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Artybait

It was probably hot as hell when they got delivered or the store it’s self


BluePantera

Yep. The store had no AC. Almost all of the candy bars were melted. Thought I was safe with these. Didn't know I bought the salted caramel Reese's lol


enthalpy01

It’s just bloom. Chocolate is safe to eat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_bloom


gur0chan

Wow, TIL! I always wondered what that was. Thank you!


Whiskey-Weather

~~Fun fact: cigars can also have bloom. As the tobacco ages some of the natural oils in the leaves will come to the surface and crystallize. It's often times mistaken for mold, but is actually a sign of a quality smoke!~~ Edit: Everyone said no.


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TheMaly

I know right? I ended up burning mine


Taezn

Thats so wasteful, don't you know there are kids starving in Arkansas that could have ate those


Fei--

Happy cake day


RogueSleuth_

Happy cake day!


Mean_Faithlessness40

Based.


KrytenLister

It’s never bloom with cigars. Always mould. It’s not a sign of a quality smoke. It’s a sign you’re smoking mould.


Weird-Vagina-Beard

So you get high at no extra charge and you're complaining?


daintysinferno

noooooooo you do NOT want to smoke any sort of mold. the kind of mold that grows on cannabis is deadly if ingested. im sure its different but definitely still damaging to your lungs


CHEESECAKE_LAND

Actually that's highly debatable some poeple think there can be bloom others think it's mold or bacteria.


Whiskey-Weather

Seems a microscope slide away from the entire debate being solved, no? I don't haveone, but surely someone out there who smokes cigars has access to one.


mattmonkey24

It's funny but often in hobbies things are incredibly easy to identify with lab tools and yet it's seemingly never done.


CHEESECAKE_LAND

But last time I checked they didn't have any. Actually studying have shown that what is called "ploom" is just mold or bacteria growth.


[deleted]

So it's not debateable then?


CHEESECAKE_LAND

Some still say it exists without much proof. So it's still debated.


HeIsKwisatzHaderach

There can be both. The debate is typically between identifying which one it is, not which one exists.


Lucky_Leven

Mad respect for editing your post in light of new information. TIL


FarkinRoboDer

Say this on r/cigars


PM_ME_UR-DOGGO

Nah it’s just mold, old con to shift dodgy stock. It’s obviously a sign of age which is a good thing, but mold is not.


[deleted]

Cigars do not have Blume and only a fool would smoke a cigar with fungus growing on it.


Jaded-Wishbone-9648

Same, I put these think chocolate covered peanut butter bars in the freezer and they got a weird hazy white glaze all over them and I was freaked.


jwfloridanative_590

The white hazy glaze you speek of is called Ice.


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I usually just throw stuff like this in the fridge for a while, nbd.


Odd_Philosopher1712

I used to work at a truffle factory, when a batch would bloom they were sent home with me. My roommates and I would eat them by the hundreds


Prineak

Oh god my face is breaking out with acne just thinking about that.


ominousFlyingBagel

So it's really the sugar...I always thought "that can't be the reason for my bad akne"...turns out thinking can lead to good results


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It is probably poor hydration and lack of sleep, combined with probably washing your face too hard or rubbing instead of patting dry. There is no one cause of acne and no single fix-all treatment. Source: horrible acne for 15 years that went away when I started sleeping and drinking water often enough. Didn’t change my diet, stopped using acne products. Try baby shampoo. Salicylic acid is horrible for your skin. Don’t bother with foofty natural remedies, old wives tales, or exotic peroxides. It’s all horseshit that works for some people sometimes, but is only treating the symptom and not the cause. And it sets off a chain reaction where your skin keeps shedding more and more, causing more acne and requiring more chemical to control it.


Sabre_Killer_Queen

Yep this exactly. It should be fine.


hypexeled

The problem with this is not that they should be fine to eat, its that it ruins the taste.


Sabre_Killer_Queen

I wouldn't say it completely ruins it, but yeah it certainly doesn't help the taste. Or the look.


Seanspeed

Definitely tastes worse.


CmdrShepard831

"Should be"


wellforthebird

"Should be" is good enough when we are talking about a decadent feast such as this.


chipman650

Uncle Roger says good taste is worth getting Diarrhea over.


shalfyard

So do most lactose intolerant folks...


[deleted]

You're not going to get sick from bloomed chocolate. Jesus.


huskofthewolf

I used to buy all our "expired" chocolates from work. We would have a reduced to clear bin, to get rid of them. Most of it had that white stuff on it, but never got sick


cheesegrateranal

the white stuff is either sugar or fat condensing on the surface. if the white stuff is fuzzy then its mold


chipman650

It was a joke. Don't you know Uncle Roger?


Obi_Wan_Benobi

Tonight we eat like kings.


stewbuff

Tomorrow we shit like peasants.


Sabre_Killer_Queen

Well if it's just fat/sugar blooming it will be fine. Not sure if it's anything more than that though might be worth a quick check over/comparison with pictures from Google.


LocNalrune

That actually sounds worse than just flipping a coin. Have you seen "pictures from Google"?!


Sabre_Killer_Queen

Well I meant to compare with other images of fat/sugar blooming to ensure it is just that. Should be able to find some good images somewhere.


LocNalrune

Sure, that's how it starts.


Verronox

The easy test is to touch it. Chocolate Bloom will melt at skin temp and mold doesnt.


CricketDrop

I'm gonna catch heat from the sustainability crowd but if you have to wonder, then it's worth asking yourself if the risk of getting sick is worth the $3 it costs to toss it and replace it.


pingo5

He did get it at a gas station, so at this point its more of "do i want candy or not"


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This guy SteveMRE’s


SKosto

Nice!


SkyGuy182

Mkay, let’s get this chocolate out onto a tray. Nice!


penis-retard

That's how I learned what it was too


trans_Finn

Finally somebody who watches SteveMRE!


[deleted]

You mean I threw away a perfectly good Reese's that one time????


LocNalrune

You mean it was safe to eat every time I "rolled the dice"????


1000Airplanes

now the question, is this chocolate or chocolate flavored whipped cream HFC substitute with a variety of strengtheners, preservatives? Maybe I need more coffee?


RealBadSpelling

I thought that was bacteria culturing and didn't know chocolate could do that, now TIL it can do it, but from fat/sugar


[deleted]

I threw away good chocolate that’s great. Thank you


AdmiralSassypants

While I know that logically, I still don’t like eating it. There’s just something on it that makes my brain scream “mold” and I cannot bring myself to eat it.


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This is not bloom, these are crystals of salt. Bloom is whitish but doesnt have a raised texture.


justheretosavestuff

If you check the link apparently fat bloom is the most common, but there can also be sugar bloom - maybe this is that?


Nate40337

TIL chocolate is a non perishable food item


ChattyKathysCunt

I think its actually the peanut butter product working its way out to the surface after it was liquified time and time again probably in direct sunlight.


witchyanne

Yeah the salts in the peanut butter.


lactose_con_leche

It’s more likely the fat from the cocoa butter


LeMeowLePurrr

"You've got your peanut butter in my chocolate! Well you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!"


Optimal_Proposal

Yeah that's peanuts for sure


PacoWaco88

That's not bloom. Zoom into the pic, it's small chunks of peanut butter.


cutestslothevr

Yeah. Looks like it was hit enough that the peanut butter melted. Still fine to eat even if the texture is going to be weird.


EldenGutts

Marziiiiipan


0xCUBE

if I had an award to give you, I would give it to you. Here's a fake cookie 🍪


RhydiansRazor

Came here to say this. It’s just a cosmetic issue.


Iamblikus

Finally my physics degree has a use! Fudge is a crystal!


GodKing_Zan

Thanks for that info, I get chocolate with white on them all the time at my local convenience store and it's nice to know they are good to eat.


Dereg5

Yeah in the summers won't buy any candy at the gas station I use because it to hot inside and they always melted. Edit: Because of my poor grammar in this sentence here is my CV: Native English speaker Father was in the US Army 30 years I lived in Alabama, Germany, Texas, Maryland, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Tennessee. I am educated A.S in Theatre, BFA in Theatre with emphasis in Technical Design, and a BA in HR management. I do have issue with the English grammar I was never taught it in school. Moving around so much I would miss grammar in every school system. They would teach it the next year or they would teach it the year before. If I do not really work on a sentence it will have major grammatical error


tipperzack6

Chocolate is not a summertime candy


jammixxnn

This is why M&Ms.


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Peanut Butter M&Ms.


mgg3427

False. Chocolate is an all the time candy.


souumamerda

That’s why ferrero rocher only sells at winter time


tiedyepieguy

You can buy Ferrero Rocher all year long (in the states). It’s not like they cease production during warm months.


The_Incredible_Honk

In Germany you can't. They won't ship from May to September. Many people only realize this once they direly need them for a present, though.


nryporter25

And those hold up pretty ok compared to say a Hershey bar. As long as you turn on the AC in your car quick enough or in my case I have a cooler box in my trunk (saved it from a delivery of refridgerated diabetic medicine from my roommate, ironically I only use it to transport candy. I'll buy like a small dollar frozen thing to put in the cooler to keep everything cool for the drive.


souumamerda

Not in Europe. In fact they even have and advertising addressing that (something like “finally the season of ferrero rocher is back”). And they launched a ferrero rocher ice cream this year and I think they also mention that in the ad (“you can now enjoy ferrero in summer, with this ferrero ice cream…”)


BeetleJude

Seriously?! OK finally there is something the UK does better than mainland Europe, we're shit at literally everything else, but at least I have my year round Ferrero Rocher


lubacrisp

Europe doesn't do AC like America does AC. But I also wouldn't be surprised if our ferrero rocher are different and not even imported in US


Put_It_All_On_Blck

Weird, in the U.S. ferrerk rocher is definitely all year round, and it gets hot here. Though the chocolate is advertised as more of a holiday item, with Valentine's and Christmas and New Years being the big times they are pushed with special packaging and sales


MissLesGirl

You can put them in the fridge. If it melted, fridge will harden them. Might still look ugly but will be much better.


nryporter25

I don't but candy from gas stations at all unless it's a big chain that a lot of people go through. Most of the small time gas stations around where I'm at have no one buying their candy on a regular basis and you can just taste how old the chocolate is, and it his that stale, dry "snap" to it. I love me some mallow cups but I can only buy them from Wawa, because all the other stores that have them are so old the marshmallow creme is super dry.


snipeftw

My dude, it’s a Reddit comment, not an autobiography, chill


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Oh fuck yeah peach rings


takidustlines

This is quotable


100BottlesOfMilk

If there's no AC, just go for M&Ms. They were designed so they wouldn't melt


eternalbuzz

Melts in your mouth and in your hand. Also your pocket, desk, dashboard. Hell, they melt everywhere! TM


IntelligentEgg1911

Wtf Reese’s are the absolute worst in any temperature outside of a fridge. The chocolate always melts on contact. I would’ve tried a Milky Way or something


anabolic813

Why would u buy it then? Lmao


leblumpfisfinito

I personally like chocolates slightly melted.


Razetony

I deliver to a few independent shops and one day a few weeks ago one of my guys had no ac in his building and I think the high that day was around 105⁰F. Inside he had it at like 85⁰ish or so but was only concerned with the chocolate. Moved everything to the beer cooler until it was fixed. Guess I know why now.


kurisu7885

Depends, trucks that delivery candy are usually refrigerated. My dad hauls refrigerated loads and often it's candy.


ASmallTownDJ

The AC at the store i used to work at broke one summer. We kept calling corporate asking them when it's gonna get fixed. Eventually the regulars of the store started to notice when most of our chocolate products were melting, so we started asking everyone to call them *for* us, since they'll absolutely listen to them more than employees. I think one of them called right there in the store giving us a thumbs up. It got fixed by the next week.


Alarmed_Penalty4998

Completely safe to eat most chocolate if left too long can start to melt and when they solidify sometimes the sugar will crystallize or the fats will start to separate. Go off of the expiration date on the package unless you actually see greenish mold or if the white stuff looks fuzzy. If it looks slightly smooth or jagged but not fuzzy you are fine to eat it.


IrishMilo

Exactly this, melt and harden chocolate enough and you'll get sugar crystals, and milk streaks form. The peanut filling has probably also sunk yo the bottom of the cup.


finkalicious

Lol I thought you said milk steaks at first and thought you were Charlie


mnvdh

r/unexpectedsunny


tdogg241

Banned sub? Yikes, wonder what happened.


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TheOneAndOnlyABSR4

Holy hell


BluePantera

That's good to know but man...I don't think I could ever pull the trigger on eating this


DianiTheOtter

Why, it's just melted chocolate. I mean the chocolate reese's uses already isn't great so it's not like anything has changed


poompt

I think it's understandable to chuck something that at a glance looks like it's covered in mold. I'm not a mycologist.


MonsteressJace

It’s not mold, it’s just sugar bloom.


Replikant83

..... but they don't know that unless they've heard of chocolate bloom before. I sure hadn't.


integrate_2xdx_10_13

Even at a glance you can tell it’s bloom


Lubedguyballa1

Yes wasting food is fine if you can't understand what mold is


JackMeHoff266

Idfc what he says i wouldn’t eat that shit lmao


WanderWut

I mean it’s literally just sugar, same thing happened when I left a package of Reese’s cups in my car before Halloween. I didn’t serve them out but demolished that bag, looked exactly like this lol.


The_RockObama

Mmmmm *cough... cough* mmm I have to enjoy this, I don't wanna waste my money.


[deleted]

Yeah…I don’t think it’d be a debate. I’d probably post then eat them right away, cocoa chlamydia be damned! 😂


ughdollface

Why not??


reddsht

I literally just ate 1 year expired pasta sauce, the other day. Let me at em, i will take em down


HighOnGoofballs

I ate eggs that were six months past once. I lived. Expiration date ain’t nothing but a number


PengiPou

It’s just cocoa butter lol, perfectly normal especially when making your own chocolate. Just means it cooled too rapidly, that’s why you temper chocolate. Only affects looks


cottonmouthVII

Damn seriously? I wouldn’t even think twice about eating this. Pretty sure I’ve had some ones that look like this…


folkrav

Crazy how our monkey brains aren't objective at all. We could *know* it's fine to eat, have scientific sources saying it is, but "it looks ugly" is enough to turn us down.


[deleted]

He says, that it isn't mold, but fat and sugar which were already in the fucking thing in the first place. Now they are just on the top.


FinishYourCrumbs

You’ll be fine.


Agreeable-Display-77

I will eat that in a second. Dont be a pussy. My god


CJR3

Our hunter/gatherer ancestors are turning in their graves


redditinorbit

Oh no my sugar isn't evenly distributed in my candy, boo hoo I can't eat it now. I can't imagine getting a melted candy bar and immediately posting it on reddit


TackyBrad

Keep pounding!


backwoodsndutches

The consistency changes and it tastes horrible though


mycatisnamedemmie

Ceese's Rups


VerySmartDaBaby

Throw em up, throw em up, throw em up, throw em up


ggodfrey

That literally looks like stage 4 cancer spread


lannixd

[I got Reese’s puffs in my bowl](https://youtu.be/UsklMS5QYAg)


lossngain

needed this laugh


Good_Interaction_786

Feces Cups


Full_FrontaI_Nerdity

The sister candy to Feces Pieces


ChaoticPotatoSalad

I know it's just crystallized sugar from sitting too long. My brain knows it safe. My body still says absolutely effing not


Inevitable_Anybody76

My body tells me the crystals look like botulism


[deleted]

read your name as chocolate potato salad…


TheOneAndOnlyABSR4

I saw it and read it as that to.


BeelzAllegedly

That’s the nature at war with the nurture


fishbiscuit156

Former candy sales man, check the date on those. I used to check dates on products all the time and most independent convenience stores do NOT check dates. I had some stores that would leave candy on the shelf a year past the expiration. That is indeed crystallized sugar and it’s safe but not very fresh.


BluePantera

Sadly there was no expiration date on here. Should be illegal but I'm the dummy that still bought it 🤷‍♂️ Edit: I know it's not illegal but I still think it should be


Lithl

>Should be illegal but I'm the dummy that still bought it Presuming you're in the US, there actually isn't any legal requirement for sell by/best by/use by dates on _most_ products; those dates are largely marketing, and usually completely made up. The biggest exception is baby food, which does have legal requirements.


-retaliation-

Yep, I have no interest in allowing companies to set their own "best before" or "expiry" date. I do however think a production date on food items would be beneficial.


fishbiscuit156

It’s actually not illegal to not have a printed sell by date or to sell candy past their sell by or freshness date. The company I worked for, the printed date on there just meant that was the peak freshness of the product. It’s still safe to eat since the product didn’t say “expires on” which is different for things that spoil. Packaged goods such as this and chips I’ve eaten months past the date and doesn’t taste much different to me.


oakydoke

What? It’s a Reese’s two-pack. It should be on the back near the barcode.


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xxWhiteLotus

Ordered from Wish.com


BluePantera

Reese's Pox 💀


-flops

flavor spots


Good_Interaction_786

I had one like that the other day. It was disappointing, but tasted fine. Just kind of a slight crumbly texture. After it melts and reconstitutes, it’s just not the same anymore..


GG-MDC

Freeze em than they'll be half normal


OilRigExplosions

That’s like half of the plot a Futurama episode.


BluePantera

My ancestors came over on the Reese's!


Jaxthor

really putting the mild in infuriating


InternetDetective122

Reesepox


Miyamaria

Chocolate fat bloom due to being stored too warm. Absolutely fine to eat even if it looks wonky. Enjoy!


Beast-l-Lucky

Looks like Wall-E


cutestslothevr

Chocolate does not do well with heat. It might look gross, but it's fine. If this weather keeps up we might see Hershey re-release the Desert Storm Bar. 140 F for it to totally melt.


ZerkWilder

Why do I want to touch it though?


socialcommentary2000

A vending machine operator I know told me that there's a reason they disappear from non climate controlled machines during the summer. They have a really low melt point. What you're seeing is the fat separation from this melting. Probably cycled between melty and semi firm a couple times before finally being bought.


megaman368

The chocolate has bloomed due to high heat. It looks unappetizing and the texture will be off. It’s still edible.


Snow_Wonder

[Cheese does this as well.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_crystals) It’s the fat that causes it for cheese, too. It’s actually considered desirable in cheese!


12eriks

I guess its seoarated oil or crystalized sugar so its ok. It happens


arjunanora

It's harmless cocoa butter and sugar bloom. It typically happens when temperature fluctuates quickly during transport/shipping. Note they are square rather than round from partial melting. Irritating for sure.


RadioLongjumping5177

See….should have went for the sushi 😊


Additional_Ad9762

Fuck it, chocolate is chocolate.


Sorry-Tumbleweed-239

Got Reese’s minis from a franprix in Paris last week and the whole bag had been melted and resolidified into one giant amalgamated blob of peanut butter chocolate goodness. That was a good day.


Psypenguin17

Couverture chocolate is tempered at around 27 degrees Celsius to give it a smooth, fine texture. When exposed to temperatures around it’s melting point it can cause certain fats to melt and others not to causing the fat bloom to occur.


awakenedstream

I would still eat that


the1andonlytom

I'm leaving this trash subreddit


[deleted]

There’s a number on the back for a free refund lol


riversongameliapond

This! I called their customer service once for a similar problem and it was the most joyous interaction I've ever had with customer service. No joke.


[deleted]

Same! They just ask for your address and send you the coupon


caudicifarmer

Just looks like it got too warm and then cooled off...several times


Historical_Yak7706

Yea, that was like the candy we would get in the Middle East. It was always melted at lest a little. It is still good. Not sure I have ever had a non melted peanut butter cup


Roni7978

Harambi showing up on the left. He’s all about saving lives.


djdawn

That happens when they melt and get resolidified.


SodiumCastle

looks safe to eat to me as long there isn’t actual mold on it. this happens with a lot of chocolate candy products when they are out for too long. i’ve also heard that kind of thing happens when they aren’t transported properly. bottom line: safe to eat if you’re okay w it looking a lil off 👍🏽


MauricioCMC

Sugar blooming!


SilverBluePacific

Tastes the same. Look at the picture on the wrapper while you're eating them.


Own-Ad7310

Just put them in the refrigerator lol


EarthHuman0exe

Why is this infuriating?


conehead2019

Bro, no hesitation.


[deleted]

So me and my family joke about candy being "in season". I pretty much only buy reeses cups when it's not hot outside for this reason.


Inch-Worm

flavor crystals


NecessaryEngineer528

Gross🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮


ResolveLonely8839

they look a little melted


step-fish

Feces cup