Unsweetened Chocolate - also called bitter and baking chocolate is pure chocolate liquor. It must contain 50 to 58% cocoa butter. Depending on the brand other flavorings such as vanilla and salt may be added.
Milk Chocolate - contains at least 12% milk solids and 10% chocolate liquor. The sweetest of the chocolates.
White Chocolate - made from cocoa butter, contains no cocoa solids therefore it lacks the characteristic chocolate flavor. Read the labels ... if cocoa butter is not present in the ingredients it is a confectionery coating. It will not perform in recipes the same way as white chocolate.
Tomorrow ... Bittersweet and Semisweet Chocolates and Couverture. ~ Chef Wilkinson ~
