Myron- I have seen some like you describe with brown sugar added. VERY good. C Myron Menaker wrote: > Dear Debbers et al., > > I've read that adding a bit of cinnamon to baking chocolate results in a > chocolate very close to Mexican. > > The real sweet stuff that you get in Tijuana in the hexagonal packages > (Ibarra?) is very yummy, but too sweet for mole. > > Myron on the right coast > > Chet Bacon wrote: > > > > I used a bakers unsweetened chocolate and it came out very close to what > > we had at our local El Mexican restaurant (not TexMex). > > Chet > > > > > again, close..."authentic mexican table chocolate"...i'm not sure what > > > chocolate is used in mole, but i would guess that hot chocolate chocolate > > > (which is what you have there) is too sweet...it has a LOT of sugar in > > > it...but makes dynamite hot chocolate... > > .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. > Myron Menaker Daytona Beach FL USA > myronm@bellsouth.net | > \ / _\/_ > .-'-. //o\ _\/_ > -- / \ -- | /o\\ > jgs^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~^~^~~^~^~^~|~~^~^|^~` > "Keep the Whole World Singing!" | > .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:.