[CottonBall]

Another food I store is boxed instant chocolate pudding. Add powdered milk and stir and you have chocolate pudding. There are also other flavors. Store brands are cheaper than Jello brands. Just make sure it’s “instant” and not the cooking type.

Great idea.

How do you store it - ie., in mylar with oxygen absorbers? Do you know what its shelf-life is?

[Marcella]

"How do you store it - Do you know what its shelf-life is?" I have some so old I don't remember when I got it and it has a “Best when used by March, 2013”. Since it is “Best when used date” that means it's still good after that time. So there is no expiration date. I just store it in the box as it is in a cool pantry.

The sugar free chocolate one is made from cornstarch, cocoa, modified cornstarch and salt plus a bit of sweetener. That box is going to last for years. My husband had diabetes, so I didn't have trouble with rotating it. He ate it a lot.

I have the sugar one also and it has the same ingredients except it has skim milk, sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil. According to the info. I got, the bit of vegetable oil helps preserve the skim milk.

So the answer is, I didn't note the date I bought them and I'm not concerned they would go bad. It's so easy to fix, eat them now for a sweet treat and buy more to replace those. If you need to control sugar intake, use the sugar free.