Chocolate should ideally be stored between 12-18C which is not cold. This allows the chocolate to be tasted at it’s very best and enjoyed when you put it into your mouth. If you store chocolate in the fridge, which is usually around 4C this can affect the taste and create a quick temperature change from cold to warm which is not ideal. Many people enjoy chocolate from the fridge, my Mum included, so I am not saying don’t use your fridge but the chocolate can attract condensation whilst it is in there and so spoil the look when you take it out. In hot weather we have no choice but to use the fridge to stop our handmade chocolates in particular, from going off. What I would suggest is that you take them out of the fridge about 30 minutes before you want to eat them. By doing this you can enjoy them at their optimum.

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