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Midnight Delight Dessert Shot

If you’re planning a New Year’s Eve bash, add this Midnight Delight shot to the menu. Double the ingredients and it becomes the perfect dessert cocktail. Cheers!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Midnight Delight Dessert Shot

Why it works: Vodka and cream work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 202 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Midnight Delight Dessert Shot

Serves 2
Prep2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

212Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vodkanot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vodka + creamtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + cinnamontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Chocolate + vodkatop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cream + cinnamontop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,510 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, vodka, cream):

  1. Peppermintfits better
  2. Cinnamonthe original
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Pepperfits less well

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