huh ??????
>>>>>>all the candies have about 10 years of shelf life, I should know, I sell candies for a living
fallen cowboy .....
far be it from me to start disagreeing with that statement in a "total" manner,
but
I very much take it with a LARGE grain of salt ....
Until I retired fourteen/fifteen years ago I owned a candy/tobacco wholesale firm and a vending machine company ....
if the customer put in money
pulled a lever/handle
pushed a button
we sold it .....
all kinds of goods ....
from fresh pastry, ice cream, coffee, cold drinks (cans/cups/bottles) sandwiches, cigarettes, chips, candy, etc .....
we had little trouble obtaining credit for "bad" candy from ANY manufacturer .....
In my experience, MOST candy that is sold in a vending machine has a shelf life of less than three months, depending upon the time of year ......
and we rotated and removed ALL candy at two months age ....
Candy canes, as well as most "hard" candies, DO have a longer shelf life than that, but heat and humidity will render them "soft" ..... in about twelve months ....
we did carry over *(sometimes and not too much inventory) Christmas Canes for a single year .....
but, never for two years ....
for one thing, the white portion of most canes will obtain a slight yellow tinge, making it somewhat less eye appealing .......
Chocolate bars will turn white around the edges which will affect the sale, but not the taste, or at least until the slight melting, then resolidifying process has occurred numerous times .... then the taste goes "off" ....
Peanut *(and other nut candy as well) have a verrrrrrrry short shelf life as the weevil egg is present in ALL nuts *(thasass correct folks ... it is present in MOST nuts ALL the time, even the fresh ones) and cooking doesn't deter the eggs turning into larve for long .......
as in two months under summer conditions ......
So, now that I've rambled on ....
and don't mean to start an argument,
but
I do disagree with your ten year shelf life for all the candies ...... |
