Name: Strawberry Pina Colada Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 10 slices
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 1/4 cup milk; 1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling; 1 (8 ounce) can DOLE Crushed Pineapple in Juice, undrained; 1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided; 1 (6 ounce) HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust; 1/4 cup BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut, toasted; 1 1/4 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Why it works: Vanilla and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Strawberry Pina Colada Pie

10 slices

Prep20 min

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup milk
1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 (8 ounce) can DOLE Crushed Pineapple in Juice, undrained
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
1 (6 ounce) HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust
1/4 cup BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut, toasted
1 1/4 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

738Calories

14 gProtein

46 gFat

75 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Pudding	not in our table	0
Pie Filling	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0
Pie Crust	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Vanilla + coconuttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,294 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Vanilla + pineappletop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together911 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together651 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Vanilla + honeytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,262 recipes

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

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, milk, vanilla, pineapple, honey):

Strawberryfits better
Bananafits better
Figfits about as well
Coconutthe original

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

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