What goes well with natural cocoa powder?
We analyzed over 150,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes natural cocoa powder better. On average, recipes with natural cocoa powder gets 4.5⭐ review scores. But in some combinations, review scores get a lot better.
Here comes the combinations we found:
🤷♀️ Shrug:
butter,
sugar,
heavy whipping cream,
water,
vegetable oil,
baking soda,
powdered sugar,
vanilla
Scores poorly:
cream cheese,
egg,
bittersweet chocolate,
milk,
confectioners sugar,
canola oil,
flour,
granulated sugar,
semi sweet chocolate
Pay attention:
dark chocolate,
light brown sugar,
unsalted butter,
baking powder,
semisweet chocolate,
kosher salt,
buttermilk,
coffee
Makes both ingredients worse:
salt,
all purpose flour
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 I found with natural cocoa powder:
Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cake Truffles
www.melskitchencafe.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10
Susan Miglore's Fudgy Cream Cheese Chocolate Cake
food52.com
Review: 4.23077/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10
Thick and Fudgy Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
www.averiecooks.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10
Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cheesecakes
www.lifeloveandsugar.com
Review: 4.5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10
