What is Carob powder?
Carob is often used as a substitute for chocolate or cocoa powder in cakes, cookies, and candy. To substitute carob powder for cocoa, replace one part cocoa with one and one-half to two parts carob by weight. While carob powder doesn’t have as ‘chocolatey’ taste as chocolate does, it is much sweeter than cocoa so you don’t need to add sugar. Remember when I made my homemade carob chips? They turned out SO sweet and I didn’t even need to use sugar!! I liked these chips better than actual chocolate chips if you can believe it. You can even mix carob into milk or water for a hot chocolate or chocolate smoothie. I made the chips for my raw carob cookies: YUM! I want to make these again! Carob is also naturally caffeine free so it is great for those avoiding it or giving it to children! Health benefits: • Improves digestion. • Lowers cholesterol level in the blood. Carob seeds don’t have a cholesterol agent. • It acts as an antioxidant. • It can be used to treat diarrhea in children and adu
