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Mint Chocolate Brownie Bars

"Brownies and cookies come together in one delicious dessert bar--topped with chocolatey mint frosting."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mint Chocolate Brownie Bars

Why it works: Coffee and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,497 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

Mint Chocolate Brownie Bars

16 brownies
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

354Calories
8 gProtein
28 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Fudgenot in our table0
Coffeenot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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.

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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. Coffee + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  2. Mint + chocolatetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together236 recipes

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

  3. Egg + chocolatetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  4. Coffee + minttop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Egg + coffeetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,239 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the mint

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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