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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Sinfully smooth peanut butter chocolate chip cheesecake is the perfect dessert idea for you Mother’s Day dinner this year.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1228Calories
31 gProtein
58 gFat
143 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,279 recipes

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

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (butter, sugar, cream cheese, egg, vanilla, cream, chocolate):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, cream cheese, egg, vanilla, cream, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.