Baking chocolate

Baking chocolate, also referred to as bitter chocolate, cooking chocolate and unsweetened chocolate, is a type of chocolate that is prepared or manufactured for baking. It is used as an ingredient in desserts and in baked goods. It is typically prepared in unsweetened, bitter-sweet semi-sweet and sweet varieties. It may be prepared with chocolate liquor or cocoa solids. Recipes that include unsweetened baking chocolate typically use a significant amount of sugar. Bittersweet baking chocolate "must contain 35 percent chocolate liquor or higher." Most baking chocolates have at least a 50% cocoa content, with the remaining content usually being "almost all sugar." Sweet varieties may be referred to as "sweet baking chocolate" or "sweet chocolate." Sweet baking chocolate contains more sugar than bittersweet and semi-sweet varieties, and semi-sweet varieties contain more sugar than bittersweet varieties. Sweet and semi-sweet baking chocolate is prepared with a chocolate liquor content between 15 and 35 percent.