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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.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By garden hoe
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?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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.
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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Warning: you will never go back to Nestle or any other so called chocolate after getting used to these. Very chocolaty and not too sweet.
Costco carries the very similar Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Bittersweet chips for way less then here. (3.5 lb bag for under [...].) But only during "baking season" (Nov through early January). (Must we adhere to "baking season"?)
The food faddists are saying chocolate is good for you. Enjoy now before it all changes again.
Costco carries the very similar Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Bittersweet chips for way less then here. (3.5 lb bag for under [...].) But only during "baking season" (Nov through early January). (Must we adhere to "baking season"?)
The food faddists are saying chocolate is good for you. Enjoy now before it all changes again.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
great chocolate fix
16 chips for 80 calories is not bad when you are really craving chocolate and don't want the guilt of a 250+ calorie candy bar. Read more
Published 9 months ago by K. Stuckey
5.0 out of 5 stars
This chocoholics favorite
I am in love with these chocolate chips. Hands down the best chocolate chip on the market. I eat them out of bag, in oatmeal chocolate ships, as a dipping chocolate, in... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deb
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delicious!
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,... Read more
Published on March 30, 2011 by Allforthree
5.0 out of 5 stars
The new best after 51 years
I grew up on Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies - my mother's recipe, a slight variation on the Nestlé Toll House recipe, and I thought nothing could ever beat... Read more
Published on June 13, 2010 by Truman
1.0 out of 5 stars
just plain bad
As others have already stated, Ghirardelli is incredibly substandard. I have used it on more than a couple of occasions and each time had disaster results. Read more
Published on June 5, 2010 by Dawn Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Chocolate chips I've ever used.
I have used this great product, and nothing else ever since I first found it in the stores. It is far superior to Toll House Chocolate chips. Read more
Published on June 4, 2010 by D. K. Wolfe
