what is this?

[highchef]

Better homes and Gardens has an issue out "Holiday Baking" On page 65 they have a recipe for "honey crumch chocolate pecan pie:"

Question? What the hell is '2 envelopes (1 ounce each) premelted unsweetened chocolate product?

[emmalish]

I don't know. But my first thought is "ew".

[tug]

Nestle used to make a liquid version of baking chocolate in little packs.

[Anna N]

Is it this maybe?

[emilyr]

Is it this maybe?

It is that. It's just liquid baking chocolate.

[Wholemeal Crank]

Actually, it looks like oil, trans fats, and cocoa:

Cocoa, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed and/Or Soybean Oils, Coconut Oil, Tbhq and Citric Acid (to Preserve Freshness).

is the ingredient list as posted here at walmart.com.

Not chocolate at all.

[Special K]

Oh, yeah, I remember that stuff - tried it once. It was nasty. But I suppose if you had problems chopping chocolate it might seem like a godsend - until you remembered chocolate chips!

[lperry]

Nestle choco-bake. I'm having flashbacks.

Just substitute one ounce of unsweetened baking chocolate for each envelope. I use an old choco-bake brownie recipe and it is works fine (I would argue much better) with regular chocolate.

[Paul Kierstead]

Mmmm ... chocolate product. Yum. Bringing the factory home!!!

As an aside, you look at 50's and 60's cookbooks and that is indeed what they were often trying to do, trying to bring that factory product to your home kitchen, like make your own TV dinners kind of thing.

[emilyr]

The brownie recipe I use calls for this as well as chocolate. It adds a cocoa-y flavor. The Joy of Cooking substitute for it is cocoa powder mixed with vegetable oil - just enough to make the powder liquidy. I wouldn't sub straight chocolate, just so you don't miss the different flavors.