baking chocolate

Cook's chocolate squares

Baking chocolate is unsweetened chocolate used in cooking and baking rather than eaten on its own.

It contains only cocoa solids and cocoa butter, with no added sugar, making it intensely bitter.

Recipes calling for baking chocolate typically add sugar separately: The brownie recipe calls for two ounces of baking chocolate.

type

unsweetened

Contains no sweetener

milk · white · cocoa · cacao · natural · single-origin · compound · ruby

form

bar

Drinking establishment

morsels · shavings · wafers · discs · chunks · melts · nibs · powder · paste

confection

brownies

Dense chocolate baked squares

mousse · fudge · cookies · torte · souffle · frosting · glaze · fondue · bonbons · bark

technique

melting

Solid-to-liquid transition

blooming · ganache · enrobing · molding · scoring · grating · folding · creaming · drizzling · coating

flavor

bitter

Sharp, unpleasant taste

earthy · robust · complex · bittersweet · roasted · nutty · fruity · acidic · malty · smoky

Categories
Opposites
sweetness level

baking chocolatemilk chocolate

Cocoa sweetened with dairy

white chocolate · German chocolate · chocolate chips · hot cocoa mix · chocolate syrup

intended use

baking chocolatecandy bar

Wrapped sweet confection

chocolate truffle · chocolate bar · bonbon · praline

form and texture

baking chocolatechocolate syrup

chocolate sauce · hot cocoa · chocolate mousse · drinking chocolate · chocolate ganache

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G