Name: Chocolate Caramel Bread Pudding Recipe
Yield: about 9 - 12 servings, depending on how large you cut them
Ingredients: 8 cups cubed French bread; 10 chewy caramels (Werthers, Brachs or any brand you like); 1/4 cup chocolate chips; 2 cups heavy whipping cream; 1 cup half and half; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract; 2 Tbsp. Disaronno (or other amaretto flavored liquour); 3 egg yolks; 3 whole eggs; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 stick (4 Tbsp.) unsalted butter; 1 tsp. cocoa powder; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; Optional garnish: 1 chopped up Skor or Heath bar

Why it works: Cinnamon and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,020 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,189 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6

Chocolate Caramel Bread Pudding Recipe