To provide a chocolate-like food product for baking, obtained by a simpler method than the conventional chocolate-like food product for baking, and having low moisture content and long shelf life, and which is soft and has a novel crispy food texture. A chocolate-like food product for baking, in which the SFC at 20°C of the fat used is 5-40%, the SFC at 10°C is 15-60%, the moisture content before baking is less than 3 wt%, and the chocolate-like food product for baking contains 0.2-0.8 wt% of a sucrose fatty-acid ester having an HLB of 10 or greater, and at least 7 wt% of nonfat milk solids. 従来の焼成チョコレート様食品より平易な方法にて、かつ低水分で保存性が高く、ソフトでサクサク感のある新規な食感の焼成チョコレート様食品を提供すること。用いる油脂のＳＦＣが２０℃のＳＦＣが５～４０％、１０℃のＳＦＣが１５～６０％であり、焼成前の水分が３重量％未満で、ＨＬＢが１０以上のショ糖脂肪酸エステルを０．２～０．８重量％、無脂乳固形分を７重量％以上含有する焼成用チョコレート様食品。
