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I have a chocolate chipper and I'm not sure where I bought it - possibly King Arthur Flour - but regardless, I'm not a fan. When I chop chocolate at home, it inevitably flies everywhere and cleanup is a real pain. I have found that I get less flying bits if I just chop with a knife (serrated or not).

That is by far the scariest looking kitchen implement I have ever seen. I think for minimizing chocolate shrapnel and multi-tasking, a serrated knife can't be beat.

I prefer a hammer. I put chocolate in a double bagged ziploc baggie and then pound the hell out of it with a hammer. The baggies keep the chocolate in place. We were supposed to use a chipper thing when I was in school and I hated that thing. It hurt my hands and sent chocolate everywhere.

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