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Why it works: Chocolate and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 246 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

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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 + cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together246 recipes

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

  2. Butter + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,955 recipes

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

  3. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

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

  4. Chocolate + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,463 recipes

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

  5. Cream + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,649 recipes

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

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