Can we substitute chocolate chips with cooking chocolate in recipes?

For example, if the recipe askes for 3 ounces of semi sweet chocolate chips, can we use 3 ounces of semi sweet cooking chocolate or if it asks for unsweetened chocolate chips can we use unsweetened cooking chocolate? I'm asking in the case when you have to melt the chocolate chips, so it's not like the chocolate chips will show. I hope someone helps. Thanks in advance.Can we substitute chocolate chips with cooking chocolate in recipes?
If you chop the chocolate to pieces, then you can substitute with cooking chocolate. The idea of the chocolate is just to have small melted pieces in the ready baked recipe. There is not difference between Chocolate chips and Cooking chocolate.Can we substitute chocolate chips with cooking chocolate in recipes?
there is to a difference in chocolate chips and cooking chocolate. don't use cooking chocolate unless it calls for it. cooking chocolate is very bitter and will turn whatever u r making to crap even if you add more sugar to make up for bitterness. Report Abuse

Also remember that the chips contain a special wax in it which will provide for an inferior mouth feel, but more importantly the chips (whether they've been melted down or not) are able to withstand baking temperatures. Report Abuse

Absolutely. It's the same stuff. It'll just take longer to melt the cooking chocolate because the pieces are bigger.
as long as you replace semi-sweet for semi-sweet or unsweetened for unsweetened then yes, its just that they are in different forms before they melt
As far as I know, it is the same stuff. The only difference is the chips are made into cute shapes for mixing in recipes, so that you will not have to break, chunk, or shave the bar up.
No. Cooking chocolate has a completely different taste because they are unsweetened- meaning VERY bitter. Try it a small square of the cooking chocolate... I did that once when I was little and I've never made that mistake again!
Absolutely because thats what they are made of anyway except for the fancy shapes. Go for it , Yum.!
Yes there is a difference you will need to use about 1/4 cup sugar because the cooking chocolate is usually unsweetened and disgusting eaten plain and the chips you can eat like candy
Oh yeah! Heck id even mix a little milk and suger into the melted chocalate (my personnal taste), or maybe even a little half and half. be creative its fun and people have seemed to forgotten how to do that anymore. now dont ruin what your makeing, but have fun
yes you can but it will not taste as good as the sweet chocolate chips