Name: Nutty Sweethearts
Yield: 6 to 8 cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups crisp rice cereal; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup miniature marshmallows; 1 cup red candied cherries, quartered; 1 cup chopped pecans; 12 ounces white chocolate; 2 teaspoons shortening

Why it works: Chocolate and pecans work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 804 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Nutty Sweethearts

6 to 8 cookies

Ingredients

2 cups crisp rice cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup red candied cherries, quartered
1 cup chopped pecans
12 ounces white chocolate
2 teaspoons shortening

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

746Calories

10 gProtein

41 gFat

88 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Pecans	1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)	196
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Marshmallow	not in our table	0

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.

Chocolate + pecanstop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together804 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Rice + pecanstop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together153 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Rice + chocolatetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together509 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

Swap the pecans

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

Peanutfits better
Almondfits better
Sesamefits better
Pecansthe original

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

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