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Healthy Chocolate Muffins

I am the best mother ever when I make these chocolate muffins—or so my kids think. Please don’t tell them these are whole wheat and have no processed sugar (unless you opt for a few organic chocolate chips on top as an extra special treat)! They are super chocolaty and soft. Luckily they also freeze well so I can make a big batch and pull them out of the freezer to pack in lunches or as a special treat anytime.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Healthy Chocolate Muffins

Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Healthy Chocolate Muffins

Serves 24
Prep10 min
Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1284Calories
48 gProtein
51 gFat
154 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coffeenot 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. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Wheat + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Wheat + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together496 recipes

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

  5. Yogurt + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,191 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, cocoa powder, maple syrup, yogurt, vanilla, egg):

  1. Blueberryfits about as well
  2. Coconutthe original
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, cocoa powder, maple syrup, yogurt, vanilla, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.