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Dark Chocolate Truffles with Orange

Here’s an easy and healthy-ish way to enjoy chocolate from my chocolate e-recipe book, “If It’s Not Chocolate, It’s Not Worth It”. Make these to impress your Valentine or yourself. Who needs a reason?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Dark Chocolate Truffles with Orange

Why it works: Almond and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,125 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Dark Chocolate Truffles with Orange

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

247Calories
4 gProtein
11 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30

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. Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Milk + orangetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Orange + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together928 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, milk, chocolate, cocoa powder):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, milk, chocolate, cocoa powder. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.