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Strawberry Cream Freeze: Serve It Your Way!

"Use this creamy, crunchy strawberry confection and your imagination to make a pie, mini pies or waffle bowls for a special treat."

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Why it works: Strawberry and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,525 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep20 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. Beat the softened cream cheese in a large bowl with a mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes.

  2. Add the cold milk and the instant vanilla pudding mix. Beat on low for 2 minutes until thickened.

  3. Gently fold the thawed whipped topping into the pudding mixture until no streaks remain.

  4. Set aside about 1/4 cup of the crushed wafers for topping. Spread the remaining wafers evenly over the bottom of an 8-inch square dish.

  5. Spread half of the pudding mixture over the wafers.

  6. Scatter the sliced strawberries evenly over the pudding layer.

  7. Spread the remaining pudding mixture over the strawberries and smooth the top.

  8. Drizzle the strawberry ice cream topping over the surface, then sprinkle with the reserved wafer crumbs.

  9. Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours, until firm. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting into squares.

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. Strawberry + creamtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,525 recipes

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

  2. Vanilla + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-vinylguaiacol (spicy, fruity).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Cream cheese + strawberrytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together285 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Milk + strawberrytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,124 recipes

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

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