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Avocado Chocolate Balls

A healthy,creamy, chocolaty, raw dough ball made with avocados and chocolate.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Avocado and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 30
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (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. Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Mash it until smooth.

  2. Add the cocoa powder, brown sugar, salt, vanilla extract, and stevia to the mashed avocado. Stir until evenly combined and glossy.

  3. Add the oat flour a little at a time, mixing well after each addition, until the mixture is thick and holds its shape when pressed.

  4. Roll the mixture between your palms into small, even balls.

  5. Set the balls on a plate or tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm up before serving. Keep chilled until eaten.

By tastykitchen. 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. Avocado + cocoa powdertop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Cocoa powder + flourtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,177 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  5. Cocoa powder + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,919 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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