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Shreddies Honey Nut Crunch Mix

"This party mix is loaded with crunch and nuts and the sweetness of honey and vanilla."

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Why it works: Honey and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,262 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

8 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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. Heat the oven to 300°F (150°C) and line a large baking sheet with parchment. Spread the pecan halves and whole almonds on the sheet and toast for 8 minutes, stirring once.

  2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the honey, light corn syrup and butter. Stir until the butter melts and the mixture comes to a full boil.

  3. Let the syrup boil for 1 minute without stirring, then remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla.

  4. In a large bowl, combine the Shreddies, popped popcorn and toasted nuts.

  5. Pour the hot honey syrup over the cereal mixture and toss well until everything is evenly coated.

  6. Spread the mixture in a single layer on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stirring once halfway through.

  7. Let the mix cool completely on the sheet for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, then break it into clusters and store in an airtight container.

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. Honey + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,262 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Almond + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,198 recipes

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

  4. Almond + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together485 recipes

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

  5. Syrup + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, corn, syrup, butter, vanilla):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Peanutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, corn, syrup, butter, vanilla. 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).