· find plants with the fragrance of chocolate and flowers and foliage to resemble both milk and dark chocolate. Each one pairs beautifully with raised garden beds, ensuring healthy growth and vibrant displays. The flowers really do smell like chocolate ! Deer resistant, a night bloomer, the flowers offer up their cocoa scent in the morning and drop their yellow petals each day; · here are eight flowers that bring the essence of chocolate to life. Even mother nature would agree that these plants deserve a special place in the garden. One of the most whimsical theme gardens you can build is a chocolate garden , where all of the plants smell like chocolate or look like chocolate. Chocolate cosmos (cosmos atrosanguineus) the star of any chocolate -themed garden, chocolate cosmos boasts velvety, burgundy petals and a faint cocoa scent. While growing actual cacao (the source of chocolate ) outside of the tropics is tricky, plenty of other plants will let you indulge in the rich color and scent of chocolate. · its easy to do simply by growing plants that look and smell just like chocolate. Foliage is coarse-textured; Together they create a chocolate -lovers garden dream. When you are ready to buy chocolate garden plants , check out our online list of chocolate garden plants for sale. Thrives in clay soil.