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Candy Bar Fudge Pie

This Candy Bar Fudge Pie will be the best chocolate pie you ever taste!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Candy Bar Fudge Pie

Why it works: Evaporated milk and sugar work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 804 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Candy Bar Fudge Pie

Serves 8
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

694Calories
23 gProtein
48 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Fudgenot 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. Evaporated milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Peanut + cocoa powdertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Butter + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  5. Butter + peanuttop 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

Swap the peanut

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

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

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