Things I like VS Things I don't like

[Kat]

Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob

You dark-chocolate-haters, what about chocolate chips?

I'm not a dark chocolate hater (well, I don't really like the extremely dark chocolate, like the ones labeled 90-something percent dark). but chocolate chips are semi-sweet, not regular dark chocolate.

[TheChileanBlob]

Originally Posted by Kat

I'm not a dark chocolate hater (well, I don't really like the extremely dark chocolate, like the ones labeled 90-something percent dark). but chocolate chips are semi-sweet, not regular dark chocolate.

Yeah, but that's what regular dark chocolate candy bars are made of. Like Mounds and Special Dark and those.

[NAF1138]

Originally Posted by Kat

I'm not a dark chocolate hater (well, I don't really like the extremely dark chocolate, like the ones labeled 90-something percent dark). but chocolate chips are semi-sweet, not regular dark chocolate.

Psst semi sweet is dark chocolate. Same stuff different marketing gimmick. Don't tell the others or they will start hating chocolate chip cookies.

Also, I don't think anyone really likes the 90% nonsense. But a good 60% cacao bar is awesome with some red wine or an apple.

[Rat Diva]

Originally Posted by NAF1138

Also, I don't think anyone really likes the 90% nonsense.

I do, honestly. I've been known to eat unsweetened baking chocolate straight up.

[NAF1138]

Originally Posted by Rat Diva

I do, honestly. I've been known to eat unsweetened baking chocolate straight up.

Hipster

[Kat]

Originally Posted by NAF1138

Psst semi sweet is dark chocolate. Same stuff different marketing gimmick. Don't tell the others or they will start hating chocolate chip cookies.

Also, I don't think anyone really likes the 90% nonsense. But a good 60% cacao bar is awesome with some red wine or an apple.

It's not the same dark chocolate formula that's used in candy bars, though. It tastes different. I've eaten enough semi-sweet chocolate chips straight from the bag to say this with some authority. And it's not just different the way that Lindt dark chocolate is different than Godiva dark chocolate is different than Ghiradelli dark chocolate, either. Because although I haven't see a dark chocolate Nestle bar to compare Nestle Toll House morsels to, I have eaten Ghiaradelli chocolate chips and they taste different than their candy bars.

[NAF1138]

Originally Posted by Kat

It's not the same dark chocolate formula that's used in candy bars, though. It tastes different. I've eaten enough semi-sweet chocolate chips straight from the bag to say this with some authority. And it's not just different the way that Lindt dark chocolate is different than Godiva dark chocolate is different than Ghiradelli dark chocolate, either. Because although I haven't see a dark chocolate Nestle bar to compare Nestle Toll House morsels to, I have eaten Ghiaradelli chocolate chips and they taste different than their candy bars.

Difference of scale possibly perception. Semi sweet is between 50-75% cacao usually around 60 and bittersweet is higher. Same stuff, different shape. Potentially different quality.