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Holiday Lights

"Made with yummy marshmallows and Kellogg's* Rice Krispies* cereal, these snacks are sure to brighten your holiday."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Holiday Lights

Why it works: Butter and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,645 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Holiday Lights

12 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

308Calories
4 gProtein
12 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Marshmallownot in our table0
Licoricenot 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. Butter + ricetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Butter + licoricetop 37% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Rice + licoricetop 42% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Swap the licorice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, rice):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Licoricethe original

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