Name: White Chocolate Grapes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups white chocolate chips; 2 teaspoons shortening; 1 pound seedless grapes; 1 cup finely chopped salted peanuts

White Chocolate Grapes

"These are amazingly addictive and easy to make. Grapes are dipped in white chocolate then peanuts and the result makes a beautiful presentation that is great for appetizers or desserts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients

Why it works: Chocolate and peanut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,279 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

White Chocolate Grapes

20 servings

Prep20 min

Cook2 min

Ingredients

2 cups white chocolate chips
2 teaspoons shortening
1 pound seedless grapes
1 cup finely chopped salted peanuts

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

480Calories

9 gProtein

34 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62

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.

Explore the science

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.

Chocolate + peanuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,279 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Grape + peanuttop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together264 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Chocolate + grapetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together628 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the grape

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

Coconutfits better
Vanillafits better
Bananafits better
Grapethe original

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

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