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Bringing home chocolate without it melting

  • 02-05-2016 1:20pm
    #1
    The Raptor
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    I'm on holidays in the summer and wondering has anyone brought home chocolate without it melting.

    If i keep it for my hand luggage, it might melt getting to the airport in the heat. It may also be considered a liquid if it melts.

    So i have to pack it into my main checked luggage. How do i keep it cool enough without it melting? To the airport, during the flight and the bus ride home from the airport.


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  • #2
    syklops
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    Put an icepack in beside it. It will be cold in the hold of the plane. Should be grand by the time you get home.


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Any 20+ degree temperature is likely going to have it melt while case is waiting to go on the plane, same for bringing as hand luggage. Wrapping in additional tinfoil should delay melting. How about sticking the chocolate in the freezer the night before you travel to chill it?

    Is it specialist chocolate that you can only get abroad or is it the likes of a large Toblerone? Dublin Airport allows you to buy items from airside shops and have it left for you to collect when you return from your trip, a possible option?


  • #4
    The Raptor
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Any 20+ degree temperature is likely going to have it melt while case is waiting to go on the plane, same for bringing as hand luggage. Wrapping in additional tinfoil should delay melting. How about sticking the chocolate in the freezer the night before you travel to chill it?

    Is it specialist chocolate that you can only get abroad or is it the likes of a large Toblerone? Dublin Airport allows you to buy items from airside shops and have it left for you to collect when you return from your trip, a possible option?

    Hershey's chocolate from America. I don't think i'll have a fridge in my room, where I'm staying, so freezing it isn't an option.


  • #5
    syklops
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Hershey's chocolate from America. I don't think i'll have a fridge in my room, where I'm staying, so freezing it isn't an option.

    Are you staying in a hotel. Most american hotels have an ice dispenser in the corridor. Even motels have them.


  • #6
    The Raptor
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    syklops wrote: »
    Are you staying in a hotel. Most american hotels have an ice dispenser in the corridor. Even motels have them.

    Oh, good option. Thanks


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  • #7
    Yamanoto
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Hershey's chocolate from America.

    Guarantee your intended recipient will appreciate Dairy Milk all the more after tasting that.


  • #8
    armaghlad
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    If it's in your main luggage it will be chilled during the flight.


  • #9
    The Raptor
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Guarantee your intended recipient will appreciate Dairy Milk all the more after tasting that.

    Hershey's Reese's peanut chocolate?


  • #10
    Yamanoto
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Hershey's Reese's peanut chocolate?

    No, just the standard bar, though the chocolate coating probably tastes the same.

    I've brought home sweets n' treats from the States quite a bit during warmer weather & I've never had anything spoil or melt inside my checked bag. I'd almost always make my way to the airport in the AC cooled comfort of a rental car or shuttle though, so no issues there. It may be a different story if you're having to lug the bags from your hotel to a steaming hot NYC subway station or some such. If you're travelling to the airport in comfort, your goodies should be just fine.


  • #11
    Stojkovic
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    Hersheys ?

    Id let it melt.


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  • #12
    Strumms
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    armaghlad wrote: »
    If it's in your main luggage it will be chilled during the flight.



    This is a common misconception. The cargo holds of all modern airliners are temp regulated and fully pressurized just like the passenger cabin. The likelihood is that the aircraft will be carrying Commercial Cargo that could even include live animals, either or both would need temperature controlled environments.


  • #13
    syklops
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    Strumms wrote: »
    This is a common misconception. The cargo holds of all modern airliners are temp regulated and fully pressurized just like the passenger cabin. The likelihood is that the aircraft will be carrying Commercial Cargo that could even include live animals, either or both would need temperature controlled environments.

    Yes the hold is presurrized and yes they are temperature controlled. This is neccessary because the temperature at 35000 feet is about -50c. So yes the cold wont be that cold, but they will be fairly chilly, at least cool enough to stop chocolate from melting.


  • #14
    Strumms
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    syklops wrote: »
    Yes the hold is presurrized and yes they are temperature controlled. This is neccessary because the temperature at 35000 feet is about -50c. So yes the cold wont be that cold, but they will be fairly chilly, at least cool enough to stop chocolate from melting.


    It really wont be 'cold' at all but yes I wouldn't expect chocolate to melt in a suitcase up there it's not going to be like a furnace that's for sure... The most modern aircraft can regulate the temperatures to the degree almost when required. Older jets like the 757 not quite so but all the same can still regulate it to the point of comfort for the likes of lives, temp sensitive items such as flowers, shipments on Dry Ice etc or other haz mat...


  • #15
    armaghlad
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    Strumms wrote: »
    This is a common misconception. The cargo holds of all modern airliners are temp regulated and fully pressurized just like the passenger cabin. The likelihood is that the aircraft will be carrying Commercial Cargo that could even include live animals, either or both would need temperature controlled environments.
    I stand corrected. I based it on the last flight I was on, opening my suitcase to freezing cold clothes.


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