Out of date biscuits to eat or not...,?

[Orchidflower1]

That is the question!🤷‍♀️

I’ve discovered a box of mcvitties oaty granola biscuits. They are almond and dark chocolate but the went off in January.

Now I know m, I can’t believe it that we have had biscuits in the orchid house long enough for them to go out of date. These ones slipped behind the basket of jars / sauces and I discovered them in my search for chocolate 😳.

I know that best before is not the same as use by in terms of dates. These biscuits have best before 3rd January. If they were regular hobnobs or such I wouldn’t worry but these are low sugar so I’m guessing less sugar to preserve?

I’ve no clue how to set up the bring so a yes or no would really help.

Just go for it. You'll be reet.

Chew one. If it tastes anything short of its normal biscuitty goodness, probably don't carry on eating it. A bit of staleness won't harm you.

Allow for them being low sugar and therefore not as full of the biscuit nature as proper biscuits. It's quite possible they just aren't very nice, in which case toss'em anyway.

If they taste nice, eat them.

It's a Best Before, at worst they'll be a bit stale I'd try one and find out.

Hell my ds ate ddog biscuits last week.
Times is a - hard op. Get munching...

I ate mint sauce on Sunday with a BB date of Oct 2017, I'm still alive just.

Test one, if it doesn’t taste rancid, eat the rest of them. These are trying times, and you have to make the best of all available resources.

Fgs, best before dates are just a guarantee of freshness, try them if they taste stale bin, if not enjoy.

Eat them

Take a bite; you'll soon know if they're good to eat/gorn orf.

Wow, is it bad that I wouldn’t have given this a second thought?

Give one to your other half/kids/the dog 😈

Yeah I also wouldn’t give this a second thought! The worst they’d be is a bit stale - but I’d be surprised if they haven’t been opened yet.

Yeah just see what they're like. It's only a best before date not a use by. They might have gone soft but it won't kill you.

I also wouldn't give it a second thought. Definately eat them.

I wouldn't have checked the date so I'm voting for eat them, it's fine too

Go for it. I would (and I would have eaten the two yr out of date mint sauce)

Going in.....

They taste ok- I had two to check🤪
I’ll report back. Thanks for the help all.

lol. is the packet finished now?

I wouldn’t have even checked the date.

Mind you, the likelihood of me having biscuits approaching their best before date in my house is minuscule.

Dd tidied her room this week. And found an Easter egg best before May 2016. We ate it.

I was going to say, check for wee beasties.

Too late now

The inside packet was sealed and the outside box so hopefully no creepy crawlies-I’ve eaten two. DH has eaten two.

I found a packet of chocolate digestives which had gone stale. I blitzed them in the food processor added melted butter and made a biscuit base for a Millionnaires pudding.