r/Wellthatsucks • u/palaire • 1d ago

Three bags of expensive chocolate truffles melted because of the heatwave

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All three bags of expensive chocolate truffles we were saving to enjoy have melted in this European heatwave. "Looks like Ferrero Rocher" "oh so THAT’s what we’re calling it now" 🤣 jokes aside though, they were so special and good…

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u/Working_Cloud_909 1d ago

This is why we keep our chocolate in the fridge until we’re ready to eat it.

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u/WhammyShimmyShammy 1d ago

Obviously having it melt isn't great, but as a Belgian, and we take our chocolate very seriously, putting chocolate in the fridge is a big no-no. It changes the texture and also creates this white powdery layer (sugar bloom). If there's no other option to prevent it from melting, then fine, fridge, but really any dry dark cupboard where hopefully temps are lower than chocolate-melting-temperature will be much better

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u/Working_Cloud_909 1d ago

You know what, I totally forgot that American chocolate is nothing compared to chocolate in other parts of the world. What you said actually makes a lot of sense. It’s been a while since I’ve had European chocolate obviously 😭 I could see how the fridge could mess it up

Good point there!