Deborah Garner wrote:
>
> Dear List members,
>
> I have been searching all grocery stores in my area for milk-free,
> whey-free,etc. chocolate chips.  Does anyone know of a company that
> makes these?  I'd like to use them in cookie recipes again.  Until about
> 9 months ago I could find chocolate chips in store brand that were
> marked kosher parve.  Now they are all marked KD.
>
> I would love to make chocolate chip cookies again for my family.
> Any tips would be appreciated, but I don't want to use carob  chips.
> It's not the same and kiddos don't like them.
>
> Deborah
Deborah and other list-mates,
I still have a store brand of chocolate chips that are OK, but I have
also had safe products change to unsafe suddenly and without warning.
Bummer!  (Maybe I'll stock up, just in case!) When I can't find
chocolate chips, though, there are usually several brands of semi-sweet
baker's chocolate that are safe, and these can be chunked (in a bag &
dishtowel...bang with hammer) or chopped (food processor) to create a
chocolate good for cookie-making. Also, if you have a "gourmet" aisle in
your supermarket, if all else has failed, try the kosher section and
look for chocolates from Israel.  There are usually some parve choices
there.  Oh, chocolate...a blessing and a curse!
Happy cookies,  Dale Robin Lockman