Chocolate (Theobroma) is a minor crop in the Southern Islands. Trees can often by found in the corners home gardens to provide the residents with a sweet treat made from the ground up coco beans. Each island has its own recipe. Also, the markings on the bar denote the island. It’s different than chocolate most mainlanders are used to. Minimally processed and with no stabilizers it must be kept refrigerated. On Rockinghorse Cay the ingredients include the tart fruit from the tropical tamarind tree. The pattern on the bar is a triangle on each piece. Recall, Rockinghorse was the location of several shipwrecks, its namesake the barque Rockinghorse, the schooner Edwina, the schooner Triangle, and the steamship Fredrick G Dinn. Many families can trace their lineage directly back to the survivors of these calamities.
