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Cooking & Baking

surrealAmerican

(11,678 posts)

12. taste it.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2025, 06:42 PM

May 2025

If it's "gone bad", the oils will be rancid, and it will taste really, obviously bad. Anything short of that (even if it's "bloomed", and looks unappetizing) is not dangerous, and probably not going to affect the taste either.

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Does chocolate go bad?? [View all] littlemissmartypants May 2025 OP

Take a bite...theyre probably still good !!! Karadeniz May 2025 #1

That's what Cleopatra said wolfie001 May 2025 #6

It's possible, depends on weather. IF white-ish residue, might be 'gone,' elleng May 2025 #2

it's more than fine, when not exposed to air even milk chocolate is fine a year or more after expiration Shellback Squid May 2025 #3

Not in my house it doesn't! WestMichRad May 2025 #4

Mine, either! MIButterfly May 2025 #5

I just hope True Dough May 2025 #7

Even if it 'blooms' and gets whitish chowmama May 2025 #8

If it not white on the outside dlilafae May 2025 #9

Uhm its light brown, kozar May 2025 #10

Very Unlikely ProfessorGAC May 2025 #11

taste it. surrealAmerican May 2025 #12

The chocolate will be fine, kozar May 2025 #13