Everything Chocolate

UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE

After cocoa beans are processed and roasted, they are ground to form this smooth, purest form of chocolate. Unsweetened chocolate is an ingredient in all-American brownies.

BITTERSWEET, SEMISWEET AND SWEET CHOCOLATE

Depending on the manufacturer, these dark chocolates have varying amounts of sugar and flavorings, such as vanilla or vanillin, added.

MILK CHOCOLATE

This chocolate is made of chocolate, milk solids, sugar and flavorings, such as vanilla or vanillin. It contains milk solids, so it is more sensitive to heat. Be careful when melting it.

WHITE CHOCOLATE

True white chocolate contains cocoa butter, and it is ivory colored. It also contains milk solids, sugar and flavorings, such as vanilla or vanillin. The more common white confectionery coatings use vegetable fat in place of the cocoa butter, and they are bright white.

CHOCOLATE CHIPS

The addition of lecithin and other stabilizers helps the chips hold their shape when baked. Because they contain milk solids, milk chocolate chips may burn when they touch the pan.

COCOA POWDER

This easy-to-use form of chocolate is made from plain chocolate that has nearly all of the cocoa butter pressed out of it.