Chocolate Thick Toast
The magic of chocolate sauce burning to a crisp! "That Cheesy Taste" at a Taiwanese Breakfast Restaurant
Description
A Taiwan kids' soul food, slathering cheap, super-sweet Taiwanese chocolate paste on thick bread, baked in a toaster 'until the surface dries and gets slightly crusty'.
Restaurants serving Chocolate Thick Toast
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Thick-sliced bread
- Chocolate paste
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Prepare thick-sliced (4-slice) fluffy bread.
- Slather surface heavily with 'chocolate paste (Qiaokeli Jiang)' used in Taiwan breakfast shops, which is slightly oily and cheaply sweet.
- Put in toaster oven, bake 3-
- mins until chocolate surface bubbles slightly and dries to form a 'thin crusty film'.
- Serve piping hot.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cloyingly sweet、savory smell of baked chocolate
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Strawberry jam (as Caomei Houpian)
Pairing
Sweet milk tea、Warm soy milk
Trivia
[For Kids] Zero premium raw chocolate/cacao flavor; tastes like 'old-school candy shop chocolate'. However, this cheap sweetness and the slightly crispy chocolate surface film from baking intensely induce Taiwanese nostalgia. A magic toast even tired adults crave irresistibly.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dump 'condensed milk (Lianru)' heavily in a zigzag on top, melting the brain with 'Condensed Milk Choco Toast' exceeding lethal sweet doses!
Allergen
Wheat, Dairy, Soy (from chocolate paste)