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Creamy Chocolate Soda

A chilled chocolate-flavored soda with ice, syrup, cream, and seltzer, stirred until foamy.

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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Creamy Chocolate Soda

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place ice cubes in a tall glass.

  2. Pour in syrup.

  3. Add cream and chocolate extract.

  4. Fill glass with seltzer.

  5. Stir vigorously until mixture foams over edge.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
30 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
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Syrupnot 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  4. Syrup + creamtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Heavy cream
Adds richness and a smoother, creamier mouthfeel to the drink.
Chocolate flavored syrup
Provides the sweetness and main chocolate flavor of the soda.

The step that matters

Stir vigorously until mixture foams over edge. Stirring agitates the dissolved carbon dioxide in the seltzer, releasing gas that forms foam. Stirring too gently leaves the soda flat, while stirring carefully keeps it from spilling over the glass.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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