"plain" chocolate chips??

HELP!  Im trying to bake cookies and boy got me two kinds at the store.  One says plain, other is milk.  So is plain semi sweet?!!  Sorry if its a dumb question, but its my first time baking here!!

dunno, but whatever you do, avoid the ones in Costco.  they're bowfin'!  yuk.  waxy and tasteless.

I use the plain ones in my cookies.

plain are semi-sweet like I use at home. I've made 2 wonderful batches with the plain kind and my husband to be is hooked!!!

I used the nestle recipe I foudn online

uh oh....what about flour?  Boy says there is plain flour and self raising flour.  He thinks I need self raising flour for baking.  And what about the brown sugar?!?!?  I feel totally lost and Im a experienced baker!!!

i just use normal flour for baking, unless the recipe SAYS to use self-raising.
And brown sugar is just... brown sugar.   There's dark brown and light brown, just like in the US.
The light brown is sometimes called Demerara, but the one i have in my cupboard just says 'light brown soft sugar'

there are so many choices when it comes to baking here... the sugars alone drive me mad!

i just use normal flour for baking, unless the recipe SAYS to use self-raising.
And brown sugar is just... brown sugar.   There's dark brown and light brown, just like in the US.
The light brown is sometimes called Demerara, but the one i have in my cupboard just says 'light brown soft sugar'

Ok, he bought the Demerara and it says on package its for topping.  Its bigger crystals, which I was thinking wouldnt bake like refined sugar.  Maybe the stuff you have in cupboard is better cause its softer.  Im gonna try using what I have tonight and see how they turn out!

THANK YOU ALL!!!!!  Id invite you over for cookies but no one lives by me

The demerara will be slightly coarser....
tell him to buy the soft stuff next time! 

We discussed chocolate chips at tea on Sunday!  Aline kindly brought a huge bag of good ol' Nestle Tollhouse Morsels for a lucky attendee as she is leaving this week and won't be using them.  See what you all are missing! 

Anyway I agree - use the plain - milk chocolate ones are usually too sweet for my tastes.  But your eaters may prefer otherwise!

And yes, it is confusing to figure out sugars, flours, etc.  I was desperate to find corn meal last time I was at the store - sadly they didn't have it in stock. Darn - no cornbread with my chili.   :\\\'(

Demarara (sp) is that kind that you use sometimes in coffee/tea and you find in restaurants.  I think they called it 'Sugar in the Raw' once in the US.  Brown sugar for baking is the kind that you find in the US for baking - in the same way you get dark and light here.  I have never used the one your DH got for baking but as Quarter-Gill said it probably won't be that different.  I'm sure the cookies will be great!

Hey maybe we should do a cookie mail exchange?  If anyone's game I would love to participate!

  I was desperate to find corn meal last time I was at the store - sadly they didn't have it in stock. Darn - no cornbread with my chili.   :\\\'(

Cornmeal is polenta...   

I've made cookies with "raw" sugar. It is crunchy  

geetak, find polenta near the pasta stuff... that's perfect for cornbread  

cookie exchange is a nice idea

We discussed chocolate chips at tea on Sunday!  Aline kindly brought a huge bag of good ol' Nestle Tollhouse Morsels for a lucky attendee as she is leaving this week and won't be using them.  See what you all are missing! 

Anyway I agree - use the plain - milk chocolate ones are usually too sweet for my tastes.  But your eaters may prefer otherwise!

And yes, it is confusing to figure out sugars, flours, etc.  I was desperate to find corn meal last time I was at the store - sadly they didn't have it in stock. Darn - no cornbread with my chili.   :\\\'(

Demarara (sp) is that kind that you use sometimes in coffee/tea and you find in restaurants.  I think they called it 'Sugar in the Raw' once in the US.  Brown sugar for baking is the kind that you find in the US for baking - in the same way you get dark and light here.  I have never used the one your DH got for baking but as Quarter-Gill said it probably won't be that different.  I'm sure the cookies will be great!

Hey maybe we should do a cookie mail exchange?  If anyone's game I would love to participate!

He's such a love, ran next door to Spar to get the softer brown sugar!!  How long would the cookies take in the post?!  He just cracked up when he saw "cookie mail exchange!!" When we first met, I baked double chocolate chip cookies and sent them USPS, got here in four days, I put them in a small tuperware thingie with wax paper between each cookie!!!  He loved them and they are my cookie speciality!!!

dunno, but whatever you do, avoid the ones in Costco.  they're bowfin'!  yuk.  waxy and tasteless.

I just looked up Costco and there is one here in Bristol!  How similar are they here to the one in US?

How long would the cookies take in the post?!  He just cracked up when he saw "cookie mail exchange!!" When we first met, I baked double chocolate chip cookies and sent them USPS, got here in four days, I put them in a small tuperware thingie with wax paper between each cookie!!!  He loved them and they are my cookie speciality!!!

Probably not too long - maybe a week at the MOST? 

My mom sent me cookies to INDIA - I'm sure sending them across the UK wouldn't be that long!  And they were still good too!