# Frozen waffles thawed -- still good?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881 "2009-08-27T04:59:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881/1 "2009-08-27T04:59:11Z")

</div>

So I went downstairs to the freezer to get some ice cream, and apparently someone who had been in the freezer earlier, had removed said waffles while looking around, set them on a shelf, and forgot to put them back. :rolleyes:

Now, they’re completely thawed. Since it’s almost a full box, I don’t want to waste them, and throw them out, but I don’t want to keep them if they’re ruined. Are they any good? Should I just put them back in the freezer, or just chuck them?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881/2 "2009-08-27T05:12:36Z")

</div>

I wouldn’t think twice. I’m sure people eat them untoasted all the time. Put them back in the freezer.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mr\_Buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881/3 "2009-08-27T05:57:49Z")

</div>

As a college student, I used to keep the eggo’s in the fridge, it cut down on toasting time by 50% compared to frozen. Eggo’s are good up to about 18 days in the fridge, I can’t imagine one day/night out would spoil them. Hell, I’d eat eggo’s in the morning if I happened to leave them out during a munchy fest from the previous night without thinking twice.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-waffles-thawed-still-good/507881/4 "2009-08-28T17:04:45Z")

</div>

Well, my mother ended up tossing them, as she’s paranoid about things like that. (Well that and they had been in there for awhile and no one was eating them anyways).

I figured they’re like bread anyways, but oh well. It’s good to know if anything like that happens again.