carob - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/carob/ Baking and dessert recipes for cupcakes, cakes, muffins, pies, and everything in between - from perfected classics to new and adventurous indulgences Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:21:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cupcake-Project-Favicon.png carob - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/carob/ 32 32 All About Carob https://www.cupcakeproject.com/how-is-carob-different-than-chocolate/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/how-is-carob-different-than-chocolate/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:30:51 +0000 https://www.cupcakeproject.com/?p=23833 What is Carob? Carob might seem just like chocolate when processed into powder or chips and packaged just like our favorite cacao products, but carob and chocolate are completely different in terms of origin, taste, and chemical composition.

At some point, you’ve likely crossed paths with carob and wondered how carob is different from chocolate. Whether you spotted a bag of carob chips nestled among baking add-ins in your local health food store or found a can of carob powder perched alongside the dry ingredients, you probably noticed that it looked a heck of a lot like chocolate.

How do the two really compare? Does carob taste like chocolate? Is it really a healthier option? How is carob different from chocolate, and (perhaps most importantly) how should we use it?

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In this post, contributor Jessica Touchette shares her fabulous carob cupcake recipe with us. I had the pleasure of trying the cupcakes and I immediately fell in love with their sweet, earthy flavor. Plus, the tahini buttercream paired so perfectly with them. Enjoy!

Carob Cupcakes

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I knew I wanted carob in my carob cupcakes. However, I hadn’t decided on which form to use. I knew of carob powder and carob chips, but the grocery I was at only had carob molasses. I figured that would have to do.

Carob molasses smells a bit like regular molasses combined with carob.

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There is very limited information about carob molasses online. The best source that I found was Slow Food:

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