Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, 11.5 oz.

by Ghirardelli

Product Features

• Highest cacao content chip, delivering an intensely rich yet balanced chocolate sensation.
• Pack of 11.5 ounces
• Is bitter sweet chocolate

Product Description

Our new, improved formulation for Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips (formerly Double Chocolate) is our highest cacao content chip, delivering an intensely rich yet balanced chocolate sensation.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0027ID92E
• UPC: 747599640117
• Item model number: dinirao
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,768 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #70 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Cooking & Baking Supplies > Chocolate > Chocolate Chips

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Has Ghiradelli changed their formula?, August 9, 2010

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garden hoe "djs38" (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, 11.5 oz. (Grocery)

We have enjoyed the 60% as an after dinner snack too for several years. And I think they do well in baking. BUT - as of a month ago,they started to taste different! More like the cheaper store brands made with chocolate liqueur. I noticed a different packaging in some of the stores as well. The look is the same but the packaging material is slightly different. Has Ghiradelli changed its formula? Yuck. Anyone have any insight?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taste is a very personal matter, March 12, 2011

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Charles Barnard "Time taken planning SAVES TI... (Menomonie, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, 11.5 oz. (Grocery)

I quite buying any chocolate which doesn't state the cacao percentage on the label some time ago--and have been lobbying the FDA to make such labeling a requirement.

I settled on the Ghirardelli 72% chips a couple years ago as my optimal balance between quality, flavor and cost--chips are always considerably less expensive than bar candy.

I sit with a bag of the 60% cacao bittersweet on my desk as I write. I was forced to switch to this from the 72% when it became impossible to find the 72% locally (on my income, price is always important!)

These are smooth, melt evenly and have a nice chocolate flavor without any significant other notes I can detect (your tastes may vary!)

Americans have a problem with 'bitter' flavors--few US dishes use the bitter taste at all, and most Americans seem to feel that bitter equates to bad. Well, unsweetened cocoa is bitter, and it stays that way until you get to a fairly high level of added sweet.

This means that high cocoa content chocolate is a taste that must be cultivated to some extent--how many coffee drinkers out there truly enjoyed their first cup? (Regular drinkers are addicted...enjoyment may come second to getting their fix.)

My cookie recipe is based upon the Joy Of Cooking recipe, which I double everything EXCEPT the chocolate ships, and add 1/8 tsp red pepper (ground) and 1/4 tsp orange or lemon extract. These chips work quite well (though short of burning them, it's pretty hard to make a chocolate based dessert which I'd not eat...I even carried the infamous 'desert bars' for a few months in my car--slightly chocolate flavored wax is better than no chocolate at all....)

For several months I went through 4-5 bags of these a week as snacks.

The best chocolate is the one you personally like best. After that, it comes down to the recipe it is being used to make.

These are better than average bittersweet chips which can be found in grocery stores at a considerable savings compared with any online vendor I've managed to find.

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious!, March 30, 2011

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Allforthree "Mom" (WV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, 11.5 oz. (Grocery)

These are the best grocery store chocolate chips out there. If you are a true chocoholic, I have no doubt that you'll love Ghiradelli's chocolate chips, in all their flavors, especially if you like to nibble on them straight from the bag. Someone mentioned that they had trouble with their baking when using these. All I have to say is this, I've used them and won county fair baking competitions. I don't think they negatively influence my baking; they enhance it! If you think of the difference between milk chocolate chips and semisweet, it's about the same difference between semisweet and bittersweet. (To me, anyway.) :) Enjoy!