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Mint Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Rolls

Classic cinnamon rolls with a chocolate mint twist!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,808 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 24
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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. Cinnamon + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Potato + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,445 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Cinnamon + minttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together389 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Flour + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together16,954 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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

Flavor stand-ins for the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, flour, cinnamon, mint, chocolate):

  1. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Sweet potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Potatothe original
  4. Cucumberabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, flour, cinnamon, mint, 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).