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Chocolate Hazelnut Orange Balls

The perfect little snack, these Chocolate Hazelnut Orange Balls are a cinch to whip up and are healthy, too!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Chocolate Hazelnut Orange Balls

Why it works: Hazelnut and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Chocolate Hazelnut Orange Balls

Serves 12
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

283Calories
3 gProtein
9 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Hazelnutnot 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 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. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Dates + orangetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Hazelnut + orangetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Dates + chocolatetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  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 dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (hazelnut, orange, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Datesthe original

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