Why it works: Milk and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,128 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓
Mars Bar Mousses
Serves 6Ingredients
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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.
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Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9,128 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Milk + cocoa powdertop 22% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,427 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Egg + chocolatetop 24% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together11,448 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).
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Cocoa powder + eggtop 25% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,222 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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