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Chewy Chocolate Peanut Bars

"These are good, they taste like candy bars."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chewy Chocolate Peanut Bars

Why it works: Vanilla and oats are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,532 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Chewy Chocolate Peanut Bars

4 dozen
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

559Calories
17 gProtein
26 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Syrupnot 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. Vanilla + oatstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Corn + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together346 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Peanut + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Peanut + oatstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together368 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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 (corn, syrup, butter, chocolate, vanilla, oats):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Peanutthe original
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Hazelnutfits about as well

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