> From: Bill Olson <http://www.accessone.com/~wdolson> > Date: Sun May 30, 1:16pm > > It's my stock for candy making. > > However, I can tell you how to score your own chocolate. Trader Joe's > markets (which now has branches in Boston, Connecticut, and New York) > sells a lot of chocolate. At Christmas time they sell these 10 pound > bricks of Ghiardelli's chocolate for $19 each. I notice the store I go > to here in the Seattle area still has a few left over from last > Christmas. > > If you really want an intense chocolate experience, they have this > Belgian stuff called NOIR. And it is black. 77% cocao. Just enough > sugar so it isn't totally bitter. It's the most intense chocolate I've > ever had. It's $.99 for 3 ounces, but it's worth it if you're a > chocoholic. Trader Joe's is good. But my favorite is Rapunzel. It's hard to find (it's in the Bread and Circus Whole Foods stores around here). It's organic chocolate and it supports a farmer cooperative in South America (it's a little more expensive than other chocolates). Yum!