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Avocado Chocolate Frosting

A rich and decadent frosting that you can enjoy without the added guilt!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Avocado and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 12
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Scoop the flesh from the avocado halves into a food processor or blender, discarding the pits.

  2. Add the cocoa powder, honey, almond milk and stevia to the avocado.

  3. Blend until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Taste and add more almond milk a splash at a time if too thick.

  4. Transfer the frosting to a bowl and chill for about 15 minutes so it thickens slightly before spreading.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Avocado + cocoa powdertop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Avocado + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Honey + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,333 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Honey + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,069 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cocoa powder + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together306 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

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

  1. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  2. Almondthe original
  3. Hazelnutabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Walnutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, cocoa powder, honey, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).