How to Convert Unsweetened Chocolate to Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Chocolate comes from the cacao bean which grows on a plant called Theobroma cacao. The beans are dried, roasted and ground into cocoa which is the basis of all chocolate. Chocolate liquor or cacao is simply ground-up whole cacao beans; cacao butter (nothing to do with dairy) is the natural fat from the bean; and cocoa or cacao solids is the solid part of the bean ground to a powder. Unsweetened chocolate contains 100 percent cacao content while semi-sweet has 52 to 62 percent cacao content. Converting unsweetened chocolate to semi-sweet is not only easy, but healthier because it has more anti-oxidants.