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Banana Hot Chocolate Recipe

Reminiscent of the chocolate-dipped frozen bananas from our childhood, this hot chocolate is infused with blended bananas and makes for a sweet treat that pleases...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Banana Hot Chocolate Recipe

Why it works: Banana and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,470 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Banana Hot Chocolate Recipe

2 drinks

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

460Calories
11 gProtein
22 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

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.

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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.

  1. Banana + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,470 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  3. Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Banana + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together574 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, cream, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cream, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.