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Minty Eggnog Hot Chocolate

"This hot chocolate is so rich and different! So much better than the powdered stuff and just as easy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Minty Eggnog Hot Chocolate

Why it works: Milk and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,128 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Minty Eggnog Hot Chocolate

2 servings
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories
9 gProtein
17 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149

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. Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Chocolate + minttop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together236 recipes

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

  3. Milk + minttop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: phellandrene (minty).

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 (milk, chocolate):

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

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