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Dark Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

Moist and decadent pumpkin bread with dark chocolate chunks and spices. It will make your house smell amazing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Dark Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon 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 ↓

Dark Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

Serves 16
Prep30 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

900Calories
22 gProtein
30 gFat
131 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Dairynot 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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg, canola oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, vanilla):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, canola oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.