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Mexican Chocolate Chili Cupcakes

"These Duncan Hines chocolate cupcakes keep it muy interesante with a touch of cinnamon and cayenne pepper."

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Mexican Chocolate Chili Cupcakes

Why it works: Cinnamon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,890 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Mexican Chocolate Chili Cupcakes

14 cupcakes
Prep25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

366Calories
8 gProtein
28 gFat
21 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cakenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0

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. Cinnamon + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Chocolate + cinnamontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Chocolate + eggtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  4. Chocolate + peppertop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

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

  5. Egg + cinnamontop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Egg and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,058 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the cinnamon

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

  1. Nutmegfits about as well
  2. Cinnamonthe original
  3. Allspicefits about as well
  4. Parsleyfits about as well

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