carob

Examples

• All

• "Something is missing; maybe they changed some of the ingredients, used carob instead of chocolate."

  Fiction book (1993)

• When I was a child, carob bars were promoted as a substitute for chocolate.

  Blog text (1)

• -You could put carob chips on there.

  Bee Movie (2007)

• And now what we do is just put into the the carob flour.

• It's better than chocolate, honey, it's carob!

  Critters 2 (1988)

• "If I could still eat, I'd like their secret carob chip cookie recipe."

  Fiction book (2001)

• For dessert, I have prepared a carob cake with carob ricotta icing.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Go with natural or sugar-free treats, like carob, fruit leather, trail mix, or pretzels.

  Blog text (4)

• Rebekah's made carob brownies.

  Higher Ground (2011)

• She likes to bake cookies with carob chips as a substitute for chocolate chips.

Synonyms

S

Saint-John's-bread

vscarob

• Archaic

9.9

A powder made from ground carob seeds used instead of cocoa powder

is the common modern name for the same powder

C

carob powder

vscarob

3.6

A fine brown powder made from a sweet pod, used like cocoa in baking

is the general product name used broadly, not only in cooking

Compounds

C

carob bar

4.8

A sweet snack made from carob powder that people eat like chocolate

C

carob bean

5.1

A long dark brown pod from a carob tree with a sweet soft inside used like chocolate

C

carob bean tree

7.2

An evergreen tree that grows in Mediterranean countries and makes sweet pods eaten like chocolate

C

carob powder

3.6

A fine brown powder made from a sweet pod, used like cocoa in baking

C

carob tree

5.7

A tree that keeps its leaves all year and makes sweet pods used like chocolate

Surface Forms

Etymology