Chocolate % ????

Decorating By sable905 Updated 6 Aug 2007 , 2:58am by hellie0h

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sable905 Posted 4 Aug 2007 , 7:16pm
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I'm probably in the wrong forum, but, does anyone know what percentage of chocolate Ghirardelli semi sweet chips are? I have a recipe that calls for a chocolate that is at least 58% and I'm not quite sure how to find that out. Does this make sense?

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hellie0h Posted 4 Aug 2007 , 7:28pm
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Went to my cupboard to have a look....they are 60% Cacao.

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sable905 Posted 5 Aug 2007 , 12:33am
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thanks hellieoh, my bag doesn't say, and i'm sure I sound silly asking that question. I just wanted to make sure before I used them in the recipe. I would've hated it not to taste correct.

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snarkybaker Posted 6 Aug 2007 , 1:42am
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My literature say that the bittersweet is 60%. Typically semi-sweet is in the 40's. Look at the ingredients. To be over 50% chocolate solids would have to be the first ingredient.

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hellie0h Posted 6 Aug 2007 , 2:58am
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txkat is right, my apology to you Sable I did not pick up on the SEMI-SWEET notation. My Ghirardelli chips are the BITTERSWEET 60%. I love dark chocolate and don't use semi-sweet such as Nestle any longer. Again, pardon the brain not seeing the whole enchilada icon_redface.gif
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