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Malloween Ghosts

Made with melted marshmallows, these spooky little Halloween cakes are both chewy and crisp

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Malloween Ghosts

Why it works: Chocolate and coffee are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,497 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

Malloween Ghosts

Makes 18
Prep40 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

463Calories
6 gProtein
21 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Marshmallownot in our table0
Icingnot in our table0
Coffeenot in our table0

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.

  1. Chocolate + coffeetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  2. Butter + ricetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Butter + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  4. Rice + coffeetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice + chocolatetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together509 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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