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One Bowl Chocolate Fudge with Pecans

"Microwave fudge made with semi-sweet chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. This can be modified by omitting the nuts altogether and using different extracts in place of vanilla. We've also tried it with liquors. Always delicious!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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One Bowl Chocolate Fudge with Pecans

Why it works: Chocolate and coffee 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 ↓

One Bowl Chocolate Fudge with Pecans

1 8-inch square dish
Prep15 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

512Calories
12 gProtein
37 gFat
33 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coffeenot 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.

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. Chocolate + coffeetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Pecans + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,691 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Chocolate + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Vanilla + coffeetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,391 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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 (chocolate, condensed milk, vanilla, coffee):

  1. Hazelnutfits better
  2. Cocoafits better
  3. Peanutfits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

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