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Chocolate, Beer and Pretzel Brownies

Fudgy brownies, filled with beer and pretzels that are topped with rich chocolate ganache and chocolate covered pretzels. The ultimate tailgating dessert!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and beer share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 71 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 36
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

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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. Chocolate + beertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Chocolate + cocoa powdertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

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

  3. Cream + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Chocolate + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,463 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Cream + cocoa powdertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together825 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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