Name: Chocolate-covered Cherries
Ingredients: 1 jar maraschino cherries, with stems; 1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate morsels

Why it works: Cherry and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 576 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Chocolate-covered Cherries

Ingredients

1 jar maraschino cherries, with stems
1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate morsels

Directions

Melt and dip

Melt chocolate in top of double boiler.
Dip one cherry at a time into hot chocolate.

Dry and store

Put on wax paper to dry.
Store in airtight container.
Chill if needed or desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories

3 gProtein

9 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87

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.

Cherry + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together576 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

What each ingredient does

Chocolate morsels: Melts into a coating that sets firm as it cools, forming the outer shell.
Maraschino cherries: Provide the sweet, juicy centre inside the chocolate shell.

“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.