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These Christmas candies are only available for the holiday season (October – December). So, I had to stock them up.
Chocolates of the World expires on June 1, 2011. So, I put one jug in the freezer and the second jug in the refrigerator. This way, I will enjoy fresh chocolate until the next holiday season. I’ll make the cookies to last several months. I couldn’t find the expiration date on the cookies. I may have to buy a few more cans of cookies. My guests love those cookies. They eat ’em up.
$80.00 for candy sounds extreme, but they will last a long time. If you look at the entire year, I spend less money on candy than most people. I don’t even drink soda too often (to save money).
Bad pictures – my apartment has a bad lighting
This is what I did last year. I bought 4 jugs of Chocolates of the World and put “opening dates” on them. I still haven’t finished the last jug.
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I agree with the first comment about expiration dates. Most non-perishable food won’t expire, not really. Sometimes cookies get a little stale or chocolates will develop that whitish sheen that just means the cocoa butter is separating (something like that, I forget). Cookies that have been kept in a tin for a very long time might be overly crumbly if they’ve dried out a bit or overly soft and chewy if it’s been humid. Sometimes the cookies will not taste very good, in which case you throw them out because no one will eat them. Or, if you’re like me, you pick out the ones that are still appetizing and throw away the rest. I have two boxes of Kirkland cookies that I bought over a year ago – the worst thing about them is that the extremely hot summer we had here in the Northeast caused the chocolate to melt just ever so slightly enough to make some of the cookies stick together.
Now, as far as pancake mix is concerned – flour can go stale. If you don’t keep it in a cool-ish, dark-ish environment and it’s not well-sealed, you can get bugs. Whole wheat or whole grain flours go stale a bit faster than all purpose white flour. I don’t know if it’s bad for you, but I know it tastes bad. I read somewhere that rancid cooking oil isn’t unsafe to consume, it just smells and tastes awful. If anyone knows more about this subject, please respond and post. I’d like to learn more.
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It seems you are disciplined and have great self-control! I would not! Just a note (my personal opinion mind you) on “expiration dates”. I only go by them on such things as dairy or meat and maybe most medications. It’s only been in the last 2 or 3 decades things started having these dates. Many of these “exp. dates” are no more than ways of marketing the public into thinking that a product is good one day and not the very next day. I frequently have “out-dated” cans, packages, whatever in my pantry and use them, some as much as several years beyond the “expiration date” with no ill effects. I once had a package of Twinkies in my refrigerator, unopened for a couple years. Preservatives, amazing things. Those Twinkies would’ve lasted longer than cockroaches in a nuclear attack! I don’t remember what happened to them, but do recall they looked, and felt, just as fresh after a lengthy time as they did when I first got them.
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Kind of a crazy idea Jon but smart at the same time, This way of purchasing candy and cookies by the bunches will definitely save money during the holliday season. Thanks for the idea!
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Yes, it is kind of crazy. I was a little embarrassed to share that story. 🙁
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thats pretty clever john!
im gonna hafta steal this "opening date" idea haha =)