Vanleer semi-sweet chocolate chunks are a bake stable dark chocolate cut into irregular chunks, about 600 to the pound, packed in a 30 pound case. They are the chunk for cookies, scones, and muffins that should look handmade, with craggy pieces of chocolate showing on top and soft pockets inside.

With about 46% cocoa, the flavor is deep and dark: roasted cocoa rounded out by a share of alkalized chocolate for a smoother, darker edge, and a pinch of salt that sharpens the whole thing. There is no vanilla and no dairy in the recipe, just chocolate, sugar, and cocoa butter, which lets the cocoa speak plainly. The chunks keep their shape and edges through the oven and leave glossy pools where they meet the surface of a cookie or scone. They also go into brownies and blondies, top bars and sheet cakes, and fold into bread and croissant doughs for a bakery style swirl.

Callebaut Elegant Dark Chocolate Chunks are the same size with a slightly sweeter, vanilla scented semi-sweet flavor.