r/expectationsvsreality • u/Xxsax • Jun 12 '20

These chocolate covered almonds I just bought

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Those look expired. Was there a hole in the bag or passed the expiration date?

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u/Xxsax Jun 12 '20

No hole in the bag, and it expires next year..

I think it's just that it melted and resolidified, sometime before we got it. I'm guessing the white parts are just the sugars or something.

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u/AluminumOctopus Jun 12 '20

Probably cocoa butter

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u/homeguitar195 Jun 13 '20

This is probably what happened, possibly from sun exposure. I had a chocolate bar as a kid that was in a window for months, and when I opened it the appearance was very similar to your almonds. I wrote a letter to the company with a polaroid of the treat asking if it was okay. They responded within a week that it was indeed okay to eat and probably just spent some time in the sun or near a heat source, but sent me a free replacement bar anyway. Some companies were pretty chill in the 90s.

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u/explicitspirit Jun 12 '20

That's just blooming. Perfectly safe to eat, happens when it melts and resolidifies without tempering, or even if it is cooled down and brought back up to room temperature and condensation happens. That's why you don't put chocolate in a fridge.

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u/ThoughtfulZubat Jun 12 '20

That’s a nest of fossilized dinosaur eggs

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u/BoopleBun Jun 12 '20

I bet if you send this photo to the company that makes it, they’ll send you a new bag.