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White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

It is so easy to make this incredible white chocolate peppermint fudge for the holidays! 5 ingredients is all you need for a decadent, delicious dessert.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

Why it works: Mint and peppermint share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 77 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

Serves 20
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories
9 gProtein
17 gFat
29 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Mint + pepperminttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Chocolate + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Chocolate + pepperminttop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together448 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Chocolate + minttop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together236 recipes

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

  5. Condensed milk + pepperminttop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, condensed milk, peppermint):

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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