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Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini

"I made this up as I went along and now it's the most requested martini at the bar I work in."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini

Why it works: Vodka and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 135 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini

1 cocktail
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories
3 gProtein
9 gFat
39 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Vodkanot in our table0
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. Vodka + syruptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together135 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Chocolate + cherrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Chocolate + syruptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,239 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Cherry + syruptop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together339 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vodka + cherrytop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, vodka, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Cherrythe original
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Pineapplefits about as well

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