I have a major problem concerning chocolate chips, and I need your help! My problem isn’t the worst chocolate chip problem one could have (not having any chocolate chips at all), but rather it’s that I have two bags of really good chocolate chips, and I can’t decide what to do with them.
After my mom read somewhere that See’s were ranked as the best chocolate chips, she was on a mission to get her hands on some. Fast forward to a week and a half ago, and she bought every single bag in stock at the See’s kiosk at Mall of America. Being the generous person that she is, she told me that I could have as many of them as I wanted, so I took two bags. I didn’t think it was fair to take any more, considering how excited she was about them and how skeptical I was of their greatness.
You might recall that I am partial to Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chips, and I found it really hard to believe that See’s would be any better. The best way to find out would be to perform a taste test, so a few nights ago Matt and I did a very scientific side-by-side comparison and sampling of the two kinds. It took him about two seconds to determine that See’s was the clear winner, and I very reluctantly agreed with him after I completed a second round of testing.
So here I am with two bags of fantastic chocolate chips, and I can’t decide on my next move. I don’t want to waste them on just anything, but I also don’t want them to sit around for ages because I’m so indecisive and keep thinking that something better or more worthy will come along. While I realize that I could drive to Bloomington any day of the week and buy more, they’re pretty pricey ($5.50/bag, which is about $2 more per bag than Ghirardelli chips) and the less time at MOA, the better. So I need your help!
Do you have any suggestions? Anything good that you’ve made lately with chocolate chips? Cookies? Truffles? Scones? Bars? Ice cream?
These are the options that I’ve come up with so far:
- Grasshopper Bars from Baked Explorations
- Chocolate Croissants from Tartine
- Jacques Torres’s Chocolate Chip Cookies from The New York Times
- Churros with Dark Chocolate Sauce from Joy the Baker
- The Best Chocolate Sauce from David Lebovitz (perhaps with a little brandy?)
melt one on an oyster cracker in the microwave
Croissants!
your mom’s coconut bars with the chocolate, I love those
First of all, thank you both for validating my decision to tote 8 pounds of chocolate chips around MOA for hours! For the record, I think future Sees chocolate chip runs to MOA are definitely time well spent! While I think those grasshopper bars sound amazing, I think the inaugural event for these chips should be something where they stay whole and not melted – like some amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe. I can’t wait to try mine!
Chocolate Chip Banana Blondie Cake… A. MAZ. ING!
http://www.evilshenanigans.com/2011/01/chocolate-chip-banana-blondie-cake/
croissants or pain chocolat!
Chocolate croissants are the obvious choice!
Chocolate croissants!
Grandma just had another idea – the old favorite, Chocolate Chip Pizza!