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I purchased this syrup for use in coffee trying to make an at-home version of my usual order from the local coffee shop, and it's safe to say the coffee shop continues to get my business!
This syrup might be okay for desserts, but it definitely didn't work out to well in the coffee for me.Get more detail about Torani White Chocolate Syrup.

Reese's Peanut Butter Baking Pieces, 8-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6) Review

I found these chips at the store one day and then could never find them again. I was so glad to find them on amazon. These make the best peanut butter cookies ever! I just add them to the dough. I ordered 10 bags just to have them on hand, I just keep them in the freezer. My 3 boys request these cookies all the time!Get more detail about Reese's Peanut Butter Baking Pieces, 8-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6).

Ghirardelli Ground White Chocolate, 3 Pound Cannister Top Quality

While the price for this 3lb tub is outrageous (I bought mine online for $11), Ghirardelli's white chocolate powder is the ONLY way to go for white mochas. My recipe: I use a Starbucks Barista and espresso pods from www.podhead.com (Bristot).

in an 18oz glass...

Mix:
2oz espresso brewed with 1 pod (not quite as strong, but more economical than brewing 1.5 oz using 2 pods)
3T Ghirardelli white chocolate powder

Add:
Whole milk to your desired dilution (I add about 10oz)

Top with ice and, if desired, whipped cream.

Most importantly, experiment to find your perfect ratio of espresso to powder to milk.Get more detail about Ghirardelli Ground White Chocolate, 3 Pound Cannister.

Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate Cocoa, 3 Pound Cannister This instant

While not the absolute best cocoa I've used, Ghiradelli is one of the finest that is readily available. I recommend using it as a matter of course instead of the ubiquitous Hershey's, which has a harsher flavor. This cocoa is mild yet rich in flavor, smooth tasting. I use it all the time for baking, and people notice the difference, even if they don't understand why my brownies are better than average.

This product, despite the "sweet" in the name, is not a hot chocolate mix. If you go to the manufacturer web site, you'll find some high quality recipe for its use.Get more detail about Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate Cocoa, 3 Pound Cannister.

Godiva Chocolatier Chocoiste Milk Choc Strawberry (Economy Case Pack) 2 Oz Box (Pack of 10) Immediately

This was good as far as chocolate covered fruit goes. The Godiva chocolate is wonderful but if I didn't know it was a strawberry I would never have guessed. Could have been any dried fruit. If you do like chocolate covered dried fruit though I would highly recommend it. If you were looking for something when a real chocolate covered strawberry would not be possible I would try something else.Get more detail about Godiva Chocolatier Chocoiste Milk Choc Strawberry (Economy Case Pack) 2 Oz Box (Pack of 10).

Ghirardelli Baking Chips Bittersweet Chocolate Best Quality

You can buy this at the supermarket for under $3. However, I like these chips.Get more detail about Ghirardelli Baking Chips Bittersweet Chocolate.

Valrhona Araguani 72% Dark Chocolate by ChefShop Buy Now

We discovered Valrhona chocolate while reading the 'Le Bec-Fin' cookbook. Chef Georges Perrier's book is excellent, by the way, and unlike many celebrity 5-Star Chef books, includes recipes with ingredients that you're likely to be able to get at the Piggly Wiggly or Winn-Dixie, rather than having to order from distant continents or go off on your own expedition to the Alps or Himalayas. (I can't WAIT to eat at Chef Thomas Keller's French Laundry, but his book includes difficult to impossible to acquire for the average person ingredients in every single recipe.

But I digress.

Chef Perrier's book includes a to-die-for chocolate cake recipe. The recipe specifies using Valrhona bittersweet chocolate. The Mrs. (a Cordon Bleu Chef - lucky me!) made the recipe using plain old Ghirardelli. It was the best chocolate cake either of us had ever tasted which immediately made us wonder "how much better could it have been with Valrhona chocolate?"

Valrhona is a French chocolatier, and a bar of baking chocolate goes for nearly $20 in the U.S.

We were curious, so we ordered some for the upcoming Thanksgiving feast. How good was it? Good. Real good. Best chocolate ever. Was it twice as good as Ghirardelli or other excellent chocolate? Hard to say. The flavor was as rich and chocolaty as the chocolatiest thing you could imagine - but about the same taste as other premium chocolates. It was the texture - the mouth feel - of the stuff that made it head and shoulders above every other chocolate we had experienced. The texture is like silk for your tongue, as different in texture compared to Hershey's as fine silk is to a burlap bag for your fingers. No - that's an exaggeration, but it IS silky! I'm just not certain it's so much better that it justifies paying so much more for it when there ARE other excellent chocolates around. I'd say "special occasions only".
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