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Red Raspberry Chocolate Brownie

"Swirled raspberry cream tops these brownies for an easy but beautiful dessert. For an elegant touch, serve on a pool of chocolate syrup."

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Red Raspberry Chocolate Brownie

Why it works: Cream cheese and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 894 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Red Raspberry Chocolate Brownie

16 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
5 gProtein
25 gFat
34 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Red Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Fudgenot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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. Cream cheese + chocolatetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together894 recipes

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

  2. Red raspberry + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Cream cheese + red raspberrytop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the red raspberry

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Red raspberrythe original

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