Today I Learned @lemmy.world Emerald @lemmy.world 5mo ago

TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

en.wikipedia.org Chocolate bloom - Wikipedia

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Chocolate bloom can be repaired by melting the chocolate down, stirring it, then pouring it into a mould and allowing it to cool, bringing the sugar or fat back into the solution.

Yeah, ain’t nobody got time for that. It’ll melt while i eat it anyways.
- It's mostly a concern if you're going to sell or gift them. I did this for some time, considering to do it again this Easter - it's laborious but a nice way to get some quick cash.
  
  Wait, what are you selling?
  
  So you sell last years (or older???) chocolate eggs somewhere?
tl;dr: There are two types of bloom, sugar and fat. Both result from storing the chocolate wrong, leading to either fat or sugar crystallizing on the surface of the chocolate. And both types influence the texture and taste somewhat but are completely harmless from a health perspective.

Personally I don't understand how this can happen. Who stores their chocolate long enough?
- Sitting in a poorly climate controlled warehouse, or spending too long in a truck/shipping container are probably the most common cases I would think.
- My wife.
  
  Buy her any kind of fancy stuff from a gourmet chocolatier and its guaranteed to go in the bin in 18 months.
  
  Alternatively, don’t chuck it. Eat it or give it to someone who will.
  
  Same here. We have about 10 pounds of chocolate in a storage bin that's slowly growing stale.
  
  Give her the chocolate then send it to me. :D
  
  does she not like it? or is she saving it because she thinks it's too precious?
  
  That's not a divorce-level crime. It's execution-level.
- There is also salt bloom! But that happens on smoked sausage like pepperoni or smokies.
  
  Cigars can also develop a bloom.
- We get so much chocolate at Halloween. I'm not a big candy guy (pastries for me, thank you), and I'm sure as hell not letting my kids have unrestricted access to caffeine and sugar. We almost always have some left when the next Halloween rolls around. If I have a piece in September it will likely have bloom on it.
- My grandma
- Me
Alright, well let's get this out onto a tray; nice, mkay...
- Nice hiss!
MRE chocolate
- IFYKYK
  
  This initialization took me way too long
This how I used to get free chocolate bars. When it was hot out the vending machine at my work would warm the chocolate bars causing them to bloom, Effem and complain about my Mars bars and they would send me a coupon for for each chocolate bars. I would do it every month to a different address.
- How'd you get a new mailing address every month?
  
  I just used the work address and different unit number but it always came to the same place.this was 24 years ago so the didn't have Google maps to check.
@Emerald yeah people think it's gone off but it totally hasn't.
- It does affect the taste a bit though, and it's not really good. Like stale bread. Edible; but not particularly pleasant.
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- Thanks
I've been able to "repair" bloomed chocolate by melting it and mixing it back together

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