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Chocolate Mint Milkshake

In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day this year, I came up with a chocolate and mint milkshake recipe. I added food coloring to make it green, but it didn’t turn out as green as I’d hoped. But trust me, this shake is really good! Like the name says, it’s chocolaty and minty. It’s the perfect drink to have in the spring or in the summer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chocolate Mint Milkshake

Why it works: Chocolate and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,466 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Chocolate Mint Milkshake

Serves 4
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

355Calories
10 gProtein
22 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
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
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. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Milk + minttop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: phellandrene (minty).

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, milk, cream):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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