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Easy Chocolate and Walnut Fudge

Every summer my family visits the Jersey Shore and every summer I look forward to chocolate fudge from The Original Fudge Kitchen in Cape May. Since I have a few more months before our summer vacation, I decided to make the fudge at home for Christmas.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Easy Chocolate and Walnut Fudge

Why it works: Chocolate and walnut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,548 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Easy Chocolate and Walnut Fudge

Serves 24
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

330Calories
10 gProtein
19 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26

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. Chocolate + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Condensed milk + walnuttop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the walnut

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

  1. Peanutfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

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