There is a new PC hot dark chocolate mix in the current Insider’s Report. It contains a high percentage of cacao and sounds interesting. I haven’t tried it yet. It seems to have sold out quickly at the several...

's 1st ingredient is cocoa beans the alprose bar I have says the 1st ingredient is cocoa mass which is not cocoa beans. From Ghiradelli "what does the percentage of cacao content mean? Cacao content refers to the total cacao...

match. He even told me he played around with different cacao percentages to find the perfect harmony. Is that a perfectionist, or what? Kelly mentioned that he was awaiting a shipment of various nuts, particualarly [smoked]...

Yes, I actually cheat and use semi-sweet (Ghirardelli) in place of bittersweet (Valrhona). Martha Stewart would kill me, but her brownies come out fine. The difference is the percentage of cacao, and of course availability and...

. Similarly, a bar with good quality cacao will taste different depending on the blend of sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla and how it is handled by the producer. But done well, by Valrhona or Sharffen-Berger, I think the higher...

&Category_Code=EG KingArthurFlour.com 72% cacao Guittard wafers 1 lb = $ 6.95 + S & H http://www.kingarthurflour.com/items/Bittersweet_Chocolate_Guittard_Onyx_Wafers Another hi-end chocolate is Valrhona from France – it has a...

that I was forgetting that I had used, in place of all 70% bittersweet chocolate, a combination of 3 parts 62% cacao chocolate (Scharffen Berger’s “semisweet”), and 1 part 99% cacao chocolate (S.B.'s...

That depends on how much sugar is in the recipe you want to try. What percentage really comes down to is that in your 90% bar, 10% is added ingredients such as sugar and vanilla and preservatives while 90% is cacao products such...

The best selection of high percentage cacao chocolate bars I am aware of is at Starsky Polish Supermarket on Dundas in Mississauga. Excellent pricing too. You’ll have to tell me how they are battered and deep fried! FYI they...

Go to the Bottleworks beer shop on 45th and Wallingford and check out the chocolate selection- Leonidas chocolates from Belgium and 70% cacao Caffe Tasse chocolate bars— these are SO good! A little bitter and good snap with...

Yesterday I saw that Nestle’s is selling a “premium” baking chocolate in 8 oz. bars. My supermarket had (I might mis-remember the percentages) a 52% and 63% bar, along with chocolate chunks. They were priced at...

I would use a truffle ratio of cream to chocolate for sandwich cookies so there is less ooze when biting into one. 1 1/4 C.heavy cream to 15 oz. 70% Cacao dark chocolate. If you use plain chocolate it will just get too hard when...

I rarely have unsweetened chocolate lying around the house, so when a recipe calls for unsweetened I usually just grab whatever’s the highest percentage I have around. So far, it’s worked out okay. Then again, I never...

For eating, Formaggio has an impressive variety. For baking, Marty’s in Newton has Valrhona and Callebaut in a variety of cocoa percentages and forms (bars, discs, chips).

I’ve had Green & Blacks at the Pret a Manger shops in Manhattan. Not sure how many varieties they carry, but the the high cacao percentage certainly elevates the milk chocolate bar.