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Rocky Road Rice Krispies Treats

Rice Krispies Treats are always a crowd favorite; this version highlights the best parts of rocky road ice cream - nuts, more marshmallows, and chocolate chips!

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,437 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓

The recipe

24 treats
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Line a 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) pan with parchment paper or lightly grease it.

  2. Melt the butter in a large pot over low heat. Add the 10-ounce bag of marshmallows and stir until fully melted and smooth.

  3. Stir in the cocoa powder and almond butter until evenly combined and smooth, keeping the heat low.

  4. Remove the pot from the heat. Fold in the Rice Krispies, chopped walnuts and 1 cup of the mini chocolate chips until evenly coated.

  5. Let the mixture cool for 2 minutes, then fold in the 2 cups of miniature marshmallows and the remaining mini chocolate chips, reserving a few chips for the top if you like.

  6. Press the mixture firmly and evenly into the prepared pan using greased hands or a greased spatula.

  7. Scatter the reserved chocolate chips over the top, pressing them in lightly. Let the treats set at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

  8. Cut into 24 squares and serve.

By browneyedbaker. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Almond + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  2. Cocoa powder + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

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

  3. Almond + walnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together993 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Almond + chocolatetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,733 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + chocolatetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cocoa powder, almond, rice, chocolate):

  1. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  2. Hazelnutbetter flavor fit
  3. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, cocoa powder, almond, rice, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).