Interesting. I have never kept them in the refrigerator and I haven't experienced a problem. But then they don't last long in my house if they are Compumom's gifted raisins or Trader Joe's.

No

I do keep raisins, dried currants, dried cherries and cranberries in the fridge once opened. I've sometimes frozen boxes of currants since I seem to use the least of those and a box lasts a long time.

Never have. Sometimes we use them up within a couple months of opening, but mostly they hang out in the pantry for a year. They certainly get drier with time but rehydrate just fine in the oatmeal.

I have always kept raisins in the freezer. Not because of anything I read on the box or bag, but because I am the only one in the house who likes them, so they hang around my house a long time. I only use them in a couple of recipes that I make just for me - because I'm worth it, LOL. Like my cauliflower salad. Oh yum. I'm off to the grocery store in a few minutes and now I think I'll have to pick up the rest of the ingredients for the salad, too.

I don't like what chilling does to raisins, making them hard. But I get nervous and put them in the fridge if I'm not eating them up fast enough. I love them as a snack but for some reason not in cooked things like oatmeal. Love raisin toast though-go figure...

Mine are in sealer jars in the pantry. Raisins, dates and figs. I keep them in sealer jars plastic snap containers. Never have a anything go bad, moldy, whatever, just dry at times. Pillog, I have never tried soaking them in wine, just water when they get dry. Wine sounds yummy!

Craisins soaked in Mead (honey wine)...yum.

Yup, I keep them in the fridge in Ziploc bags. I tend to use them fairly quickly, but sometimes quite a bit of time goes by. They just keep better there IMO.

Nope, but I do store DH's premium raisins in a glass jar with a lid. I have determined that the glass keeps them fresher than any type of plastic bag or leftover container.

It's easier for me stick them in the back of the cupboard than try to find frig-space. Thanks for the tip about glass jars, I always keep any glass jars I find, they're at such a premium and hard to find.

Nope, just on the pantry shelf. I wouldn't like to snack on the cold. Doesn't sound appealing at all... maybe cause it is cold right now? But even in the summer, they won't go in the fridge.

Moni

I also keep them in my pantry year round, I've never even considered refrigerating them, they're already dehydrated. I keep mine in glass jars in the pantry, the same way I keep figs, dates, craisins, dried pineapple, dried apples, etc. It never occurred to me to refrigerate dried fruit, and I've never had any mold or become inedible, occasionally hard, but I often rehydrate them before using them for muffins/cookies/whatever anyway.

Annie

In the fridge, especially in summer. Ants would attack them in no time.

I had no idea that they shouldn't be in the fridge - nice to know. I, too, have space problems in my fridge. Dates and raisons will be in the basement pantry now.

Here in buggy, humid Florida, I do keep most opened packages in the fridge. I also store dried fruits & nuts in screw-top glass jars, since they are more air-tight than plastic, so foods won't absorb 'off' flavors in the fridge.