Name: Double-chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients: 1 pack Devil's food cake mix with pudding; 1/2 cup Vegetable oil; 2 large Eggs; 6 oz Semisweet chocolate morsels

Why it works: Egg and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,448 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Double-chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Oven350°F

Time10 minutes

Ingredients

1 pack Devil's food cake mix with pudding
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
2 large Eggs
6 oz Semisweet chocolate morsels

Directions

Make the dough

Combine first 3 ingredients, beat at medium speed with electric mixer until blended.
Stir in chocolate morsels.

Bake and cool

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
Cool on pan for 5 minutes.
Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories

8 gProtein

28 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cake	not in our table	0
Pudding	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.

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.

Egg + chocolatetop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

What each ingredient does

Devil's food cake mix with pudding: Provides the flavor, sugar and starch that give the cookies their chocolate taste and soft structure.
Vegetable oil: Adds fat that keeps the cookies moist and tender.
Eggs: Bind the dough and help set the cookies as they bake.
Semisweet chocolate morsels: Add melted pockets of chocolate and extra sweetness throughout each cookie.

“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.