Im making a chocolate pie (kinda like a pudding pie except homemade) in the recipe it calls for cocoa. Could cocoa for hot chocolate wrk just as good? and what would be a better method for cooking?
2007-11-20 15:47:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Thanks for ur help I figured it wouldnt wrk any way, but it's a hell of a shot that im not willing to try this close to Thanksgiving!! I think the Hershey's baking cocoa would be the best way to go.
2007-11-20 16:02:10 · update #1
No, you cannot exchange cocoa for hot chocolate. Cocoa used in baking is unsweetened. There are two types of unsweetened cocoa powder: natural and Dutch-processed.
Dutch-Processed or Alkalized Unsweetened Cocoa Powder is treated with an alkali to neutralize its acids. Because it is neutral and does not react with baking soda, it must be used in recipes calling for baking powder, unless there are other acidic ingredients in sufficient quantities used. It has a reddish-brown color, mild flavor, and is easy to dissolve in liquids. Its delicate flavor makes it ideal in baked goods like European cakes and pastries where its subtle flavor complements other ingredients.
Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder tastes very bitter and gives a deep chocolate flavor to baked goods. Its intense flavor makes it well suited for use in brownies, cookies and some chocolate cakes. When natural cocoa (an acid) is used in recipes calling for baking soda (an alkali), it creates a leavening action that causes the batter to rise when placed in the oven.
2007-11-20 15:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by twinn-fun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-13 00:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cocoa used in cooking, is the unsweetened, nasty tasting cocoa (Hershey's) found in the baking aisle. The sweet cocoa used in cold milk, hot milk or from a spoon to the mouth, is like a Nestle's Quick, and not used for cooking!
You can also purchase unsweetened chocolate in the squares at the supermarket. These are also used in cooking/baking.
2007-11-20 15:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nisey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homemade hot chocolate uses cocoa powder. That's the same cocoa powder that is used in baking. Instant hot chocolate mix contains lots of othher ingredients, though. You cannot substitute it for cocoa.
2007-11-20 15:53:21 · answer #4 · answered by christnp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the same at all...cocoa isn't sweet like hot chocolate...it's only like $4 at the grocery store and makes baked goods so yummy :P
for more yummy recipes check out food network! they also have this thing called the 12 days of cookies :)
2007-11-20 15:57:04 · answer #5 · answered by gette_zoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will work, but it contains other additives. Your hot chocolate cocoa also contains sugar. Cocoa is a pure chocolate with a very strong and delicious flavor.
2007-11-20 15:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by flo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they are two completly different things. I was making a chocolate cake once that called for coacoa, and I didn't have any so i used hot chocolate mix. The cake ended ended up tasting like a crappy apple cake of somesort and was a weird light brown color.
2007-11-20 15:51:38 · answer #7 · answered by Courtney A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cocoa and hot choc mix are soooo not the same, and it will not work. you need regular ole baking cocoa.
2007-11-20 15:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by loribean2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋