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Pumpkin Cookie Dip

"My kids do not like pumpkin pie, but they love to dip cookies in this dip. I've brought it to school for my daughter's class party and it was a big hit! Serve with assorted cookies for dipping."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pumpkin and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,744 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

6 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

  2. Add the marshmallow creme and beat until fully combined and light, about 1 minute more.

  3. Add the pumpkin and ground cinnamon and mix on low until evenly blended and smooth.

  4. Scrape the dip into a serving bowl, cover, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving with cookies for dipping.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cream cheese + pumpkintop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Cream cheese + cinnamontop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together705 recipes

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

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