rodentraiser
Head Chef
Today I decided to make some no-bake cheesecake bites. It sounded very simple. Mix some powdered sugar and butter with cream cheese, roll into small balls, chill, then dip in melted chocolate.
For the dipping, the recipe said to melt 10oz of chocolate chips. Well, I tried. I really tried.
Now I've been melting chocolate (baking chocolate) all my life. I put it in a small pan and melt the chocolate over low heat. I've never had to use a double boiler and I've never had the chocolate burn. Ever. Never had a problem until today.
Since I already had the chocolate chips, I decided to melted those, as per the recipe. And I melted them. And I melted them. For 20 minutes they melted over a low setting. They melted into a large semi-solid chunk of chocolate and got soft, but they never melted to the point where I could dip anything into them.
I finally started turning the heat up in increments, and finally the chocolate did start to burn. I threw the whole mess out, including the "cream cheese" balls that were so sweet they would have gagged me anyway.
So now I'm starting to wonder. Have Nestle's snuck some other ingredient into the chocolate chips to keep them from melting in cookies? Because it sure seems like it.
For the dipping, the recipe said to melt 10oz of chocolate chips. Well, I tried. I really tried.
Now I've been melting chocolate (baking chocolate) all my life. I put it in a small pan and melt the chocolate over low heat. I've never had to use a double boiler and I've never had the chocolate burn. Ever. Never had a problem until today.
Since I already had the chocolate chips, I decided to melted those, as per the recipe. And I melted them. And I melted them. For 20 minutes they melted over a low setting. They melted into a large semi-solid chunk of chocolate and got soft, but they never melted to the point where I could dip anything into them.
I finally started turning the heat up in increments, and finally the chocolate did start to burn. I threw the whole mess out, including the "cream cheese" balls that were so sweet they would have gagged me anyway.
So now I'm starting to wonder. Have Nestle's snuck some other ingredient into the chocolate chips to keep them from melting in cookies? Because it sure seems like it.