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   is it okay to eat expired chocolates?
   a week or a month expired maybe?

   Comment by KAREN on 11/09/06 at 4:29 pm #
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   I know I’m late to the game here… but some info for you guys:
   I bought a 30 count variety pack of Mars candy bars.
   Code Date: 737E44GA38 20:52
   Best Before: 09/2008

   So there’s about 1 year shelf life on these things. Hope this is useful!

   Comment by Brian on 1/24/08 at 11:51 am #
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   Thanks Brian!

   Comment by Belle on 11/11/08 at 3:35 pm #
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   hi, i recently bought a pack of mars chocolates (made in Ireland) with expiration date 08/03/09. i was thinking that would be aug 3, 2009 but i just realized that it might be mar 8, 2009 as well.  the code attached to it reads 832C31GM00.  based on the blog above,it would have been made on the 32nd week of 2008, which would be sometime in august 2008? is that right?

   thanks

   Comment by jenny on 2/08/09 at 10:44 am #
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   What is the shelf life of candy?  How many weeks, months, past their born date?

   EXP:  M&Ms;with a date of 826BL? 

   thanks

   Comment by Gerri on 3/11/09 at 5:29 am #
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   All mars candy has a shelf life of 1 year 60 days from the date of manufacturing.  So the first number is the year the second is the week it was produced, figure it out you have a year and 60 days from them.  Hershey and Nestle, the letter is the month it expires in a = jan, b = feb, and so on the year is the year it expires in.  Hope this helps.

   Comment by Dixie Heights on 4/12/09 at 6:20 am #
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   how do i read the expiration code on my bag of skittles?  802EX
         WAC05 02

   Comment by tina on 4/21/09 at 8:49 am #
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   Tina - your candy was made in January 2008.

   Skittles are good for at least a year, probably 18 months ... you should be okay. But if they don’t look right, return them or write to Mars.

   http://www.mars.com/global/Contact+Us/Contact+Us.htm

   Comment by Cybele on 4/21/09 at 8:55 am #
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   I work @ Rite Aid and I am constantly looking @ expiration dates on Candy, IDK why Mars has to make it so difficult, Put the right date of expiration and everything will run smoothly!. Its such a hassle to try to figure it out.

   Comment by Jessica on 5/28/09 at 5:04 pm #
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    Are these codes expired?Hersheys Heath English Toffee Bits..
    7CR3A 6B
    67JF3B 5K
    49GR2A 8J
    72CR1B 6A
    72CR1B 6A
    WE SHOULDN’T NEED AN INTERPERTER TO DECIFER EXPIRATIONS CODES!

    Comment by Marlene on 6/07/09 at 8:35 am #
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    I have a several bars of Hebert Milk Chocolate with Roasted Almonds.  The code I found on the back of the wrapper is 08045A.  By this code can you tell me the expiration date?

    Thanks!

    Comment by Norian on 7/04/09 at 2:49 am #
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    Wow. I came here from a Google search on how to decipher the expiration code on the rock hard Starburst I got out of the company vending machine. Made in the 48th week of 2007. Stellar. Thanks Candyblog!

    Comment by Kimberly on 9/09/09 at 1:34 pm #
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    When is my skittles bag made?
    It has a letter in front of the code:E081110 027 AY 35

    Thank you.

    Comment by Alex on 9/29/09 at 5:25 pm #
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    My job at work is to make sure all candy is fresh. I pull products that are within 30 days of expiring. There are different ways to read the codes. Some are pretty basic Letters A thru L are for the months A being January and L is December, the number is the last digit of the year. Example 1F would read 2011 June. Now some companies use these codes as the manufacturing date and some use them as the Best By date. The trick is to look at the year. If the year is older then the currant year 2010 it is the Best Buy year. If the year is younger 2009 then it is the manufacture date. Manufacture dates means you hold the product for a certain about of time before you pull. Each company has different times for different candy.
    example Butterfingers are 12 months from the decoded date, Baby Ruth’s are 8 months.
    Other codes can read at
    92014567 ok you look at the first number which will be the last digit of the year 9 = 2009
    the next three numbers are Julian date
    201= July (need a Julian calender to read these)
    then you need to know what the shelf life is for each brand example M&M’s have a 10 month limit from the decoded date. So July 2009 candy would be pulled off the shelf May 2010. There are other codes for store brand candies that varies by the brands. Hope this helps someone

    Comment by Nita on 1/14/10 at 8:01 am #
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    I’m currently eating a Twix candy bar and the caramel seems a bit hard. Actually, I bought it today, but I was wondering.. is my chocolate expired!? Yuck. Code 850ATCLV01

    Comment by Jennifer on 1/24/10 at 2:42 pm #
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    I am writing you to make a complaint. I have tried your new slim “Mars Bar” and I must tell you that I am quite disappointed in it. I am not getting my money’s worth and I have less to savour. I must say that the price has also gone up and that they are not as good. Therefore, I will not be buying your product anymore.

    Too bad.

    Comment by Irene Waters on 3/07/10 at 4:34 pm #

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