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Pink Velvet Strawberry and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

By pickypalate · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Pink Velvet Strawberry and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Why it works: Strawberry and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Pink Velvet Strawberry and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

503Calories
9 gProtein
40 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Cakenot 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 pickypalate. 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. Strawberry + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Strawberry + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together447 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Butter + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  4. Butter + canola oiltop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together566 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the strawberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, canola oil, chocolate):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Strawberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, canola oil, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.