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Chocolate & Caramel Flapjacks

These sweet and sticky treats are best made a day in advance - perfect if you need to get ahead for a bake sale

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chocolate & Caramel Flapjacks

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chocolate & Caramel Flapjacks

Cuts into 12 mini squares
Prep10 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

744Calories
12 gProtein
50 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Syrupnot in our table0
Carnationnot in our table0

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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Oats + sunflowertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Butter + oatstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Chocolate + sunflowertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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