Can coconut oil be used instead of vegetable oil in a betty crocker chocolate cake mix recipe?

honeybee

I thought it might make it taste better. If I'm going to do a boxed recipe instead of homemade I'd rather have at least one secret ingredient ;)

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You could but you would want to use less. Coconut oil can be overpowering, extremely rich, and high in calories. It might change the texture and the way the cake bakes. You might have to cook it for more or less time.

Do a little research on working with coconut oil and see what is said about it. Go to food sites and blogs or type "cooking with coconut oil" or "coconut oil with cake mix".

Coconut Oil|QUESTION?

Sleep

I have bought a product from NOWsolutions, a 207 mL thing of Coconut Oil.
It is directed for hair & skin, but it says it is considered "food-grade."
Can I eat it? It doesn't say in suggested uses that I should, BUT IT SAYS CONSIDERED FOOD GRADE!!!!!!!

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Great stuff for your skin - hair I don't know. As to eating it, it's OK to use for food. In some cultures food is sauteed in coconut oil but the flavor is fairly distinctive so you may not want that flavor. One thing it is really good for is about 1 tablespoon to a couple of ounces of melted chocolate instead of shortening to make it shine better when using it to coat something. Prevents that sort of dusty look after you have melted chocolate and it rehardens.

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which is better- coconut oil or butter for making chocolate chips?

Aashwin

I just got some interest in chocolate and so, i've been going through recipes on how to make chocolate chips. but i was not able to decide whether to use butter or coconut oil for making them...

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Coconut oil is "healthier" but using it you will have a coconut flavor to the cookies...not all that bad in my opinion.
Coconut oil will melt at a different temperature than butter so your cookies may spread more than if you made them with butter.
It is suggested that you refrigerate cookie dough before you bake it and I would stress this even more if you were using coconut oil. Refrigerate until the dough is well chilled, overnight would be best but at least an hour.

Are you asking about making cookies or making the chocolate Chips themselves?
Chocolate chips contain chocolate liquor, sugar, an emulsifier and flavoring. Each candy maker will have their own "recipe" for the chips. You will have to do some trial and error for your recipe as well as a method to make the drops. I suggest spreading out the chocolate and cutting into chunks or breaking into chunks rather than the traditional "chip" shape.

which is better- coconut oil or butter for making chocolate chips?

Aashwin

I just got some interest in chocolate and so, i've been going through recipes on how to make chocolate chips. but i was not able to decide whether to use butter or coconut oil for making them...

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What type of chocolate are you starting with?
If I am understanding your question you want to make the actual chips.
If you are starting with cocoa powder you will need cocoa butter but I guess you are replacing the cocoa butter with coconut oil. You will also need some sugar, flavoring.
Ingredient list on my bag of chocolate chips is as follows...
Chocolate liquor by the way this is not booze they are talking about but pure chocolate that has been processed to a liquid form.
Sugar
Soy lecithin an emulsifier that will keep the ingredients in proper suspension.
and Vanilla
Each candy maker has a proprietary recipe that they use so it will be trial and error unless you find an actual recipe.

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