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World's Largest Peanut Butter Cup

"This is the best peanut butter pie out there! You make this and your family will beg for more! It is a bit time-consuming to make, but well worth it!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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World's Largest Peanut Butter Cup

Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

World's Largest Peanut Butter Cup

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

625Calories
18 gProtein
41 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Candy Barnot 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. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the peanut

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansfits better
  3. Peanutthe original
  4. Hazelnutfits about as well

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