Name: Louise's Chocolate Mess
Yield: Serves 3
Ingredients: 3 large bars of chocolate (you don't need the expensive stuff I usually use asda own brand at only 30p per bar!); 1 packet of digestive biscuits; 1 share size bag of malteezers; mini marshmallows; bun cases

Why it works: Chocolate and biscuit work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 334 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Louise's Chocolate Mess

Serves 3

Ingredients

3 large bars of chocolate (you don't need the expensive stuff I usually use asda own brand at only 30p per bar!)
1 packet of digestive biscuits
1 share size bag of malteezers
mini marshmallows
bun cases

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories

4 gProtein

16 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 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
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Marshmallow	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Chocolate + biscuittop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together334 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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