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Triple-Layer Mud Pie

"A layer of rich chocolate and toasted pecans is topped with creamy chocolate pudding and whipped topping."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Triple-Layer Mud Pie

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 ↓

Triple-Layer Mud Pie

10 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

324Calories
10 gProtein
19 gFat
29 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Toppingnot 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.

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

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

  2. Chocolate + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Chocolate + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Pecans + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Condensed milk + pecanstop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together127 recipes

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, milk):

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

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