If i wanted to store some chocolate for the longer term, whats the best method...? I'm thinking maybe the fat content in chocolate would not work well with , say...storing chocolate in buckets with mylar bags and oxygen absorbers, is that right..? Will i have to refrig. or freeze if i want to store away some chocolate long term..? What are my options...? thanks..Kevin
Best Way To Store Chocolate Long Term...??
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me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
So far, body fat has worked the best for me--darn near eternal! 
MorelCabin
Quilting Extraordinaire
Now why in the world would you want to store chocolate??? 
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
You can store that at my place!!! 
I hear freezing is the best way, but to double up on packaging as the chocolate will take on freezer odors.
I hear freezing is the best way, but to double up on packaging as the chocolate will take on freezer odors.
punkin
Don't Quote Me
When we women need a "chocolate fix", let's head to Duppydos.
You better guard that freezer very carefully, very carefully.
You better guard that freezer very carefully, very carefully.
freemotion
Food Guru
Best way here is at someone else's house!
I don't think you can store it very long-term without it losing quality. I was just reading that you wrap it very tightly and keep it at room temperature, not cold, and you might keep it a year. That was for baking chocolate, in the latest issue of Cook's. Personally, I will eat the chocolate even when it gets that whitish film on it from being stored too warm or cold.
I don't think you can store it very long-term without it losing quality. I was just reading that you wrap it very tightly and keep it at room temperature, not cold, and you might keep it a year. That was for baking chocolate, in the latest issue of Cook's. Personally, I will eat the chocolate even when it gets that whitish film on it from being stored too warm or cold.
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
My sister stored at room temps once.....and when she cut into the bar, it was hollow and filled with tiny little worms and white webbing, like spider webbing! 
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
We've stored baking chocolate in the pantry in quart wide mouth canning jars for an indefinite amount of time. We were in a rental house and they had real issues with bugs.
Baking chocolate will develop a bloom after a while, but it is still useable.
Baking chocolate will develop a bloom after a while, but it is still useable.
me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
Seriously, DuppyDo, I store it in my freezer. Not only does it make it harder for me to graze on it, but it lasts a LONG time that way when packaged in freezer containers, definitely a year.
