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Fruit Ball

"A cheesy fruit ball to serve with crackers anytime, anyplace. I made this recipe at my parents' 50th anniversary party."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Fruit Ball

Why it works: Vanilla and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,961 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Fruit Ball

1 large ball
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

118Calories
2 gProtein
10 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Fruitnot in our table0
Cocktailnot in our table0
Puddingnot 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. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cream cheese + vanillatop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,929 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Cream cheese + almondtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together243 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, vanilla):

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Almondthe original
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Macadamia nutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.