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Dates + Cherry

20dates only 90shared 253cherryonly Dates · 110 Cherry · 343
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

21 recipes mention both · top 8% of pairs

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Overlap, weighted to rarer moleculeslow
Mentioned together21 recipes
Ranktop 8% of pairs
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Do dates and cherry go together?

Some recipes mention both. 21 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 90 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 8% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.

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  • Fig: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with dates, top 3% with cherry.
  • Vanilla: top 5% of pairs with dates, top 2% with cherry.
  • Apricot: top 6% of pairs with dates, top 2% with cherry.
  • Coconut: top 5% of pairs with dates, top 4% with cherry.

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

Recipes with dates and cherry

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 5 are desserts.

Christmas LizziesFruit BreadFruit CakeFruit Pork CakeROLING BROSStar of the East Fruit Bread

The count of 21 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list is shorter because it shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.

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Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Most of dates's flavor molecules (90 of 110) are also found in cherry, but cherry has 253 that dates lacks. Dates gives you part of cherry's character. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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What they have in common

Almost everything dates carries, cherry has too: 90 of dates's 110 flavor molecules also occur in cherry. Among the shared key aromas are acetic acid (sour, vinegar) and coumarin (sweet, hay). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell. Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

All 90 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 20 only in dates and the 253 only in cherry.

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Dates and cherry questions

Do dates and cherry go together?

21 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 90 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 8% of random ingredient pairs.

What do dates and cherry have in common?

Almost everything dates carries, cherry has too: 90 of dates's 110 flavor molecules also occur in cherry. Among the shared key aromas are acetic acid (sour, vinegar) and coumarin (sweet, hay). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell. Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

What goes with dates and cherry?

Fig is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with dates and top 3% with cherry. Vanilla and apricot also fit both.

What can you make with dates and cherry?

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 6 carry a course label; 5 are desserts. Common dishes include Christmas Lizzies, Fruit Bread, Fruit Cake, Fruit Pork Cake.

Can I use cherry instead of dates?

Only partly. Most of dates's flavor molecules (90 of 110) are also found in cherry, but cherry has 253 that dates lacks. Dates gives you part of cherry's character. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Dates vs Cherry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/dates-vs-cherry. Accessed 2026-11-14.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_dates_vs_cherry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Dates vs Cherry},
  author = {{CompKitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/dates-vs-cherry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.