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I made some chocolate chip cookies recently, using, as usual, Nestle's brand chips and the recipe on the back of the bag. Also as usual, I ate more of them than I meant to. I thought to myself, "These things are like potato chips!"
And then I had my epiphany...they are like potato chips!
Compare, if you will, the chocolate chip recipes from the test kitchens at Nestle, Hershey's, and Ghirardelli. Notice the big difference?
The mystery is solved! Now we know why Nestle's chips are the market's best-seller. It's not that the chocolate is better! (I don't know about you, but I know that I'd rather eat a Hershey bar than a Nestle bar any day.) It's not tradition, or even Ruth Wakefield's original recipe...
It's an extra half teaspoon of salt in the batter.
Posted by volfie at February 24, 2003 09:22 PMright. and on the lowbrow side of the fence, that's why freihofer's chocolate chip cookies are so much better than entenmann's. they're noticeably saltier. i am a longtime believer in the importance of salt in a sweet recipe.
What can't be better with a little salt and butter?
Posted by: auntb on February 25, 2003 04:54 PM