Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumI was bad today.
Ordered a 5Kg block of Callebaut semi-dark 53% chocolate
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)now if you ate all of it at one sitting, that would be very very bad.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Used to see (and buy) chunks of it at grocery, then discovered Russell Stover sugar free dark chocolate + raspberry miniatures, and those (+ Nutella) are always with me!!!
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Last year around this time I bought two 2 lb. slabs of Merckens 51% bittersweet, one 1-lb. slab of Merckens milk chocolate, and one 1-lb. slab of Merckens white chocolate with the intent of making truffles. I never did, either last Christmas or when my GF was here last Spring. There's still one pound of the bittersweet left
Warpy
(111,275 posts)She kept it sealed in a tub in her cold basement, slicing it off for chocolate emergencies, hot cocoa and desserts.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)If it had been dark chocolate, I could have used it for baking, but I don't believe that milk chocolate lends itself well for things like cakes or brownies. (And don't you milk chocolate fans tell me different: You're wrong.)
I found that a 3-ounce milk chocolate bar is a treat, a ten pound bar is a burden. I wound up breaking it into pieces and giving it to my friends.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I'm sure you could probably make a ganache with it (for truffle centers) though that's usually made with dark chocolate.
And most friends tend to love chocolate gifts
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Christmas baking coming up, after all.