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Raisin + Licorice

An everyday combination rather than a standout: 8 recipes use both, and they rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together8 recipes
Ranktop 33% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Raisin Licorice
115raisin only 14shared 21licorice only Raisin · 129 Licorice · 35
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do raisin and licorice go together?

They can. 8 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 14 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 33% of every ingredient pair we score.

What they have in common

They overlap on 14 flavor molecules: 40% of licorice's 35. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

What each one brings

raisin

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 10% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for licorice. It carries 115 molecules licorice doesn't have.

licorice

The caramel side. Caramel notes make up 13% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for raisin. It carries 21 molecules raisin doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with raisin, top 35% with licorice.
  • Flour: top 1% of pairs with raisin, top 41% with licorice.
  • Almond: top 2% of pairs with raisin, top 40% with licorice.
  • Sugar: top 13% of pairs with raisin, top 22% with licorice.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with raisin and licorice

We have no browsable recipe that lists both raisin and licorice.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raisin has 115 molecules licorice doesn't, and licorice has 21 that raisin doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 14 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 115 only in raisin and the 21 only in licorice.

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Raisin and licorice questions

Do raisin and licorice go together?

An everyday combination rather than a standout: 8 recipes use both, and they rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs.

What do raisin and licorice have in common?

They overlap on 14 flavor molecules: 40% of licorice's 35. Among the shared key aromas are gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

What goes with raisin and licorice?

Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with raisin and top 35% with licorice. Flour and almond also fit both.

Can I use licorice instead of raisin?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: raisin has 115 molecules licorice doesn't, and licorice has 21 that raisin doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Raisin vs Licorice. https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-licorice. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_raisin_vs_licorice_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Raisin vs Licorice},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/raisin-vs-licorice},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.