[2006] Found WORM in my chocolate!

bhrungo · May 10, 2006

Today I was eating some chocolates that had been in our pantry for a few months. I ate a few Dove chocolates, then I went and ate a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. I was in the process of opening another peanut butter cup and noticed a little white worm wiggling around in the wrapper! It was alive, white with pink on each end! I immediately threw it on the counter but then picked it back up to inspect it. Then I opened a few other wrappers to look for more worms. Didn't find anymore. I feel sick to my stomach wondering if I possibly ate a worm or two....I'm also wondering what type of worm this is and where in the heck it came from! Hope I don't get sick. I threw the entire bag of chocolates away, even sealed bags. UGH! :annoyed:
My husband said I shouldn't have eaten the chocolates anyway, since I am supposed to be on a low-carb diet! haha

Jestjoan · May 10, 2006

I can relate. Years ago, I opened a Hershey with almonds bar while driving. When I started to pop the candy into my mouth, my daughter screamed for me to stop. It turned out there were worms.

It seems that Walgreen's had candy that was beyond the date it should be sold......I think the wormy things were from the almonds in the candy bar.

Gadabout · May 10, 2006

bhrungo said:
Today I was eating some chocolates that had been in our pantry for a few months. I ate a few Dove chocolates, then I went and ate a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. I was in the process of opening another peanut butter cup and noticed a little white worm wiggling around in the wrapper! It was alive, white with pink on each end! I immediately threw it on the counter but then picked it back up to inspect it. Then I opened a few other wrappers to look for more worms. Didn't find anymore. I feel sick to my stomach wondering if I possibly ate a worm or two....I'm also wondering what type of worm this is and where in the heck it came from! Hope I don't get sick. I threw the entire bag of chocolates away, even sealed bags. UGH! :annoyed:
My husband said I shouldn't have eaten the chocolates anyway, since I am supposed to be on a low-carb diet! haha

Probably moth larvae. Think of them as protein.

T_R_Oglodyte · May 10, 2006

Not to worry. Most of the red and pink dyes used in food are made from extract of crushed bugs. (True.) One little worm won't hurt.

Who knows? In some cultures that worm might have made that a premium chocolate!!

Fern Modena · May 10, 2006

You're sick

T_R_Oglodyte said:
Who knows? In some cultures that worm might have made that a premium chocolate!!

nickis · May 10, 2006

SSSSSShhhhhhhush don't tell everyone they will all want one LOL

Gadabout · May 10, 2006

It's no worse than "cat poop" coffee....

http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2002/09/13/Consumers/catcoffee_020913.html

Azjim66 · May 10, 2006

I remember reading a long time ago that there is some allowable percentage of insect material in chocolate.

Gadabout · May 10, 2006

Jim and Cindy said:
I remember reading a long time ago that there is some allowable percentage of insect material in chocolate.

Just about all food has insect material in it--if people looked at all their food under a microscope, they probably wouldn't want to eat a lot of it.

DonM · May 10, 2006

Fern Modena said:
You're sick

I don't know if he is or isn't - but he makes a good point. Many cultures (including Europeans) enjoy eating honey that contains honeycomb filled with the bee larva & pupae. It's considered a delicacy, and it has a lot of protein. When bears attack bee colonies they are more interested in the larva & pupae than the honey (of course they'll eat both)

T_R_Oglodyte · May 11, 2006

We've clearly overlooked something here. Worms in chocolate would obviously not occur if RCI Points members weren't able to raid Weeks inventory.

Fern Modena · May 11, 2006

Icc5 · May 11, 2006

Happens lots of times is warm weather. If you look closly you will see tiny holes in wrapper. Common problem in grocery stores.
Bart

Keitht · May 11, 2006

bhrungo said:
I was in the process of opening another peanut butter cup and noticed a little white worm wiggling around in the wrapper!

Keep quiet about it or everybody will want one.

bhrungo said:
My husband said I shouldn't have eaten the chocolates anyway, since I am supposed to be on a low-carb diet! haha

You should have thrown away the chocolate and kept the worm as that would be protein

ctreelmom · May 11, 2006

Oh now come on--if it had been a bottle of tequilla, this wouldn't have been a problem, now, would it? :whoopie:

Just kidding, I would've died right there. AND thrown out the entire contents of my pantry!

Patri · May 11, 2006

bhrungo said:
Today I was eating some chocolates that had been in our pantry for a few months. I ate a few Dove chocolates, then I went and ate a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup.

That's your problem. In our house, chocolates never last more than a few days. Especially DOVE. But really, this is a gross story. I've never heard of worms in chocolate and I'll certainly be more careful examining packages in the store. Is no food sacred?

iiderman · May 11, 2006

This is most likely an Indian meal moth larvae... A couple of years ago I found a whole nest of them in an opened box of cookies in my pantry!

It was the most disgusting thing I ever experienced!

As a result of my discovery I almost needed to get therapy!!! I threw away everything in my pantry (and I mean everything!) Called an exterminator who recommended moth traps.. He said this happens in 40 percent of households and the owners never even detect them. I couldn't eat or get the sight of those creepy crawlies out of my mind for weeks!

The traps worked great and I think we got rid of all of them. I still jump if I see something flying in my kitchen thinking it's an adult month looking for a place to lay it's eggs! To this day, I will not store any unsealed foods in the pantry. In our house everything (even stuff like pasta, crackers, rice) go in the fridge..

If I were you, I would go carefully through your entire pantry and make sure this was an isolated problem.

MusicMan · May 11, 2006

Oh now come on--if it had been a bottle of tequilla, this wouldn't have been a problem, now, would it?

Technically, I think the worm is in Mezcal....

Jestjoan · May 11, 2006

I think it was some kind of larva.........

kjgrain · May 11, 2006

Here I have been going around all my life thinking my mom was telling me some kind of story when she said that she had found worms in a candy bar. I thought she was just trying to get me not to eat chocolate.

Go figure my mother actually knew what she was talking about, who would of known?

gmarine · May 11, 2006

MusicMan (Formerly JP) said:
Technically, I think the worm is in Mezcal....

This is true. Tequila does not have a worm in it.

CSB · May 11, 2006

I read a whole discussion on moth infestations in people kitchens just recently in another forum. It seems that you can bring these things home with you from the store unknowingly. Best advice - especially in warm climates is to put things like flour, rice, etc in the freezer for 2 weeks to kill the larva.

Don · May 11, 2006

Gadabout said:
It's no worse than "cat poop" coffee....

http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2002/09/13/Consumers/catcoffee_020913.html

That's a new one on me! I've heard that the most expensive coffee beans are "harvested" from monkey poop.

And really, if you were n "Survivor" you would have to fight someone off to get the worm.

nickis · May 11, 2006

Just to make you feel really sick it wasn't a worm it was a MAGGOT lol

Courts · May 11, 2006

Jestjoan said:
It seems that Walgreen's had candy that was beyond the date it should be sold.......

I unknowingly bought milk from Walgreen's that was expired....too trusting...but no more.

In military, we had biscuits that I thought had sesame seeds. Well, the cook said the flour comes with "bugs" very often. No biggie.

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