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Mocha Walnut Cookies

"A mocha version of the classic chocolate chip cookie."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and walnut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,548 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

24 - 3 inch cookies

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Chocolate + coffeetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

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

  3. Coffee + walnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Chocolate + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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