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Pineapple Easter Eggs

"If pineapple isn't your favorite candy flavoring you could substitute coconut, maple-flavoring or even maraschino cherries and juice for the pineapple and pineapple juice. Decorate the eggs after the chocolate has cooled if you'd like."

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Pineapple Easter Eggs

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 ↓

Pineapple Easter Eggs

2.5 pounds eggs

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

388Calories
2 gProtein
20 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Pineapple + chocolatetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Sugar + pineappletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the pineapple

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

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