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Foolproof Chocolate Fudge

"Fudge the easy way. Sweet, rich and delicious."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,018 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

1 -8 or 9 inch square pan

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Chocolate + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,548 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + condensed milktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Walnut + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,730 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Condensed milk + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together647 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 walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, condensed milk, vanilla):

  1. Cocoabetter flavor fit
  2. Pecansbetter flavor fit
  3. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, condensed milk, vanilla. 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).