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AIBU to think chocolate should NOT be kept in the fucking fridge?

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ChocolateShouldNotBeInTheFuckingFridge · 19/08/2025 18:54

DH believes chocolate (including biscuits e.g. digestives) should be kept in the fridge because “it tastes nicer, keeps its shape and lasts longer”.

I believe chocolate should not be kept in the fridge because it’s fucking wrong, basically. Am I being unreasonable?

(There is also another AIBU worthy sub question, which is that if you can say you can fit a chocolate digestive in your mouth, YABU to then break it into pieces with bites as you put it in, so that it fits? This is clearly cheating and DH should be told he is YABU just for this alone? If I lose this fridge thread, I’ll start that one Wink)

OP posts:
zaazaazoom · 20/08/2025 06:59

What the actual hell is wrong with you all.
Cold chocolate tastes of nothing.

NoraLuka · 20/08/2025 06:56

Can’t believe how many people keep chocolate in the fridge, it makes it taste of nothing! I think most things have more taste at room temperature, like fruit and cheese.

florizel13 · 20/08/2025 06:46

Agree! It doesn't taste as nice when it's been in the fridge! I'd rather have melty but tasty chocolate!

Eenameenadeeka · 20/08/2025 00:04

I think it tastes nicer at room temperature, seems like less flavor right out of the fridge. Depends how hot it is the summer though - when we went to Australia and it was 40° it was all in the fridge in the stores

aLittleWhiteHorse · 19/08/2025 23:32

I didn’t have very strong feelings- until I bit into a bar of chocolate straight from the fridge and broke the root of my tooth.

One very expensive bone graft and implant later, I no longer keep chocolate in the fridge.

TheTwitcher11 · 19/08/2025 23:29

ChocolateShouldNotBeInTheFuckingFridge · 19/08/2025 18:54

DH believes chocolate (including biscuits e.g. digestives) should be kept in the fridge because “it tastes nicer, keeps its shape and lasts longer”.

I believe chocolate should not be kept in the fridge because it’s fucking wrong, basically. Am I being unreasonable?

(There is also another AIBU worthy sub question, which is that if you can say you can fit a chocolate digestive in your mouth, YABU to then break it into pieces with bites as you put it in, so that it fits? This is clearly cheating and DH should be told he is YABU just for this alone? If I lose this fridge thread, I’ll start that one Wink)

Most unreasonable post in this section to date lol - chocolate must always be kept in the fridge!

TheodoraCrumpet · 19/08/2025 23:28

CookieSue222 · 19/08/2025 19:12

My SIL has a separate 'chocolate and butter' fridge (she is Swiss so has some choccy credentials).
It operates between 6 and 10 degrees as opposed to regular domestic fridges which are 3 to 5 degrees. The butter is spreadable, and the chocolate cool but doesn't break your teeth - perfect!

I have one of these. I don't keep butter in it, because I don't spread butter. It's the best place for chocolate. I run it at about 12 degrees, which is just right. It has a lock, which I don't need to deploy because NOBODY touches my chocolate without express permission. Any chocolate outside this cooler is fair game. I'm not a complete tyrant.

Arlanymor · 19/08/2025 23:20

AngryBird6122 · 19/08/2025 23:12

Wow, cannot believe the votes. OP you are NOT BU

The people have spoken… and they are eating chocolate under the best possible circumstances!

sallydoodlecat · 19/08/2025 23:18

Chocolate definitely in fridge for me and sometimes in freezer. I get it changes the flavour and don't care. I love the snappiness. Especially Easter eggs which have to go in the freezer. I have been known to put a chocolate digestive in the freezer too.

AngryBird6122 · 19/08/2025 23:12

Wow, cannot believe the votes. OP you are NOT BU

Arlanymor · 19/08/2025 23:10

FancyCatSlave · 19/08/2025 23:07

I like my chocolate cold, don’t like
it soft and melty. But it doesn’t stay there long enough to get a bloom, just as long as it takes the wine to chill!

Biscuits have no place whatsoever in the fridge though. That’s a hard line!

Yes I don’t understand these bloom people… why buy it if you are not going to snaffle it down ASAP temporarily store it in the fridge?! Also agree with the wine chilling comment! (And ice cubes if your fridge is being lazy with the wine!)

FancyCatSlave · 19/08/2025 23:07

I like my chocolate cold, don’t like
it soft and melty. But it doesn’t stay there long enough to get a bloom, just as long as it takes the wine to chill!

Biscuits have no place whatsoever in the fridge though. That’s a hard line!

Jumpingthruhoops · 19/08/2025 23:05

Chocolate should absolutely be kept in the fridge. Who wants their chocolate to sit at room temperature, getting all hot and sweaty?

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 19/08/2025 22:44

I don't mind milky way, certain biscuits in the fridge even frozen mars bar but my dark chocolate lives in the cupboard.

Illegally18 · 19/08/2025 22:40

ChocolateShouldNotBeInTheFuckingFridge · 19/08/2025 18:54

DH believes chocolate (including biscuits e.g. digestives) should be kept in the fridge because “it tastes nicer, keeps its shape and lasts longer”.

I believe chocolate should not be kept in the fridge because it’s fucking wrong, basically. Am I being unreasonable?

(There is also another AIBU worthy sub question, which is that if you can say you can fit a chocolate digestive in your mouth, YABU to then break it into pieces with bites as you put it in, so that it fits? This is clearly cheating and DH should be told he is YABU just for this alone? If I lose this fridge thread, I’ll start that one Wink)

You are RIGHT! The cold tightens the molecules, and , in taste terms, reduces the flavour.

smallsilvercloud · 19/08/2025 22:25

I wouldn’t have the patience for chocolate to chill, much prefer it at room temperature.

murasaki · 19/08/2025 22:25

I've just had a square of my reeses bar from the fridge. Lush.

MrsTigerface · 19/08/2025 22:16

Sahara123 · 19/08/2025 22:14

At Christmas I buy a box of after eights JUST FOR ME and keep them in the fridge. Lovely cold snap of chocolate with a minty middle mmmm 😋 . Woe betide anyone who steals them - although if they do I need to buy at least one more box obviously. However if I ever find out who steals them and leaves the little envelope in the box thereby tricking me into thinking I still have lots left there will be trouble !!

Ooh! I am doing this at Christmas this year. Thank you for the tip x

Sahara123 · 19/08/2025 22:14

At Christmas I buy a box of after eights JUST FOR ME and keep them in the fridge. Lovely cold snap of chocolate with a minty middle mmmm 😋 . Woe betide anyone who steals them - although if they do I need to buy at least one more box obviously. However if I ever find out who steals them and leaves the little envelope in the box thereby tricking me into thinking I still have lots left there will be trouble !!

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ChocolateShouldNotBeInTheFuckingFridge · 19/08/2025 22:04

Mmmmm Lindt lindor <drool> If anyone put them in the fridge it would be LTB territory! Luckily DH doesn’t like them.

Actually just typing that sentence on top of this whole thread makes me question my love for DH even more…

Joking aside I love him very much and we have been laughing a lot at this thread. We have been very happily married for thirty years despite his bizarre food preferences. He brings me tea and a fresh croissant/danish pastry in bed every morning Smile so I’ll graciously admit defeat on this issue.

I shall report back on the frozen Bounty, in the interests of science, and furthering food knowledge you understand…

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MeDadMeDad · 19/08/2025 21:33

I keep some chocolate in the fridge, not all e.g. wagon wheel, galaxy caramel, Cadbury mini roll all go in the fridge.
Dairy milk, milky bar etc... would be kept out of fridge.

Devilsmommy · 19/08/2025 21:26

mumofoneAloneandwell · 19/08/2025 18:56

Chocolate is fine in the fridge, especially in the summer

But biscuits? In the fridge? Very very unreasonable!

No, mcvities chocolate digestives live in my fridge all the time😁

Noseylittlemoo · 19/08/2025 21:21

I'm with you @ChocolateShouldNotBeInTheFuckingFridge and @SpidersAreShitheads .
Chocolate has a horrible texture and not as tasty from the fridge.
If you go to a chocolatier it is just a normal temperature there are no fridges.
My favourite regular chocolate is also Lindt Lindor and that is best when the centre is slightly melting almost like a chocolate fondant - I hate it when it's cold/when it's been in the fridge and there is no distinction between the "shell" and the "filling".

Arlanymor · 19/08/2025 21:20

Globules · 19/08/2025 21:18

Indeed it is!

All I have to say to you is that the freezer is for Joe's, not chocolate.

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Ooh you said the magic word! I might have to pop along to St Helen’s Road tomorrow on my way back from a work meeting… they do a Welsh Cake flavour that I have yet to gorge myself on try…

Zempy · 19/08/2025 21:19

I can’t eat chocolate that hasn’t been kept in the fridge. It’s disgusting!

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