Name: Peanut Butter–Chocolate Caramel Apples with Honey Peanuts Recipe
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 8 apples
Ingredients: 8 large Braeburn apples, at room temperature; , at room temperature; 8 chopsticks or craft sticks; 2 cups honey roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped; 2 cups packed light brown sugar; 1 3/4 cups heavy cream; 3/4 cup dark corn syrup; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick); 2 teaspoons kosher salt

Why it works: Peanut and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 346 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Peanut Butter–Chocolate Caramel Apples with Honey Peanuts Recipe

8 apples

Cook50 min

Ingredients

8 large Braeburn apples, at room temperature
, at room temperature
8 chopsticks or craft sticks
2 cups honey roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
2 teaspoons kosher salt

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

438Calories

4 gProtein

18 gFat

72 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Roasted Peanut	not in our table	0
Syrup	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 chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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.

Peanut + corntop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together346 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Apple + honeytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together569 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, peanut, sugar, cream, corn, syrup, butter):

Vanillafits better
Coconutfits better
Figfits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, peanut, sugar, cream, corn, syrup, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Like knowing why a recipe works?

The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.