Name: Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana Bites
Yield: Makes about 36
Ingredients: 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips; 2 tablespoons canola oil; Assorted toppings for coating bananas (such as crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, toffee bits, chopped Butterfinger candy bars, chopped salted peanuts, or toasted shredded sweetened coconut); 3 ripe bananas, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices

Why it works: Chocolate and banana work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 574 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓

Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana Bites

Makes about 36

Ingredients

2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons canola oil
Assorted toppings for coating bananas (such as crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, toffee bits, chopped Butterfinger candy bars, chopped salted peanuts, or toasted shredded sweetened coconut)
3 ripe bananas, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

823Calories

13 gProtein

64 gFat

59 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Topping	not in our table	0
Toffee	not in our table	0
Candy Bar	not in our table	0

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

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Chocolate + bananatop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together574 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
Canola oil + bananatop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together69 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
Chocolate + canola oiltop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together200 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, canola oil):

Coconutfits better
Vanillafits better
Avocadofits better
Bananathe original

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

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