Name: Peanut Butter Muffin Cookies
Ingredients: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough; Peanut Butter Cups; Mini Muffin Cooking Tin; Non-stick Cooking Spray

Why it works: Chocolate and peanut 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 Muffin Cookies

Ingredients

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Peanut Butter Cups
Mini Muffin Cooking Tin
Non-stick Cooking Spray

Directions

Spray the muffin tin with the cooking spray
Fill each muffin holder half way with chocolate chip cookie dough
Once the tin is full, place in the oven for 7-8 minutes
Pull out the tin and place one peanut butter cup into the middle of the cookie dough in each holder
Put the tin back in the oven for another 2-3 minutes to finish baking the cookies and to slightly melt the peanut butter cup
Let the cookie cool before taking them out of the tray

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

316Calories

9 gProtein

23 gFat

22 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155

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).

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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.

Chocolate + peanuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,279 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,754 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,543 recipes

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