Peanut Butter Chocolates

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. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together10,020 recipes

   Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

2. Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,279 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

3. Peanut + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,176 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

4. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together20,050 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

5. Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,754 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

What each ingredient does

Peanut butter

Provides the main flavor and fat that give the filling its rich, creamy body.

Fondant

Adds sugar and body, firming the peanut butter into a mixture that can be shaped.

Sweet chocolate

Forms a sweet outer coating that adds contrast to the creamy filling.

Swap the peanut

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

1. Almondfits better
2. Hazelnutfits better
3. Cocoafits better
4. Peanutthe original

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