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Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats

"Chocolate crisp rice cereal treats get a flavor boost with lots of peanut butter and chocolate mixed in with the melted marshmallows and spread on top."

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Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats

Why it works: Peanut and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 670 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats

32 bars

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

624Calories
13 gProtein
35 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Marshmallownot in our table0
Spreadnot 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. Peanut + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

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

  3. Chocolate + spreadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Butter + ricetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Butter + peanuttop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,754 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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 (butter, chocolate, spread, rice):

  1. Peanutthe original
  2. Almondfits about as well
  3. Hazelnutfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits less well

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