How do you store your choc chips and other

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and other choc type of foods you use in cooking to keep them from melting?

[almonds]

If I'll using them in a reasonable amount of time I store them in the pantry. For longer term storage I freeze them, works especially well for seasonal chips. Then I have some to use year round.

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I dont always like to freeze choc chips. They seem to change their quality or something. Other choc candy like Snicker bars, etc i will stick in the freezer. Right now i have a bag of choc chips in the pantry. I have central a/c so they will be alright there i guess.

[almonds]

Marg-if you check the bag for the expiration date when buying you'll notice it's usually far into the future. With you having A/C they should be perfectly OK stored in your pantry for quite awhile. The one I really like freezing are the cinnamon chips as they usually only show up here in fall and winter.

[tasty]

Things like chocolate chips are stored in the pantry.  If I kept them in the freezer, I would either forget about them or wouldn't be able to find them when I needed them.

[cooktocook]

Living in Florida, even with over-head fans and A/C that runs 12 months a year, I have no other choice put to place all my baking items into the freezer. 

Lori

[feathersnpetals]

I keep my baking needs on a shelves on the staircase going to the basement. This gives me more room in the kitchen cabinets. Easy to get at, open the door and its right there. Everything is in assorted size glass bottles made for this type of storage. Flour, white sugar, light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, chocolate chips, mini chips, almonds, pecans, walnuts. (chopped, sliced, slivers, pieces, halves) coconut. Cupcake/muffin pan liners  (three sizes) and layer cake pan liners also there.
I try to keep other baking needs on same shelf in kitchen cabinet. Baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, almond, lemon extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, poppy seeds, sprinkles/jimmies ----you get it.

Works for me. Keeps fresh with no melting.

[wilderness]

I keep chocolate in glass canning jars in my corner cabinet that has a double tier lazy susan in it.  Bulk items like flour and sugar are kept in gallon jugs in the basement and extra chips ect. are stored in plastic tubs in basement with all my canned goods.  That is my pantry.

[Carole]

I always freeze the baking chips, coconut, walnuts, almonds and pecans.

[bearlyc]

Unopened, I store chips, nuts, etc., in the pantry.  Once opened, I vacuum seal them with my Food Saver.  They last forever and taste just as good as the day I bought them.  This works well with coconut also.