Name: Peppermint Drops
Ingredients: six tablespoons baker's chocolate; one pint of cold water; a pint of water; five pounds a sugar; one-half tea- cupful water; two heaping tablespoons of coffee to a pint of water

Why it works: Chocolate and coffee are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,497 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

Peppermint Drops

Ingredients

six tablespoons baker's chocolate
one pint of cold water
a pint of water
five pounds a sugar
one-half tea- cupful water
two heaping tablespoons of coffee to a pint of water

Directions

Boil sugar to wax, and then grain in dipper by beating; add oil of peppermint, then add sugar to thicken. Drop on tin.
Mrs. W. F. D. WHITE CREAM CHEWING CANDY.
To five pounds A sugar, ODe teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half tea- cupful water. Boil high, so as to break with fingers. When cold enough, pull until white, then add flavoring. Mrs. W. F. D.
Two heaping tablespoons of coffee to a pint of water. Mix the coffee with half an egg and little cold water. Put in coffee-pot, pour boiling water over it, let. boil a few minutes, pour in a little cold water, and let stand on back of stove a few moments.
CHOCOLATE.
Six tablespoons baker's chocolate, scraped ; pour one pint of cold water on, let it come to a boil, add milk to make as thick as you wish, and let it come to a boil again. Use whites of eggs, beaten stiff, or whipped cream, as you serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

204Calories

1 gProtein

9 gFat

30 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Water	not in our table	0
Coffee	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.

By Towanda, Pa. Christ church. Young ladies society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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 + coffeetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,497 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).
Tea + coffeetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methyl-3-(methyldithio)furan (thiamin, meat).
Chocolate + teatop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together163 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Chocolate + sugartop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,404 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + coffeetop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,344 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).