If you’re keeping your bonbons much more than a week before eating, this is when we start talking about fridges and freezers.
Nothing That Isn’t Cold Can Stay
“I rarely advise my customers to refrigerate or freeze their bonbons, but it’s not because it can’t be done. It’s more that it requires a few steps to make sure the bonbons are still as beautiful as they were when I shipped them,” Coppel notes.
If you know you’re keeping your bonbons for longer than a week, Coppel says, a fridge or wine cooler is your best bet for keeping chocolate flavors fresh and potent. Most sources recommend wrapping bonbons tightly in plastic—or in an airtight container—before storing in a refrigerator, to avoid your chocolates picking up funny flavors from whatever else is in the fridge.
“If you have a wine cooler, you’re in luck. That’s the best appliance you can use to store bonbons….
