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Chocolate Banana Pie

"This pie is actually better the second day. So the best plan would be to make it the day before you need it, and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight."

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Chocolate Banana Pie

Why it works: Pecans and chocolate 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 ↓

Chocolate Banana Pie

1 - 9 inch pie
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

655Calories
7 gProtein
45 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pastrynot in our table0
Pienot 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. Pecans + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

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

  2. Pecans + cream cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  5. Pecans + bananatop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pecans, cream cheese, sugar, cream, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pecans, cream cheese, sugar, cream, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.