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Rwop Finalist: Mounds of Joy Whipped Pie

"From Real Women of Philadelphia 2010 Finalist Debbie Fabre: Take a trip to paradise with this coconut dream dessert! PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese and coconut are blended with instant cheesecake pudding and topped with yummy chocolate coconut candy bars."

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Rwop Finalist: Mounds of Joy Whipped Pie

Why it works: Coconut and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Rwop Finalist: Mounds of Joy Whipped Pie

6 servings
Prep50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

646Calories
7 gProtein
57 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 11 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Puddingnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Candy Barnot 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. Coconut + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Coconut + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Cream cheese + coconuttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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, cream, coconut, chocolate):

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

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