When do candy bars expire

My son told me we should throw them away because they were old. But I hate throwing stuff away that's still good, so I decided to keep the candy and take a closer look at their "best before" dates. So what exactly is a "best before" date? There is no mention of it on the Snickers or Mars websites, but the Hershey website indicates this is the last date a product can be expected to be at its "peak freshness.

But there is no mention of "thou shall not eat candy past the best before date. My son, who is not a Snickers fan, thankfully for me, indeed a Snickers fan scored a full sized Snickers bar last Halloween as well as this Halloween.

I devoured last year's Snickers bar, with a "best before" date of May , a full 5 months after said date. It was not bad. Not quite as good as this year's Snickers bar, but quite edible. Full size Snickers bars received by son this Halloween and last halloween display "Best Before" Dates. He also gave me numerous Snickers "fun size" bars from last year's Halloween stash. These ones for some reason have no dates on them. The quality was slightly lower.

If not, this article will give you all the basic information about chocolate that you need. Answer to this questions depends on the kind of chocolate. As a rule of thumb you should remember that dark chocolate lasts longer than milk or white one. As long as the package of the chocolate bar is unopened, dark chocolate should be fine for at least two years, white and milk ones for a year.

Once the package is opened, dark chocolate should be of great quality for a year, white and milk ones for maybe months. Storage of chocolate is very important when it comes to the shelf life of chocolate. If you store chocolate in a pretty cool environment, like in the pantry, it will definitely last longer.

The code consists of a number and a letter. The number corresponds to the year. Thus a 1 represents The letter corresponds to the month. A code of 1L means that the product is good until December Sometimes, dark or milk chocolate will turn white or tan. This occurs when the temperature rises above 75 degrees F, causing the melting.

Nuts or other ingredients shorten the shelf life as well. She has been a writer for more than 10 years and has written for publications such as "San Diego Family Magazine" and the Huffington Post.