Name: Baileys Chocolate Espresso Maltini Recipe
Yield: 1 or 2 depending on the size of the martini glass used
Ingredients: 1 cup Baileys Flavored Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream; 2 ounces Baileys Original Irish Cream; 1 ounce strong brewed espresso, cooled; 1/4 cup High Quality Semisweet Chocolate, chopped; 1 can whipping cream; Jar of your favorite chocolate fudge sauce; Chocolate covered espresso beans

Why it works: Cream and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Baileys Chocolate Espresso Maltini Recipe

1 or 2 depending on the size of the martini glass used

Ingredients

1 cup Baileys Flavored Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
2 ounces Baileys Original Irish Cream
1 ounce strong brewed espresso, cooled
1/4 cup High Quality Semisweet Chocolate, chopped
1 can whipping cream
Jar of your favorite chocolate fudge sauce
Chocolate covered espresso beans

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories

2 gProtein

20 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 7 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Ice Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Coffee	not in our table	0
Fudge	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Bean	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.

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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.

Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sauce + beanstop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,184 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Chocolate + beanstop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together304 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Cream + beanstop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,341 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the beans

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

Peanutfits better
Pistachiofits better
Hazelnutfits better
Beansthe original

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

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