12 flavors that taste great with cocoa
..and 8 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes cocoa better. On average, recipes with cocoa received a 4.29⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with granulated sugar.
Cocoa is common in american food
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
Improved by
High potential
Common combinations
- vanilla
- milk
- water
- baking powder
- powdered sugar
- brown sugar
- buttermilk
- vegetable oil
- confectioners sugar
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- margarine
- egg yolk
- heavy cream
- egg whites
- peanut butter
- canola oil
- cream cheese
- pecans
- cornflour
- instant coffee
- cake flour
- almonds
- sea salt
- cocoa powder
- corn syrup
- maple syrup
- shortening
- cream
- heavy whipping cream
- olive oil
- zucchini
- evaporated milk
- lemon juice
- lime juice
- raisins
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 cocoa:
Lunch Lady Brownies – Chocolate for Joan
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.29/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.9/10
Chocolate Sour Cream Cake {traditional and gluten free recipes}
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.29/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.8/10
Gluten-free Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Cake (Top-8-free too!)
allergyawesomeness.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.5/10
Brownies with espresso cream cheese frosting, crushed oreos, and sea salt
bromabakery.com
Review: 4.29/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.5/10
Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake (Top 8 Free Too!)
allergyawesomeness.com
Review: 4.3/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.1/10
