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Milk chocolate chips have
turned a light brown, are they okay?
Q: I have a bag of milk chocolate chips and some of
them have turned light brown. The expiration date (on the package)
is 3/08. I will be melting them. Are they okay to use.
A: Yes, your milk chocolate chips
are okay and safe to eat...indefinitely. Despite the "mandatory
expiration date", chocolate does not go bad in that it is
unsafe to eat. The discoloration or "bloom" you see
is nothing more than the cocoa butter which has separated due
to either age or improper storage (most likely in a too warm
area). The fact that you are going to melt the chocolate means
that this bloom will no longer exist because the cocoa butter
will be re-incorporated. Only you will know it ever existed!
The taste of the chocolate will be not be affected, either.
Enjoy the recipes,
Hope Pryor, Owner and Publisher
of CooksRecipes.com.
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Hope Pryor is the
owner and publisher of CooksRecipes.com and editor of its enewsletter,
The Daily Recipe. She has had several years of schooling in the
home arts and cooking and has over 30+ years of hands-on experience
in her own kitchen mastering her cooking skills which earned
her a reputation as an excellent and knowledgeable cook among
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