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cooking help

JenbenIUJenbenIU
in Indiana Babies
Ok, since I couldn't find chocolate wafers for my life, I had to settle with chocolate chips.  They need to be finely crushed but I can barely get the stupid things to break, let alone crush.  Any ideas?
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Re: cooking help

  • chrislyndchrislynd

    Put them in the food processor and pulse them?

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  • mrs.melluvsloganmrs.melluvslogan
    If you don't have one of those, you could put them in a baggie and hit them hard with a rolilng pin or something else heavy. 
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  • JenbenIUJenbenIU
    I don't have a food processor.  I have been beating the chocolate out of them for ten minutes in a baggie and they just look "beat up."  They aren't breaking at all.
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  • mrs.melluvsloganmrs.melluvslogan
    Have you tried chopping them with a knife?
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  • CiaoBella07CiaoBella07

    I'm not very much help right now but for next time, I think you can buy chocolate wafers at Michaels or Hobby Lobby in the candy making/cake decorating aisle.  I got candy wafers at Michael's yesterday and I'm almost positive there were chocolate ones.

    GL with the chocolate chips!

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  • JenbenIUJenbenIU
    This pie better be *amazing* once I get it finished.  Arggghh....so frustrating.
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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    Do you have a veggie chopper thing?  We have one that cuts right through anything. It re-indexes every time so it can cut into really small pieces. I don't know if it would work...

     I'm not sure what the chocolate is for, but what if you just left it as chips??

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  • CiaoBella07CiaoBella07

    Oh yeah, good suggestion Kathy!  Would that work Jen?  The chips are already so much smaller than the wafers anyway.....

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  • JenbenIUJenbenIU

    It's part of the pie crust.

     

    Dad may not have a birthday dessert.  I'm getting way too mad to keep messing with it.  We got the chips done, but I really don't think this crust is going to work.  I don't even want to start the filling because if I'm not going to have a crust then I've just wasted time and ingredients. 

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  • crabapplecrabapple
    go to the store and buy a chocolate graham crust pie shell :)
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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    :(

     what if you just put the chips on top, and forget about putting them in the crust?

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  • JenbenIUJenbenIU
    we figured out the chocolate chips but I managed to screw up the crust with graham crackers
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  • JenbenIUJenbenIU

    sorry ladies...I'm grouchy (as if you can't tell)

    I just had grand plans of making my dad a fabulous homemade pie and $30 and 3 trips to the store later I have nothing.  I'm just aggravated and feel like a moron for screwing up a pie crust.

    Thanks for all of your suggestions.  I used the veggie setting on my blender to finally get the chocolate chips chopped. 

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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    I know how frustrating that is, as I've done it myself many times - don't feel bad. Glad it worked out. Your dad will really appreciate it!
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