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2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

"This is the easiest fudge ever. Every time I make it I get so many compliments on how great it is. This is the easiest peanut butter fudge ever, and it is so good. I hope you try it and enjoy it as much as I do."

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2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

Why it works: Almond and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 305 recipes. Both carry acetylpyrazine, which smells roast. The science ↓

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

1 8x8-inch pan of fudge
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

168Calories
8 gProtein
15 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Almond + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  2. Almond + buttertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,754 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, butter):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Brazil nutfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

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