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Cocoa Sleigh Ride

"This is the best to have on Christmas eve or Christmas morning."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Cocoa Sleigh Ride

Why it works: Cocoa and cream work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 304 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Cocoa Sleigh Ride

1 serving
Prep5 min
Cook3 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

293Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cocoa + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together304 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Cream + cherrytop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  3. Cocoa + cherrytop 41% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together0 recipes

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

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 (cocoa, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Cherrythe original

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