Chocolate Chip

SweetenerAllergen: SoySweetChocolateyRichToastySlightly-bitterCreamy

Nutrition (per 100 g)

Calories: 501
Protein (g): 4.9
Fat (g): 27.7
Carbs (g): 61.2
Fiber (g): 6.6
Sodium (mg): 9

Values reflect generic semi-sweet chips; cocoa percentage and added ingredients vary by product, affecting sugar and fat.

Storage

Room temp: up to 180 days
Refrigerated: up to 365 days
Frozen: up to 540 days

Chocolate chips are small, teardrop-shaped pieces of sweetened chocolate. They taste sweet with cocoa bitterness and hold their shape during baking, softening into melty pockets. Common in cookies, muffins, pancakes, and trail mixes, they also melt smoothly for sauces and ganache. Sold as semi-sweet, milk, dark, mini, and chunks.

Developed in the United States alongside the rise of the chocolate chip cookie in the early 20th century, they spread through global home and commercial baking. Manufacturers temper or control crystallization to form stable morsels that withstand oven heat.