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No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Needing a little chocolate, peanut buttery, crumbly goodness? These no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies are a can’t-eat-just-one kind of cookie.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Why it works: Oats and peanut work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 368 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Serves 24
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

770Calories
22 gProtein
45 gFat
73 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Oats + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together368 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + oatstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Cocoa powder + peanuttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Milk + peanuttop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,048 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa powder, butter, sugar, milk, oats):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Pecansfits about as well
  3. Peanutthe original
  4. Flaxseedfits about as well

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