Name: Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cream Cheese Pie
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1; 12 ounces cream cheese, softened; 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter; 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed; 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream; three regular size Butterfingers Candy Bars, crushed and divided; 1 cup chocolate curls; 2 cups heavy cream; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Why it works: Peanut and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,279 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cream Cheese Pie

8 Servings

Ingredients

1
12 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
three regular size Butterfingers Candy Bars, crushed and divided
1 cup chocolate curls
2 cups heavy cream
2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

515Calories

11 gProtein

38 gFat

36 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Candy Bar	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By pickypalate. 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.

Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,279 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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 (cream cheese, butter, sugar, cream, chocolate):

Pecansfits better
Almondfits better
Peanutthe original
Walnutfits about as well

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

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