Chocolate with white or gray spots is safe to eat and doesn’t need to be thrown out. Fat bloom and sugar bloom are natural ...

When a glossy bar of chocolate suddenly develops a chalky, pale coating, most people assume it has gone moldy and head straight for the trash. In reality, that white layer is almost always a cosmetic ...

So you’ve stumbled upon a stash of candy you forgot you had. Score! But after you peel back the wrapper on that chocolate bar from Halloween circa who-knows-what-year, you notice a white or gray film ...