Chocolate chips look like an easy choice, but when it comes to those chips in your batter or dough, they are much more than just flavour. They tell you about the cocoa flavour, texture, and appearance of your finished good. That's why format is as important as cocoa content. Mini chocolate chips have a uniform distribution, retain their form during baking, and provide chocolate in each piece of pastry rather than here and there.
There are two types of mini chocolate chips for baking offered by Valrhona: dark and milk chocolate chips in 8.8 oz packs. Explore our dark chocolate baking chips and milk chocolate baking chips to discover the options available for your baking needs. This guide will discuss unique features of each variety, general behavior of chocolate baking chips in the oven, and two Valrhona recipes to show practical application.
Explanation for the Effectiveness of Mini Chocolate Chips in Baking
Additionally, chocolate baking chips differ from cut pieces or fves in that they are heat-resistant because of their higher fibre and sugar content and lower cocoa butter content. The chocolate keeps its melty consistency and shape as you bite into the cookie, muffin, or brioche.
Features of Valrhona's micro chocolate chips:
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Easy even spreading
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Less straightforward to measure
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Quick and simple
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Lightproof packaging
Dark Chocolate Mini Chunks: Cocoa Content 52%
The gourmet dark chocolate tiny chunks for baking are made entirely of butter and 52% cocoa mass. Valrhona says these chunks of chocolate are exceptionally flavourful, with a rich and creamy texture and no sweetness or bitterness.
Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa powder (non alcoholic), Sunflower lecithin, Vanilla extract. These chocolate pieces are made in a dairy facility and may contain traces of gluten, soy, and nuts.
Perfect for use in cookies, muffins, brownies, granola bars, marbled cakes, brioches, and scones. This chocolate can also be used in ice creams, yogurt, and waffles.
Mini Milk Chocolate Chips for Baking (with 32% Milk Chocolate)
The 32% Milk Chocolate Mini Milk Chocolate Chips for Baking are made using 100% cocoa butter. These tiny bits of chocolate chip melt well in your mouth and have a fine balance of caramel taste.
The main ingredients in this product are: vanilla extract, sugar, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, and lecithin (sunflower seed). It may have traces of soy or nut contents.
A great product for making swirls in your baked products like cookies, brownies, muffins, cakes, and brioche, or for topping yogurt, ice creams, and pancakes.
Dark vs. Milk Mini Chocolate Chips at a Glance
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Feature |
Dark Mini Chocolate Chips |
Milk Mini Chocolate Chips |
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Cocoa content |
52% |
32% |
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Flavor |
Intense, balanced, melting |
Light caramelized notes, smooth |
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Best for |
Cookies, brownies, scones, granola bars |
Pancakes, muffins, brioches, cookies |
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Size |
8.8 oz |
8.8 oz |
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Price |
$13.99 |
$14.99 |
A simple way to choose: dark chips suit bakes where you want the chocolate to stand out, while milk chips suit bakes where you want a softer, creamier sweetness. For a mixed batch, both can go into the same dough.
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Two Ways to Cook With Valrhona Chocolate Chips
Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Quick recipe for four people. All the ingredients - flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 90g of Valrhona milk chocolate mini chips - should be whisked first, and then buttermilk, an egg, and melted butter should be added. Small rounds of mixture should be put on the greased non-stick frying pan on medium heat. Serve as soon as pancakes become soft after one flip.
Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies with Vanilla Cream Filling
Recipe of Chef Guillemette Auboyer for 20 cookies. First, you need to prepare vanilla cream of milk, egg yolk, sugar, cornstarch, and a Norwegian vanilla bean, which should be boiled till the cream becomes thick. The mixture for cookies consists of butter, raw cane and demerara sugars, flour, cocoa powder, and 170g of dark chocolate chips. Then each ball should be made with a hole inside and filled with the cream.
Looking Closely at the Labels
Both of the bags indicate that there is one serving per teaspoon (0.17 oz) and approximately 50 servings per package. This makes it very convenient to use the chips as a topping, as well as an ingredient. The labels also show which ingredients have been used in the respective bags, with the dark chips being produced in a facility that uses milk, and milk chips containing milk. Both of the bags mention the allergens on the bag being used.
Choco Chip Tips
Avoid sinking chips. If your chocolate chips tend to sink to the bottom of your cake, the company Valrhona offers three solutions to that problem: cool the chocolate-filled mold, coat the chips with some flour prior to adding them to your batter, or prepare a denser batter.
Do not overmix. Fold chips in at the end of preparation. In the cookie recipe above, it is explicitly stated that you should mix quickly in order to avoid overworking the dough.
Store properly. Seal the package once you open it and store it away from warmth and moisture. According to Valrhona, you should store your chips between 61 and 64° F and not in the fridge.
Choosing Chocolate Chip Varieties According to Your Bake Recipe
Select chocolate chips according to your bake’s construction:
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Both types of chips could be used in muffins and marbled cakes - select dark for contrast, milk for a milder taste.
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As toppings, use dark mini chocolate chips for ice cream and yogurt to achieve a pure chocolate flavor.
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If you’d like to use both varieties, 8.8 oz bags would be an appropriate choice for small-scale baking.
Why Choose Valrhona Chocolate Chips?
Since Valrhona became a name known in the industry back in 1922, it has always prided itself on making chocolates with great care, something that applies to its chocolate chips, too. Each little chocolate chip is crafted using a 100% traceable cocoa supply chain, including pure cocoa butter in the chocolate. The company is certified B Corp, and therefore it develops long-term relationships with its cocoa suppliers, meaning that when you bake these chocolates, you know that the source is legitimate. Whichever you pick - whether the dark 52% or the milk 32% - you will bake with the finest chocolate chip.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are Valrhona mini chocolate chips made?
Valrhona mini chocolate chips are available in two varieties: 52% dark chocolate and 32% milk chocolate. Both are made in France, where Valrhona transforms cocoa beans into fine chocolate in Tain l’Hermitage, in the Drôme region.
In the oven, do the chocolate baking chips melt?
Purpose: Not to melt. Even though there is no cocoa butter, there is plenty of sugar and fiber to prevent them from melting due to the heat-just enough to make them melt in your mouth.
Number of chocolate chips I should use?
Stick to the recipe. It's recommended by Valrhona that you use 90g of milk chocolate chips in their pancake recipe, but in the dark chip cookie, we used 170g of dark chips.
What methods can be used to stop the chips from sinking?
Making a thick batter, cooling the mould that is filled with the chocolate, or dusting the chips with a little flour before mixing them in are ways to prevent sinking.
Where do I store my chocolate chips?
The chips should be stored in an airtight bag in a cool, dry place when not in use (61 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit).
Where do Valrhona mini chocolate chips come from?
There are two types of mini chocolate chips: milk and dark. Mini chocolate chips of both varieties are produce in France.
Which components are used to produce mini dark chocolate chips?
The components are sugar, unsweetened cocoa, sunflower lecithin, vanilla, and cocoa mass (cocoa paste) with a minimum of 52% cocoa and pure cocoa butter content.
Is there any allergy present in the chips?
A dairy uses a production line that uses gluten, soy, and nut products to manufacture the dark chocolate chips. The milk chocolate chips may contain traces of almonds and soy in addition to milk.
Have Valrhona Chips Been Responsibly Sourced?
Valrhona is B Corporation certified and has a 100% traceable cocoa supply chain for its chip manufacturing.
What type of chocolate chips are the best for cookies?
They both work. Dark mini chips will lend a more defined chocolate flavor to the cookie, while milk mini chips will lend a creamier sweetness, so it's up to the flavor you're craving for your cookie.
