Name: Chocolate Crunch Bars
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: Cuts into 12
Ingredients: 100g butter , roughly chopped; 300g dark chocolate (such as Bournville), broken into squares; 3 tbsp golden syrup; 140g rich tea biscuits , roughly crushed; 12 pink marshmallows , quartered (use scissors); 2 x 55g bars Turkish delight , halved and sliced (or use Maltesers, Milky Way or Crunchie bars)

Why it works: Chocolate and tea work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 163 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Chocolate Crunch Bars

Cuts into 12

Prep5 min

Ingredients

100g butter , roughly chopped
300g dark chocolate (such as Bournville), broken into squares
3 tbsp golden syrup
140g rich tea biscuits , roughly crushed
12 pink marshmallows , quartered (use scissors)
2 x 55g bars Turkish delight , halved and sliced (or use Maltesers, Milky Way or Crunchie bars)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

423Calories

5 gProtein

28 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Syrup	not in our table	0
Tea	not in our table	0
Marshmallow	not in our table	0

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.

Chocolate + teatop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together163 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Tea + biscuittop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together107 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Chocolate + syruptop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,239 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Chocolate + biscuittop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together334 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Butter + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

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