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Mississippi Fluff Mud Pie

This gooey and rich classic American dessert just got more delicious with the addition of Fluff!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and coffee match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,497 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

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

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

  1. Chocolate + coffeetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

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

  2. Rum + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Chocolate + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Coffee + rumtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Chocolate + rumtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together285 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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