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DB's Caramel Popcorn Bacon Mix

"If you love bacon, this is the caramel popcorn recipe you have been looking for! Be warned, once you start snacking, it's difficult to stop. Butter can be halved for a leaner dessert."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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DB's Caramel Popcorn Bacon Mix

Why it works: Rice and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 670 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

DB's Caramel Popcorn Bacon Mix

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1157Calories
31 gProtein
32 gFat
188 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Popcornnot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Rice + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Wheat + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Wheat + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  4. Rice + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Peanut + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together346 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, rice, wheat, butter, sugar, corn, syrup):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Peanutthe original
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, rice, wheat, butter, sugar, corn, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.