Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 17:10     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Anonymous wrote: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 They have some nerve selling candy so out of date.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.


What?! Did you tell HT employee? Shouldn't they be taking that off their shelves?
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 10:48     Subject: How long is the candy good?
It’s fine but won’t taste as good
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 08:34     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Anonymous wrote:Old chocolate is yuck.


And cheap old chocolate is doubly so. It's not worth the calories vs. something small and fresh and high quality. YOLO
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 08:20     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Anonymous wrote:Until it stinks.


They don’t stink but it gets hard. Kids have good teeth, they will be fine.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 07:43     Subject: How long is the candy good?
I’m still stealing from my kids 2024 haul. It’s fine. Totally the same.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 01:29     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Anonymous wrote:Old chocolate is yuck.

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
Post 09/20/2025 23:54     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Old chocolate is yuck.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:41     Subject: How long is the candy good?
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 They have some nerve selling candy so out of date.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
Post 09/20/2025 22:21     Subject: How long is the candy good?
It’s not any good to eat, but it’s not much worse than when it was new.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:19     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Yes it’s good to eat.
If it’s a chocolate candy and ashy it’s not fresh.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:43     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Until it stinks.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:43     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Op do you think these are complete sentences?
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:36     Subject: How long is the candy good?
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
Post 09/20/2025 21:23     Subject: How long is the candy good?

Taste it and let us know.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:21     Subject: How long is the candy good?
Bag with expiration date thrown out. Last year's candy any good to eat (NOT to give out on Halloween)?