Theobroma Cacao Seeds

[Johnny Palmseed]

I have some extra seeds from a cocoa pod. These are very tropical plants and the seeds or beans are the foundation of chocolate. They seem to be easy to germinate as I was soaking them and some started to pop in the water. PM me if you are interested.

John

[Johnny Palmseed]

These should be germinating for people I sent these to. They seem to sprout easily when fresh but dry out quickly after removing them from the pod.

[aztropic]

Curious what the pods are actually used for. I've seen them for sale in a few South Florida grocery stores for about $6 each,but have no idea what food items they may be used to create.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[Johnny Palmseed]

The pods are actually edible but I have no interest in that. The seeds or beans are used to make chocolate. I doubt I will ever get to that point though. For me it’s just a thing to try to grow. The weird thing is that people eat the pod raw but the seed needs to be fermented to get the cocoa flavor.

[D. Morrowii]

@Johnny Palmseed, mine look similar to yours. Pods are pushing upward. I hadn’t noticed any drying though. I need to check on them when I get home. I noticed an oily substance that seeps from the pods. It almost looks like melted chocolate. 

[aztropic]

On 12/5/2024 at 10:21 AM, aztropic said:

Curious what the pods are actually used for. I've seen them for sale in a few South Florida grocery stores for about $6 each,but have no idea what food items they may be used to create.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

 

On 12/5/2024 at 12:35 PM, Johnny Palmseed said:

The pods are actually edible but I have no interest in that. The seeds or beans are used to make chocolate. I doubt I will ever get to that point though. For me it’s just a thing to try to grow. The weird thing is that people eat the pod raw but the seed needs to be fermented to get the cocoa flavor.

Googled it and apparently the pith is a tasty treat similar to a dragon fruit or an ice cream bean. 👍😋

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[Josue Diaz]

On 12/5/2024 at 9:21 AM, aztropic said:

Curious what the pods are actually used for. I've seen them for sale in a few South Florida grocery stores for about $6 each,but have no idea what food items they may be used to create.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

 

On 12/5/2024 at 11:35 AM, Johnny Palmseed said:

The pods are actually edible but I have no interest in that. The seeds or beans are used to make chocolate. I doubt I will ever get to that point though. For me it’s just a thing to try to grow. The weird thing is that people eat the pod raw but the seed needs to be fermented to get the cocoa flavor.

 

The fruit tastes more like pineapple to me. Very bright, acidic and very sweet. There is even slight differences from one variety to the next. The trees are very beautiful on their own too