Chocolate chips - where to buy in bulk?

twinkle162

I've been baking a good few things with chocolate chips in them lately - where can you get a big bag? So far, I've only seen them in 100g bags!

LizD_2

If you have a cake-craft shop near you, they may well have big bags of choc chips.

kate83

Or if you've got a weigh and save nearby - then you can get as much as you want!

alocin

They sell giant tubs of them in Macro! Works out much cheaper than little bags if you use lots.

jcr16

i buy the 100g bags from tesco for 42p a bag. but my local easy weigh sells them at 55p a 100g. so u can buy as much as u want. but 1 it is dearer and 2 there not as nice.

sorry readin back i am no help at all. sorry

Softstuff

I switched instead to buying a big block of cooking chocolate and chopping it up. Works just as well and is so much cheaper.

thriftlady_2

jcr16 wrote: »

i buy the 100g bags from tesco for 42p a bag. but my local easy weigh sells them at 55p a 100g. so u can buy as much as u want. but 1 it is dearer and 2 there not as nice.

sorry readin back i am no help at all. sorry

I found that info very helpful It is easy to assume that places like 'weigh and saves' are cheaper so thanks for that.

Justamum

thriftlady wrote: »

I found that info very helpful It is easy to assume that places like 'weigh and saves' are cheaper so thanks for that.

I agree. I've tried "weigh and saves" but find the stuff to be either no cheaper or more expensive, and not as good quality.

dannahaz

Merchant Gourmet, online. They do fab choc drops, http://www.merchant-gourmet.com/osb/showitem.cfm/Category/79. They have 55% cocoa, 72%cocoa, milk and white. They come in 2Kg boxes. Free delivery on orders over £25.

organic_wanabe

I've recently been buying M&S Organic ones, 59p for 70g (and they are absolutely fab). Recently they have been on offer "Buy 3 pay for 2" so were working out about 6p per gram (same as the Merchant Gourmet ones mentioned above, if my maths hasn't let me down again!).

Chocmonster7

Instead of buying chocolate chips I get one of the cheap 25p bars of chocolate from Morrisons and wizz it into small pieces in a blender. Have found it works very well in cakes.