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Orange Soaked Cookie Cream Log

Cream covered orange and grand marnier soaked chocolate chip cookies shaped into a log.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,466 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Orange Soaked Cookie Cream Log

Serves 8

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

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 + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + orangetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together928 recipes

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

  3. Orange + creamtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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