Name: Halloween Peanut Butter and Toffee Candy Bar
Yield: Makes about 2 pounds or 30 two- inch pieces
Ingredients: 1 pound bittersweet chocolate chips; 3 2.1-ounce Butterfinger candy bars, cut into irregular 1-inch pieces; 3 1.4-ounce Skor or Heath toffee candy bars, cut into irregular 3/4-inch pieces; 8 0.55-ounce peanut butter cups, each cut into 8 wedges; 1/4 cup honey-roasted peanuts; 3 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped; Reese's Pieces and/or yellow and orange peanut M&M’s

Why it works: Chocolate and peanut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,279 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Halloween Peanut Butter and Toffee Candy Bar

Makes about 2 pounds or 30 two- inch pieces

Ingredients

1 pound bittersweet chocolate chips
3 2.1-ounce Butterfinger candy bars, cut into irregular 1-inch pieces
3 1.4-ounce Skor or Heath toffee candy bars, cut into irregular 3/4-inch pieces
8 0.55-ounce peanut butter cups, each cut into 8 wedges
1/4 cup honey-roasted peanuts
3 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped
Reese's Pieces and/or yellow and orange peanut M&M’s

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

378Calories

10 gProtein

23 gFat

37 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Candy Bar	not in our table	0
Toffee	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Chocolate + peanuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,279 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Honey + orangetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,068 recipes

Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).
Peanut + honeytop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together420 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Butter + honeytop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,327 recipes

Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,754 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, peanut, butter, honey):

Coconutfits better
Vanillafits better
Bananafits better
Orangethe original

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

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