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Easy, No-Bake Nutella® Pie

"I had a graham cracker crust and a jar of Nutella® to use up, and this recipe was born. This pie takes literally 5 minutes to make and is similar to a fluffy chocolate mousse pie, but with a flavor twist. Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and hazelnut work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 350 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

1 9-inch pie
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Let the cream cheese soften at room temperature if it is not already soft, then beat it in a large bowl until smooth and fluffy.

  2. Add about half of the chocolate-hazelnut spread to the cream cheese and beat until fully combined and smooth.

  3. Gently fold the thawed whipped topping into the chocolate cream cheese mixture until no streaks remain.

  4. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared graham cracker crust, smoothing the top with a spatula.

  5. Warm the remaining chocolate-hazelnut spread for 10 to 15 seconds in the microwave so it spreads easily, then spread or drizzle it over the top of the pie.

  6. Refrigerate the pie for at least 4 hours, or until firm, before slicing and serving cold.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + hazelnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Spread + cream cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together102 recipes
  3. Hazelnut + spreadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl acetate (pineapple, fruity).

  4. Chocolate + cream cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together895 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Chocolate + spreadtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, spread, cream cheese):

  1. Walnutabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Peanutabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Hazelnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, spread, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).