Carob will grow in moderate cold climate places such as Indiana. It does have a chocolate like flavor and is naturally mildly sweet. They planted carob in schoolyard sometimes back in the good old days because it would be a nice snack for the school children they also often planted apple trees near schools for the same reason.
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