What is the best chocolate for making brownies or to use in baking period?

Here's a quick overview on cocoa/chocolate:
(From the Food Network)

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck_culinary_qa/article/0,1971,FOOD_9796_1707813,00.html

Gourmet Baking Chocolate:
(Googled to get this info)

http://www.chocolatesource.com/products/baking.asp

http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/valrhona-chef.html

I can't afford to use the best, I use Hershey's and Nestles....

Thanks Jan........Maybe I should rephrase that.......what is the best MOST AFFORDABLE chocolate for baking. I can't afford the best either....lol!

Americas Test Kitchen has an article/segment on this on thier website.

I prefer Callebaut or Valrhona chocolate and Scharffen Berger cocoa for my chocolate desserts, but honestly, a lot of the time I use Ghirardelli and Lindt chocolates and Hershey's cocoa all of which I can grab at Wal Mart if I'm needing a fix (like brownies!!!).

However, you might do some online shopping and check some prices, because I do find that you can get some good prices on good quality chocolate in a larger quantity (not huge quantities necessarily, but larger than you can buy in the grocery store), for less money than the grocery store chocolate.

What about Baker's brand chocolate? I need some dark chocolate for a cake recipe and was wondering if this was ok to use because I already have some Baker's semi-sweet. Is that the same thing as dark chocolate?
Anybody know?

Yes. (It's not milk or white chocolate.)

Further clarification of types of chocolate:

http://www.floras-hideout.com/recipes/recipes.php?page=recipes&data=t-z/Types_of_Chocolate

HTH

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You might want to try Nestle Toll House brand "Choco Bake". It's pre-melted packets of chocolate. I haven't personally used it, but my friend "Dixiegal01" used it in her buttercream icing and it was wonderful. She gave the box to me so I could find it in the store. There's a Fudgy Chocolate Brownie recipe on the back of the box. Hope this helps. Good luck!