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Cookie Settings Accept All. If so, how much longer is that the case? Should you just throw the whole bag out? According to Virginia Tech consumer food safety expert Joell Eifert, the answer is bittersweet, but still likely longer than you think.
So, even after some time passes, candy should be safe to eat as long as it was properly handled and it remains unopened prior to eating. This notion is just one of many misbeliefs that people have about when to toss their leftover sweets, Eifert said. Sometimes this means you can eat your candy past the "sell by" or "best by" date.
Besides "use-by," most expiration dates are more like guidelines than hard fast rules, according to Business Insider. Here are some general "rules" you should follow to keep your Halloween candy edible for as long as possible.
Fadi Aramouni, professor of food science at Kansas State University, agreed and also told Best Food Facts that the lack of water in the product and the amount of fat can impact how long you have to eat it. The good news is that plain chocolate bars are one of those long-lasting candies. This is especially true when compared to chocolate bars with other ingredients like nuts, seeds, or peanut butter.
The added ingredients go bad before the chocolate itself, thus making the whole bar inedible, Slate reports.
Aramouni also noted that the quality of the candy is often more important than the expiration date when it comes to the window of time you have to eat it. These other ingredients are the weak links that make candy vulnerable to discoloration, and changes in flavor and texture. Basically, the recipe breaks down over time.
Anything with chocolate, fruit or nuts also carries a risk of mold after some time. Greater caution should therefore be used with these types of candy. Dark chocolate tends to hold up better than milk or white chocolate, but none of them should be kept more than months under the best of conditions. Speaking of conditions, they are a big deal too. Moisture and heat are big factors. It causes candy to melt or get sticky, and the more moisture a candy has the more easily affected it will be by heat.
Cold temperatures can cause this too, for all you who love putting candy in the fridge or freezer. If left to sit too long or if exposed to extreme temperatures, most candy will be seriously affected to the point where you might not want to eat or present it to guests anymore.
Wrappers can stick, colors can change, melting and re-solidifying can happen. Gummy candy, for example, can melt together at high temperatures. Crystallization of the sugar has likely affected the candy and it may taste off or change in color. It could even turn moldy if the candy contains nuts or fruit.
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