What Is a Chocolate Tomato

Chocolate tomatoes start just like other tomatoes, but they turn to delicious chocolatey colors as they grow and mature. … The Jung Seed catalog offers a cherry-sized hybrid called Chocolate Sprinkles. The fruits mature in 50-55 days. They get their chocolate-like appearance from their dark red color with green striping.

Are chocolate tomatoes good?

This cherry tomato has it all: good looks, great flavor, heavy yields, and disease resistance. Bite-sized, cherry-type fruits are beautifully colored — red striped with dark green — that explode with rich, robust flavor. This highly productive plant forms its fruit in clusters, and starts bearing early in the season.

Where do chocolate tomatoes come from?

Chocolate Cherry tomatoes originate from the Andes’ mountainous region. It classifies as a frost-sensitive annual. This variety produces fruits in a beautiful shade of brick red, or brown. The word chocolate in the name indicates the chocolaty brown shading on the fruit.