Creme De Menthe Sundae

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

1. Cream + syruptop 12% of all pairs
   Aroma overlapmoderate
   Mentioned together1,964 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

2. Mint + walnuttop 14% of all pairs
   Aroma overlapmoderate
   Mentioned together139 recipes

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

3. Cream + walnuttop 21% of all pairs
   Aroma overlaplow
   Mentioned together1,982 recipes

   Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

4. Syrup + walnuttop 27% of all pairs
   Aroma overlaplow
   Mentioned together350 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

5. Syrup + minttop 33% of all pairs
   Aroma overlaplow
   Mentioned together193 recipes

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

What each ingredient does

Ice cream

Provides the cold, creamy base that the syrup is poured over.

Crème de menthe syrup

Adds sweetness and the mint flavour that defines the sundae.

Flavor stand-ins for the mint

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

1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
2. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
3. Celerybetter flavor fit
4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, syrup, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).