I have a recipe that calls for 'bittersweet chocolate'. I have looked in the stores, and can't seem to find it. We figured that it must be the same as semi-sweet chocolate. Is that right??
2006-12-28 05:45:20 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Not necessarily. There are several manufacturers of chocolate, so read the packaging. For instance, I like to use Ghiradelli Bittersweet bars, and on the package it says 60% cocoa solids.
You can also look for "Baker's chocolate".
It means that sugar was not added. I think you can substitute semi-sweet, I would just reduce the amount of sugar you use for the recipe.
2006-12-28 05:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by ajgeiger38 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found a big bag of bittersweet chips at Sam's over the holidays. Sometimes grocery stores carry it in bar form with the other baking bars. I did find some Hershey's Special Dark chips you could use also. You can easily substitute semi-sweet chocolate, it just won't have that "dark" chocolate taste (that's what I do when I don't have time to find bittersweet).
2006-12-28 07:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by karat4top 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close enough. It's just chocolate with a lower sugar and milk content and more cocoa. Like dark chocolate.
2006-12-28 05:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by Calli J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bittersweet and semi-sweet are different, but semi-sweet should still work fine.
2006-12-28 05:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Tish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋