Name: Milk Chocolate Caramel Nut Clusters
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup Raw And Unsalted Almonds; 1 cup Raw And Unsalted Cashews; 1 bag (11 Oz. Size) Soft Caramels (like Kraft), Released From Their Wrapping; 12 ounces, weight Milk Chocolate Chips; 1 Tablespoon Coarse Sea Salt

Why it works: Almond and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,733 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Milk Chocolate Caramel Nut Clusters

Serves 12

Prep20 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 cup Raw And Unsalted Almonds
1 cup Raw And Unsalted Cashews
1 bag (11 Oz. Size) Soft Caramels (like Kraft), Released From Their Wrapping
12 ounces, weight Milk Chocolate Chips
1 Tablespoon Coarse Sea Salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

468Calories

15 gProtein

30 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cashew	1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)	157
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,733 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,128 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Almond + milktop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,800 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the almond

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

Peanutfits better
Cocoafits better
Pecansfits about as well
Almondthe original

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

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