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White Chocolate Cherry Fudge

"Really easy recipe. White chocolate, dried cherries, and a few ingredients mix together to make this delicious fudge."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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White Chocolate Cherry Fudge

Why it works: Chocolate and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,733 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

White Chocolate Cherry Fudge

64 servings
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

500Calories
11 gProtein
29 gFat
51 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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 + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

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

  2. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Condensed milk + almondtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the almond

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

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Peanutfits about as well
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Hazelnutfits less well

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