In recent years, options for chocolate drops in Brazil it changed a lot: the offer increased and more brands finally decided to invest in this product line that is super common in foreign countries.
The options vary in relation to the chocolate used and how the drops are used. The main thing is to facilitate and speed up the production of the recipe. After all, you won’t need to chop.
Chocolate chips: made with chocolate
Made with real chocolate, that is, they have cocoa butter in the formula and +25% cocoa solids or +20% cocoa butter solids for white chocolate. They can be used in practically everything: melting and tempering, fillings and decoration. However, it is worth remembering that they do not tolerate baking temperatures very well (read for roasts in general).
Fractionated or hydrogenated chocolate chips
Are the roofing chocolate flavour in which cocoa butter was replaced by vegetable fat. The possibilities of use are the same as the real ones, remembering that the final flavor will be different.
Generally, this type does not need to be tempered to harden again. However, it is not watering. There are products that, even though they are of the covering type, may be subject to tempering.
Forneavel drops
The quality of chocolate can vary, there are both real and fractionated/hydrogenated ones. The formulation is slightly different with less cocoa butter. The recommended use is precisely for baked recipes, such as cookies, where you want to maintain their shape after baking. Melting is not recommended for bathing other products.
Before, it was only possible to find fractionated/hydrogenated ones for melting. A true only imported brands, such as Callebaut, which are called callets and ideal for melting and tempering.
When it is requested in foreign recipes “chocolate chips“the equivalence for us is the supplyable. The main companies that have drops in their catalogs:
The price also varies a little. If you compare the real chocolate bar with the drops (of the same weight), the chips will be slightly more expensive. It’s the cost of practicality. They are found in party and confectionery stores.
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