Since I shared my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe with you, I figured I might as well divulge all of my secrets and share my favorite chocolate chips. I discovered Guittard’s Super Cookie Chips recently at Draeger’s (a fancy, dancy grocery store in Menlo Park, CA).
These Super Cookie Chips are great! First, they have the flat, disc shape that the New York Times cookie article talks about…it really is an ingenius idea using a disc shaped “chip” in the cookie. You end up with layers of chocolate throughout the entire cookie. Second, Guittard’s chocolate quality is just so good. I don’t really like eating chocolate chips alone…but I’ll gobble these puppies up no problem.
The New York Times recipe suggests the following chocolates, which I’m sure are equally as delicious. “Disks are sold at Jacques Torres Chocolate; Valrhona fèves, oval-shaped chocolate pieces, are at Whole Foods.” Regardless of which brand you use, I am loving the disc shaped chocolate, it’s heaven in a chocolate chip cookie.
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I love that the bag describes them as “meltier.” I didn’t know meltier was a word, but now I’m definitely going to start using it.
Comment by Becca — December 3, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
my favorite are Ghirardelli 60% cacao, which I can buy in the ginormous bags from Smart & Final!
Comment by Gudrun — December 3, 2009 @ 2:58 pm
I absolutely ADORE Valrhona chocolate. I have actually visited it in France and wanted to buy the entire store, mais helas, no such luck. Each year I buy a bunch of Valrhona online for Christmas. Lucky me!!
Comment by Tanya — December 3, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Guittard are my favorite, but I haven’t been able to find them in New Mexico.
Comment by Katie @ goodLife {eats} — December 3, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
I love Guittard chocolate too! My fav. Have you tried Scharffen Berger? They have a small factory (And give tours, yum!) in Oakland or Berkeley.
Comment by Robin — December 4, 2009 @ 7:43 am
My favorite chocolates are from Guittard, too. I even love them more than Scharffen Berger chocolates. So, I’m very excited about these disks! I’ve yet to see them in the stores I frequent, but I’m going to start looking for them. Thanks for posting this.
Comment by Memoria — December 8, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
LOVE scharffen berger. I have some of their chocolate chunks in the cupboard waiting for a batch of cookies to be made.
Comment by Jane Maynard — December 20, 2009 @ 5:33 pm