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Out of date chocolate

My GF used to buy chocolate on offer and hoard it. Then she went on a healthy regime and so much of it has gone well out of date.

I have been slowly using up things like the mars bars that expired around christmas. Now we have some big 200g bars, some are 4 months out of date and others are more like 18 months. Will the really old ones still be OK?

Not much can go wrong with chocolate can it - sometimes it just gets crystals in it, right? I was thinking of melting some down and making 'cornflake cakes' or the like

Any other ideas? Mmmmmmnnnn chocolate
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  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    I'd eat it or cook with it........no question where chocloate is concerned :D

    I believe you can freeze it if you have got any that hasn't already gone out of date, although I have never tried this myself, it never lasts long enough!
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  • nearlyrich
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    I can't understand how she didn't eat it I mean it was in the house how can anyone resist:confused:
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  • lipidicman
    lipidicman Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    She tends to only eat really dark stuff now - like green and blacks - and she has like a 10 bar library - seriously, they look like books on a shelf. She probably eats less than 20 grams of chocolate a day though!

    So the conclusion is that the out of date stuff will be fine then?
  • JimArnold
    JimArnold Posts: 519 Forumite
    should be fine even if it is discoloured - there can be some separation if its old doesn't really affect the flavour

    Just don't eat it if its hairy ! :-)
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  • lipidicman
    lipidicman Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    My thoughts exactly - they bung dates on everything now dont they!

    I wouldnt like to think how it might get hairy!
  • megasaver
    megasaver Posts: 162 Forumite
    What a coincidence! I made cornflake cakes, twice just last week with chocolate that was a year out of date (I was trying to use up last year's supply of easter egg chocolate, before stating on this year's mountain). The chocolate itself tasted fine and had no white marks on it so I figured if it tasted ok it would be ok to cook with...... and it was. DD had fun making them and eating them. HTH
  • Oh no you've just reminded me of some easter egg choc i'd hidden away under the stairs. Now i've just had to go and get it out and put some in a bowl, a bit more than would have liked, the rest is in the freezer.

    Why did i read this post?? Insert head banging icon.
  • rchddap1
    rchddap1 Posts: 5,926 Forumite
    I made some chocolate nests for easter. Simply substitute cornflakes for crushed up Shredded wheat. For a change I also tried making them with white chocolate....and we couldn't eat them fast enough. Probably a good job I ran out of chocolate.
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  • System
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    My auntie buys cheap chocolate off a market stall thats well out of date. Shes like the size of an elephant but 76 and very healthy. Ive tried a peice, and its not as though it goes mouldy or anything but the taste is not strong.
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  • trafalgar_2
    trafalgar_2 Posts: 22,309 Forumite
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    Chocolate is fine kept up to about 1 year:eek: provided it isn't combined with other perishables .....as in a chocolate-covered toffee bar:rolleyes:



    this example was approx 3 years old
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1846000/1846382.stm
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