. No really, I’m serious.
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But you don’t have to be on an illicit substance to fall in love with chocolate. There are so many different types and different ways to use chocolate, especially in the world of baking (like the Betty Crocker kind of baking). Here’s a simple breakdown to help you fall even more in love.
KINDS
Milk chocolate/sweet chocolate: the sweetest type of chocolate (thanks to the milk), can always be eaten on its own
Try this: Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dark: less sugar than milk chocolate and little to no milk added, examples include semisweet and bittersweet chocolate
Try this: Dark Chocolate Avocado Truffles
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Semisweet: half as sweet as milk chocolate because of the smaller sugar content, tastes better baked than eaten straight out of the bag or wrapper (but it can still be done)
Try this: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Bittersweet: less sugar and more unsweetened chocolate liquor than semisweet but still interchangeable for baking with its sweeter cousin, doesn’t taste very good before it’s baked
Try this: Double Chocolate Mint Cookies
White: sugar, milk and cocoa butter with no cocoa solids added
Try this: Patriotic Strawberries
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FORMS
Chocolate chips: small pieces of chocolate that melt easily
Try these: Chocolate Chip Cookies, No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
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Cocoa powder: light powder that mixes easily into liquids or solids
Try these: Hot Cocoa, Mug Cake
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Baking bar: a large piece of chocolate that can be broken into pieces, often strong and takes longer to melt
Try this: Lava Cakes
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BRANDS
Nestlé Toll House
Price: you can collect coins from between the couch cushions
Hershey’s
Price: some pocket change will work just fine
Godiva
Price: go without washing your laundry for a few weeks to save up
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Ghirardelli
Price: skip a couple meals this month
Valrhona Manjari
Price: maybe you can ask for this self-proclaimed “luxury chocolate” for a graduation present from a rich relative