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Double Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies

"Cookie recipe using cake mix."

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Double Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Why it works: Pecans and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 431 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Double Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 dozen

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

538Calories
11 gProtein
46 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cakenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pecans + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Chocolate + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Chocolate + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, chocolate, pecans):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Walnutfits about as well
  3. Filbertfits about as well
  4. Peanutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, chocolate, pecans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.