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Healthier Graham Cracker Crust

"This excellent chocolaty crust is lower in fat than most. Cocoa powder and nonfat yogurt make it delicious without adding lots of excess calories."

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Healthier Graham Cracker Crust

Why it works: Cocoa powder and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,920 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Healthier Graham Cracker Crust

1 - 9 inch crust
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

370Calories
20 gProtein
11 gFat
47 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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

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

  1. Cocoa powder + sugartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Cocoa powder + yogurttop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together249 recipes

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

  3. Yogurt + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,614 recipes

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

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