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Sarah
06-19-2001, 01:51 PM
Okay, it's not a great subject line. I need a 1 oz square of chocolate, and I'm too cheap to buy a package when I'm about to go away for the summer, and too lazy to go to the store http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif What's the substitution for 1 oz of semi sweet chocolate??

TIA
Sarah
SusanT
06-19-2001, 02:00 PM
If you've got a copy of the Joy of Cooking, it lists the substitutions for chocolate.
Gail
06-19-2001, 02:02 PM
...maybe I'm just dense...

What are you making? Are you asking for other forms of chocolate or something else entirely? Are you making a cappuccino or chicken mole?
Sarah
06-19-2001, 02:14 PM
Ummm...
I'm making icing. Semi sweet chocolate is like, 1tbsp butter and cocoa and some sugar. But I don't know how much, and I don't have the Joy of Cooking. But thanks for the suggestion. Anyone know offhand?

Sarah
Gail
06-19-2001, 02:18 PM
Ah so... From Cook's Thesaurus, try this: semi-sweet chocolate = semisweet chocolate Equivalents: One cup of chips = 6 ounces; if melting the chocolate, chips and squares are interchangeable. Squares can be chopped up to make chips for cookies. Notes: Americans like this best for their cookies and brownies. It's available in bars, chunks, and chips. Mint-flavored semi-sweet chips are also available. Substitutes: bittersweet chocolate (very similar, but bittersweet chocolate usually has more chocolate liquor.) OR unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce = 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate + 1 tablespoon sugar) OR 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa + 1 tablespoon sugar + 1 teaspoon unsalted butter or vegetable oil (may leave a powdery taste, but makes product moister and more flavorful.) OR 1 tablespoon peanut butter chips OR white chocolate (especially in chocolate chip cookies; more delicate flavor, burns more easily, contains more sugar.) OR milk chocolate
www.foodsubs.com (http://www.foodsubs.com) by the way, for future notice. Good luck!
Jacque O
06-19-2001, 03:10 PM
Gail- that site you gave the link to looks very cool. I know it will come in handy. Thanks for passing it along!
Sarah
06-20-2001, 06:27 AM
Yay!
Thanks, Gail! I've got the cupcakes made, now on to the icing http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

Sarah