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Avocado Chocolate Pudding

Rich, chocolatey and totally decadent, this pudding may be high-calorie, but not all calories are made the same! These calories are nutrient-dense, full of good-for-you fats and sweet-tooth satisfying.

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Avocado and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

(8 servings)
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Scoop the flesh from the 3 ripe avocados into a food processor or blender, discarding the pits.

  2. Add the non-dairy milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt to the avocado.

  3. Add the cocoa powder and the arrowroot powder, if using, as a thickener. Blend for about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides, until completely smooth and glossy.

  4. Taste the pudding and blend again briefly if it needs a smoother texture.

  5. Spoon the pudding into serving dishes, cover and chill for at least 1 hour until thick and set before serving.

By backtoherroots. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Avocado + cocoa powdertop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Avocado + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Vanilla + cocoa powdertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the arrowroot

The recipe marks arrowroot as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, milk, vanilla, almond, maple syrup, cocoa powder):

  1. Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Arrowrootthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, milk, vanilla, almond, maple syrup, cocoa powder. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).