Cocoa Nibs Substitutions

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Chopped Dark Chocolate

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Use 1 oz Dark Chocolate

Flavor: Cocoa nibs are pure, unsweetened cacao — intensely bitter and deeply chocolatey. Dark chocolate is sweetened and smoother. Using the highest cocoa percentage available (85%+) gets you closer to nibs' intensity, but it still won't match their bitter, raw cacao punch.

Texture: The textures are fundamentally different. Cocoa nibs are crunchy, snappy bits that stay intact during baking, while chocolate chunks melt into gooey pockets. If you love the crunchy texture contrast that nibs provide, melted chocolate pockets are a completely different (though delicious) experience.

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