Thank you! I am saving these all to my arsenal - great ideas.

I was thinking of making something like haystacks but just coconut and chocolate. Delicious!

The oat crisps look great. I will definitely have to try those soon!

Yum. I love the bread pudding idea!

Always good. I mix it with hot tea sometimes for a quick treat and eat a spoonful or two while making it :)

All great ideas. I normally don't have ice cream but that makes sense. Thanks!

Great to know those substitutes! Thank you.

I have all the basic dry ingredients but no butter, eggs, and very little (1/3 cup) milk. I find myself in this situation fairly often when I am running out things. My sweet tooth doesn't get the memo. I have sweetened, condensed milk, maple syrup, and applesauce. I know sometimes those ingredients are used for vegetarian and vegan desserts. Looking through vegan and eggless recipes, I see most riddled with soy milk, egg substitute, tofu, etc.- things I don't normally have. I have tons of baking ingredients (chocolate, coconut, shortening, spices...) outside of substitutions.

What are your favorite desserts when you should have gone to the store yesterday? Or suggestions on how to get creative with what I have? Thanks!

I ended up using just the 7.5 oz jar - thinking the jar size resembles a quart and maybe that's why Grandma wrote that.

I think it sounds a little gross as it would probably be dry. For me, about 12-18 hours is the cut off for decent quality. I don't think using it for a broth sounds bad if no meat is in the final product.

I am the least germphobic person I know, apparently more than all the other posters. I think if you have a strong immune system, you are fine. This antibacterial culture has gone the other way into unhealthy. Still, 48 hours is a long time. I have definitely ingested many things going far beyond government regulations and have never gotten sick from home cooking. I also never get colds, the flu, etc. Immune compromised people should definitely stay away from such things.

Reminds me of open air markets with raw meat sitting out in the sun all day. This may be incredibly unscientific, but maybe your body adjusts. It could be similar to the phenomenon of natives frequently eating questionable foods like street food and only foreigners get sick from it?

Interesting post and replies.

My grandma's fudge recipe calls for a quart of marshmallow fluff. They only had 7.5 oz containers at the store. I know the conversion for quarts to liquid ounces, but I am assuming the fluff is comnsidered dry. I exhausted my Googling and checked the Fluff site. Their FAQs stated 7.5 oz is about 2.5 cups but I still am not sure how that would translate. Thanks in advance!