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Chocolate Coconut Candy Bars

"Theses candies are highly addictive and taste very similar to an Almond Joy® bar."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chocolate Coconut Candy Bars

Why it works: Coconut and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 433 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Chocolate Coconut Candy Bars

1 9x13-inch baking pan
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1161Calories
23 gProtein
91 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Candy Barnot 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. Coconut + peanuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Chocolate + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,279 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + pecanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pecans + peanuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Pecans + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

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

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 (butter, sugar, coconut, condensed milk, chocolate, peanut):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits about as well
  3. Macadamia nutfits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

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