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Holiday Baking Pantry Staples
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Good vanilla and good chocolate make a huge difference in holiday baking. I picked the brands bakers keep coming back to. Stock up early so you are not hunting for cocoa in mid December. What is the one ingredient you always run out of?
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Real Vanilla
 
Cocoa and Cacao Powder
 
Chocolate Chips and Callets

Real Vanilla

Extract, paste, and whole beans for cookies that taste bakery made.

 
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Drop a few in vodka now and gift homemade vanilla by Christmas.
Madagascar vanilla beans 10 pack
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The bottle so many grandmas trust, with no corn syrup.
McCormick pure vanilla extract
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The vanilla serious bakers keep in the pantry.
Nielsen-Massey Madagascar vanilla extract
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Those little vanilla specks make frosting look homemade.
Madagascar vanilla bean paste
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Makes sugar cookies taste like they came from a bakery.
Nielsen-Massey vanilla bean paste
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A bigger bottle of the good vanilla for heavy baking months.
Nielsen-Massey pure vanilla extract 4 oz
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Cocoa and Cacao Powder

For brownies, hot cocoa from scratch, and chocolate crinkle cookies.

 
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The classic can most holiday brownie recipes are written for.
Hershey's natural unsweetened cocoa powder
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Rich chocolate flavor for cocoa, brownies, and energy bites.
Navitas organic cacao powder
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A bigger bag if hot cocoa is a daily thing at your house.
Navitas organic cacao powder big bag
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A big bag of unsweetened cocoa for serious bakers.
Anthony's organic cocoa powder 2 lb
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Organic cocoa for hot chocolate from scratch.
365 organic cocoa powder
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Raw cacao for smoothies, cocoa, and lighter bakes.
NOW Foods organic raw cacao powder
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Chocolate Chips and Callets

Chips and melting chocolate for cookies, dipping, and bark.

 
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Bakery grade chocolate that melts smooth for dipping and ganache.
Callebaut 811 Belgian dark chocolate callets
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Good everyday chips for cookies without the brand name price.
365 semi-sweet chocolate chips
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A bulk pack for the person who bakes for the whole block.
365 semisweet chocolate chips 4 pack
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Darker chips that keep cookies from tasting too sweet.
Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips
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Good for anyone watching their sugar this season.
Lily's no sugar added dark chocolate chips
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Milk chocolate that melts glossy for dipped pretzels.
Callebaut 823 milk chocolate callets
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