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Caramel Brownies

"This is a very easy recipe and very popular. The recipe came from a neighbor who brought it to our annual 4th of July picnic."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Caramel Brownies

Why it works: Chocolate and pecans work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 804 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Caramel Brownies

24 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

602Calories
12 gProtein
49 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cakenot in our table0
Puddingnot 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.

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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. Chocolate + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

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

  2. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + evaporated milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together269 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  5. Evaporated milk + pecanstop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together126 recipes

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

Swap the pecans

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

  1. Pecansthe original
  2. Peanutfits about as well
  3. Almondfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits less well

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