Name: Pam's Sugar Free Chocolate Pie
Yield: 1 - 9 inch pie
Ingredients: 1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust, baked and cooled; 1 (1.4 ounce) package instant sugar-free chocolate pudding mix; 1/2 cup frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed

Why it works: Sugar and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,404 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Pam's Sugar Free Chocolate Pie

1 - 9 inch pie

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust, baked and cooled
1 (1.4 ounce) package instant sugar-free chocolate pudding mix
1/2 cup frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed

Directions

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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.

Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,404 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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