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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Guittard Akoma Fair Trade Chocolate Chips
Unlike the standard Guittard semisweet chips, these are 55% cacao ... just a smidge darker than the usual chips. They come in a sassy metallic pink package instead of the also-easy-to-spot gold package for regular Guittard Dark Chocolate Chips.
The chips have a nice rounded chocolate flavor. Some strong berry notes, a little light smokiness and a good creamy melt. They maintain their shape when baked, as all good chips do. The ingredients are pretty simple as well: cacao beans (fair trade certified), sugar, soy lecithin and real vanilla. I haven’t seen them in stores in Southern California yet, but you can definitely buy them at Chocosphere for the same price as their regular chips. So good fuzzy feelings for Fair Trade and still a decent price.
Dice the peel of the orange and place in a microwave safe cup with 1 cup of milk with five crushed cardamom pods. Microwave until warm, stir and let sit for 30 minutes, then stir again and heat again. This can be done a day ahead of time and refrigerated (this will make the orange peel especially soft). In a sauce pan put the 1 cup of pre-made milk mix (dig out the cardamom pods) along with the other 3 cups of milk, sugar and the loosely beaten eggs. Clean and crush the cardamom in a mortar & pestle. Add to the mix, warm over low heat. Put half of the bread into the bottom of the baking pan. Add half of the milk/egg mixture to the pan. Stir to combine and get the bread soaked. Take half of the chips and cover the egg/bread mixture. Then put the rest of the bread into the saucepan to get it completely wet. Add that to the top of the baking pan. Sprinkle more chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. The pudding will pull away from the sides when done and the center won’t move. It’s a pretty dry bread pudding, so try it warm with a little milk or perhaps some ice cream or whipped cream. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:55 pm Guittard • Chocolate • United States • Recipes • Review • Candy • Featured News • 
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I’m so excited about these! I had not heard about them yet. Now I just have to figure out who carries them in the Bay Area. Guittard needs to open their own store - like at the Jelly Belly Factory. Glad you had a good trip up here!
Ya know how those whacked out Canadians create line extensions by introducing never ending, albeit, uninventive flavors of their popular candy bars?
Well, I’ll be damned, I want a bourbon flavored
Coffee Crisp.
What about it, eh?
We had the chocolate in our class. It was good.
I found these this weekend. They are quite nice! I’ve been eating them from the bag, savoring them. But I also put them in a banana bread. Lovely!
Hey KateC,
Where did you end up finding the Akoma Fair Trade Chips from Guittard? Andronico’s maybe?
Have a good one,
Robert
HELP......Does anyone know how to find a retailer for Guittard’s?? I have been searching for a vendor who carries A’Peels. Any Luck? Thanks I need bulk. Tricia
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