Chocolate is one of our most beloved desserts: it's delicious in every form, from cake to brownies, from fondue to truffles.
But one of the best ways to eat it is straight out of the package. There's nothing better than grabbing a chocolate bar at the end of the day and getting a bite of that sweet, slightly bitter, creamy dessert.
Sometimes when you peel back the wrapper, though, you may notice some white spots on the chocolate. It's a white powder that many are confused by.
It's a sad moment, expecting a perfect chocolate bar and finding instead a whitish coating. Some people try to ignore the powder and bite into the candy anyway, while others toss out the bar.
So, what is that white powder? Should we just throw away our lovely chocolate bars, or should we eat them?
It turns out that you definitely shouldn't waste this chocolate. Here's why.
[H/T: Huffington Post]
We've all had that moment when we open a chocolate bar just to find a white powder coating the candy.
It's always surprising, but the white coating is actually completely harmless.
Lots of people think the white coating is mold, but it's not.
It's actually a fat bloom, or sugar bloom.
Although it doesn't look particularly appealing, it's a completely safe chemical reaction.
According to The Huffington Post, sugar blooms occur when chocolate comes into contact with moisture.
When the sugar gets wet, it will dry into sugar crystals on the surface of the chocolate, leaving it with a dry, powdery coating.
To keep sugar blooms from forming, keep the chocolate away from moisture and store it in a dry, cool place.
Fat blooms occur when the temperature changes, causing the fat to move to the surface of the chocolate. This leads to crystals of cocoa butter forming in different sizes.
Fat blooms can be avoided by storing the chocolate well.
So, those white coatings and spotty powders that show up on chocolate bars are actually completely safe to eat.
If you really don't like the look of it, though, you can always melt the chocolate and use it as a dip (or just eat it with a spoon).
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