Name: Heath Bar Chocolate & Toffee Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 18 min
Yield: Makes 18 muffins
Ingredients: 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, chilled; 3/4 cup Heath or Skor bar bits (or any other crumbled chocolate and toffee candy bar); 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg; 3/4 cup ( 1 1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar; 3 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups plain (2% or whole) yogurt

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,020 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Toffee	not in our table	0
Candy Bar	not in our table	0

Heath Bar Chocolate & Toffee Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe