How long is the candy good?
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Anonymous
| Bag with expiration date thrown out. Last year's candy any good to eat (NOT to give out on Halloween)? |
Anonymous
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Taste it and let us know. |
Anonymous
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I think old candy is not a health risk to eat, but it might taste stale or have a harder texture.
Sugar is a preservative, after all. |
Anonymous
| Op do you think these are complete sentences? |
Anonymous
| Until it stinks. |
Anonymous
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Yes it’s good to eat.
If it’s a chocolate candy and ashy it’s not fresh. |
Anonymous
| It’s not any good to eat, but it’s not much worse than when it was new. |
Anonymous
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It won’t harm you but it might not taste good if it’s past its date. I wouldn’t give it others but might try it before it’s discarded.
I was just at Harris Teeter and picked up a bag of M&Ms with a best buy date of 10/2024. I thought I might be misreading it so I looked closer and it was indeed 2024. I checked all the bags and they were also 2024. They have some nerve selling candy so out of date. I’m glad I realized but I bet someone will buy it for Halloween without realizing. M&Ms definitely go stale. |
Anonymous
| Old chocolate is yuck. |
Anonymous
Compared to fresh chocolate, yes — but compared to no chocolate? The answer depends on how old and degraded the chocolate is, how desperate you are for chocolate, and how much effort it would take to go buy more chocolate. |
Anonymous
| I’m still stealing from my kids 2024 haul. It’s fine. Totally the same. |
Anonymous
They don’t stink but it gets hard. Kids have good teeth, they will be fine. |
Anonymous
And cheap old chocolate is doubly so. It's not worth the calories vs. something small and fresh and high quality. YOLO |
Anonymous
| It’s fine but won’t taste as good |
Anonymous
What?! Did you tell HT employee? Shouldn't they be taking that off their shelves? |