Carob vs. Chocolate — What's the Difference?

The carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and landscapes.

Chocolate is a food product made from roasted and ground cacao pods, that is available as a liquid, solid or paste, on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civilization (19th-11th century BCE), and the majority of Mesoamerican people - including the Maya and Aztecs - made chocolate beverages.The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor.

A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and large, dark, leathery pods.

Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent.

The pod of this plant, containing a sweet edible pulp and seeds that yield a gum used as a stabilizer in food products. Also called algaroba.

A beverage made by mixing water or milk with chocolate.

An edible powder or flour made from the ground seeds and pods of this plant, used as a substitute for chocolate.

A small, chocolate-covered candy with a hard or soft center.

An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

A grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.

The fruit of that tree.

Made or flavored with chocolate

A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

Of a grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.

An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; - called also carob tree.

A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; - called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.

A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.

Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).

Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute

A black person; (uncountable) blackness.

Made of or containing chocolate.

Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

(slang) Black relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.

To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.

A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.

The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.

A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

A food made from roasted ground cacao beans

A medium to dark brown color