Can M&Ms go bad, spoil?
2007-08-03 03:52:16 · 12 answers · asked by FALCO 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
To the best of my knowledge, the only thing that can not "go bad" is Twinkies...leave one on a plastic table and come back in a few years, there will be a twinkie shaped hole in the table, and twinkie will be on the ground.
As for M&M's, the hard candy shell will (eventually) breakdown, releasing alcohol as a by-product, incidentally. As for the chocolate, the process of making the chocolate (depending on the *type* of chocloate) generally means it does *not* go bad...ever. I'm not saying you won't see mould on chocolate if you leave it unwrapped somewhere for a couple of weeks, but still...
However, "Old" chocolate, or chocolate that has been exposed to poor storage techniques (alternating warm/cool cycles) will eventually break apart, resulting in a whitish coating. The chocolate is still edible, but doesn't taset as good, and has a grainy texture.
The link below will take you to as site that describes the process of making chocolate from picking the seeds to the final stage.
2007-08-03 04:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate can go stale if left for months. Many's the soldier that learned the joys of decade-old chocolate (including M&Ms) from an MRE pouch.
2007-08-03 04:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by psyop6 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's harder for them to spoil exactly, like get rotten, they'd need constant exposure to moisture... They normally go stale or the chocolate and the sugars start to degrade and that'll taste bad. It's not too likely they'll poison you, tho.
Good luck!
2007-08-03 03:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by bank befuddled 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes actually they do. They have expiration dates near the top of the package.
2007-08-03 03:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by MorneauFan#33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive had stale peanut M&M's before . so yes.
Never eaten the plain and they tasted bad though, even when I could tell they were really old.
2007-08-03 03:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by silly_me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes everything has an expiration date.
2007-08-03 03:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by chris w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course everything has an expiration date on it
2007-08-03 04:00:30 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just harden if left out for a long time.
2007-08-03 03:55:19 · answer #8 · answered by Blazen Elite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. the chocolate turns bad and it doesn't taste so good. there is milk in chocolate so the milk turns bad in the chocolate.
2007-08-03 03:56:16 · answer #9 · answered by me &hearts(who else) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. it is made with milk hun. 1 year shelf life tops
2007-08-03 03:55:51 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Blessed 3 times ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋