You should enjoy chocolate right away… so you would never have a reason to worry about how they are stored! The reality is we all have to store chocolates sometimes (sadly). What if after all your efforts to store your chocolates safely they look dull and blotchy? It just means that the sugars in the chocolate have bloomed (another way to say rearranged). You can still eat or cook with them but the texture might be different. Here are some recommendations (click here).