# Carob & Chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carob-chocolate/237561 "2004-03-31T16:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carob-chocolate/237561/21 "2022-02-10T06:05:30Z")
Heh. Knew if I looked hard enough I’d find the Pit thread on the subject. I dislike carob. But I notice a lot of people can’t tolerate chocolate and/or caffeine and are stuck with carob as a substitute. I understand that. I can’t consume cows milk and find things like almond milk to be a gawd send. But I know a lot of people that can drink regular milk find almond milk to be gross and watery. Sometimes you have to forego the real thing. > [@Blech! Shove your fucking carob up your ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blech-shove-your-fucking-carob-up-your-ass/130332?page=2): > > So, while I was visiting my Grandma, one of her religous zealot/health food nut friends stopped in. I had no idea this crazy old bitch thought eating chocolate was a sin against God All Mighty until I bit into one of the cookies she had brought. Blech. What did you use for chocolate chips? Shit? “Oh, that’s carob. It’s much better for you than chocolate. And we must treat our bodies like the temples that they are”. I’ve never had carob before. I’ve also never eaten a turd before. They’re the… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carob-chocolate/237561)._