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Hazelnut Cream Candy

A sweet confection made from hazelnuts, chocolate, cream, sugar, and rum flavoring.

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Why it works: Hazelnut and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Hazelnut Cream Candy

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Melt chocolate in double boiler or small bowl over hot water.

  2. If chocolate should stiffen, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening until smooth.

  3. Whip cream, add sugar and flavoring.

  4. Fold in slightly cooled chocolate.

  5. Chill until mixture is firm enough to form into balls.

Shape and store

  1. Roll formed balls in finely chopped hazelnuts.

  2. Chill until firm.

  3. Store in refrigerator.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Hazelnutnot 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.

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

Explore the science

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. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Chocolate + rumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together286 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Chocolate + sugartop 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

Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Provides the rich body and flavor of the candy as it sets.
Heavy cream
Whipped to add airy lightness and moisture to the chocolate filling.
Roasted hazelnuts
Add toasty aroma and a crunchy coating around the candy.

The step that matters

Fold in slightly cooled chocolate. If the chocolate is too hot, it can melt the whipped cream and deflate it, leaving a loose mixture. Cooling it slightly keeps the air in the cream so the filling holds its shape when chilled.

Swap the hazelnut

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

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Hazelnutthe original
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Pistachiofits about as well

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

“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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