Re: [CH] RE: Brownies

Sushi (phoenix@ionet.net)
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:44:35 -0600 

At 10:31 AM 1/13/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>For the chocolate syrup challenged members of the list - I gather that
>Hershey's C. Syrup refers to a chocolate syrup made by Hershey's. I have
>heard of the company as a manufacturer of chocolate bars, but we don't
>get this syrup here in South Africa. Any suggestions for a substitute
>and what quantity does a can of Hershey's syrup hold? The recipe looks
>interesting and I'd love to try it out.

         For a copycat version of Hershey's syrup, try 
http://www.copykat.com/asp/copykatrecipe.asp?recipe=128 - any brand of 
cocoa will work, and I've gone so far as to make a pretty darn good carob 
version with this recipe.  For an added kick, there's no reason a bit of 
chile powder of choice couldn't replace some of the cocoa.

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I'm going to use Bakers Unsweetened liquid chocolate packets instead of
Hershey's Syrup. How many packets would equal one can of Hershey's Syrup?
Can I cut out all the white sugar in the recipe, adding sweet spices such as
cinnamon and vanilla?


         I wouldn't recommend trying to sweeten it with spices, especially 
if you're using unsweetened chocolate.  I've tried similar things before 
with somewhat... erm, it scared people, and not in a good way.  I don't 
know your reasons for cutting out the sugar so I can only speculate, but if 
you're not diabetic you could replace it with raw sugar (turbinado) or 
Sucanat.  If you are diabetic, I'd say something like fructose or 
stevia.  If you use stevia, be careful - this stuff has such a sweetness 
kick that it makes the synthetic stuff look like dry toast.

         Another way to replace some of the sweetener, and cut down on the 
fat content in the process, is to replace all or most of the butter with 
applesauce.  This supposedly works up to a half cup (four ounces), but I've 
had good results with almost double that.  Use natural unsweetened 
applesauce for this, as the sweetened stuff has all the stuff you're trying 
to avoid in it.  Unsweetened cinnamon flavour might not be bad.


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