17 flavors that taste great with dark chocolate
..and 13 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes dark chocolate better. On average, recipes with dark chocolate received a 4.32⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with banana. And sometimes worse. Like with corn syrup.
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
High potential
Unfavorable to
Worse all around
Common combinations
- egg
- baking soda
- baking powder
- cocoa powder
- cinnamon
- coconut oil
- honey
- heavy cream
- milk
- water
- sugar
- egg yolk
- powdered sugar
- almonds
- salted butter
- coconut
- white sugar
- walnuts
- heavy whipping cream
- dark brown sugar
- coffee
- old fashioned oats
- flour
- almond milk
- egg whites
- coconut sugar
- instant coffee
- semisweet chocolate
- wheat pastry flour
- coconut milk
- dutched cocoa
- almond flour
- almond butter
- white chocolate
- confectioners sugar
- coconut flour
- milk chocolate
- olive oil
- medjool dates
- chia seeds
- buttermilk
- oat flour
- tahini
- pecans
- cornflour
- chocolate
- condensed milk
- sour cream
- cream
- maldon salt
- cherries
- wheat flour
- white wheat flour
- flaxseed meal
- espresso powder
- whipped cream
- vanilla bean
- superfine sugar
- zucchini
- almond meal
- orange juice
- lemon juice
- nutmeg
- orange zest
- strawberry
- dates
- oats
- raw cashew nuts
- flaxseed
- cumin
- fruit
- bourbon
- pumpkin puré
- black pepper
- garlic
- cayenne
- cake flour
- cilantro
- turbinado sugar
- cranberry
- onion
- quinoa
- oreo cookies
- raspberry
- bittersweet chocolate
- sprinkles
- oregano
- tomato
- ginger
- peppermint
- blueberry
- avocado
- graham crackers
- flaky salt
- hazelnuts
- whipping cream
- yogurt
- marshmallows
Explore the stand out connections in the visual explorer 👉
Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.
Here are some great recipes we found with dark chocolate:
Coconut Cashew Dark Chocolate Bars {traditional and gluten free recipes}
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.9/10
These Healthy Copycat Girl Scout Samoas are INSANELY Delicious!
cleanfoodcrush.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.6/10
Thick and Chewy Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Blondies
bakerbynature.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.5/10
Gluten Free/Dairy Free Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies
bromabakery.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.4/10
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Overnight Oatmeal
cleanfoodcrush.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.3/10
No Churn Blackberry Waffle Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
bromabakery.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.8/10
Clean Peppermint Patty – York Peppermint Patties Recipe Improved
cleanfoodcrush.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.3/10
Get Creative with these Pomegranate Chocolate & Apple Nachos!
cleanfoodcrush.com
Review: 4.32/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10
