Why does old chocolate whiten?

it dries out ?

I have always wondered this!

Here you go.

You could have enjoy all that delicious chocolate :(

YOU WASTED CHOCOLATE! For shame.

I believe that is called the Michael Jackson/Sammy Sosa affect !

Uh-oh. Am I supposed to give a Christmas gift to my mail carrier?

When he is an adorable 6 year old you do!

There’s nothing quite like opening a much-anticipated box of chocolates only to find discolored, slightly gray candy. When chocolate turns gray like that, one of two things could be the culprit: sugar bloom or fat bloom.

Sugar bloom is normally caused by surface moisture. The moisture causes the sugar in the chocolate to dissolve. Once the moisture evaporates, sugar crystals remain on the surface. If this process is repeated, the surface can become sticky and even more discolored. Although sugar bloom is most often the result of overly humid storage, it can happen when the chocolate has been stored at a relatively cool temperature and is then moved too quickly into much warmer surroundings. When this happens, the chocolate sweats, producing surface moisture.

Fat bloom is similar to sugar bloom, except that it is fat or cocoa butter that is separating from the chocolate and depositing itself on the outside of the candy. As with sugar bloom, the most common causes of fat bloom are quick temperature changes and overly-warm storage.

Although it might look a little less appetizing than a lustrous, rich chocolatey-brown piece of candy, chocolate that has suffered bloom is still okay to eat. You may find the texture of sugar-bloomed chocolate to be a bit grainy on the outside, but it should still taste good. To prevent this from happening to your chocolate, simply use proper storage methods.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question711.htm

@master_mind413, that’s the article that @sjmc1989 linked above.

@master_mind413 Thats exactly what @sjmc1989 just posted.

This chocolate was more white than gray.

Grey for my non-American friends.

@Pretty_Lilly : made me laugh!

It does it for the same reason the rest of us do it. It gets old. But yes, it still tastes nice.

@AstroChuck Thanks for the clarification. I was confused until you wrote grey. Appreciated.

Better white/grey than containing maggots! Ewwww

Wow, do maggots like chocolate, too?

@Zen_Again- Of course. After all, you prefer Earl Grey, right?

My father (may he RIP in 1997) had a Wholsale Candy business for 35 years and I learned that Chocolate Rarely goes Bad! It Seperates and you have to Reheat it to bring it back together- Even in your mouth… Hold it and let it melt to bring the solids, sugar and coco back mixed again!

Hmmm…. I have the same question about dog poop. Why does dog poop turn white? Wait! Are you sure that was chocolate in the box?

Ahhh I can’t believe how much chocolate I’ve wasted over the years :(