— Char Nolan

If it isn't broken, don't worry about fixing it, and if you've been storing your chocolate in the freezer, well, I don't. I think that cold and chocolate are sort of like getting-- They don't mix, so I don't do that. I do know that people who live in really hot climates do put their chocolate in the refrigerator. I'm going to guess that that would be a place to really get all the air out, and then I would lay the chocolate out on some clean toweling with another towel over it so that you're not going to have condensation. And you may have bloom. So if your bloomed chocolate just looks a little bit gray, there's nothing wrong with it. You can use it, and on my website, francacogen.com, I have a blog about how to fix bloomed chocolate. So Dear Chef Char, that's what I would say. I would say, ideally, don't store your chocolate in the freezer. Store it in an airtight container. But if you are going to put it in the freezer, then lay it out single and pat it dry.