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Butterfinger Banana Split

"Delicious Butterfinger candy sprinkled over ice cream and bananas - topped with a rich chocolate. Everyone will be happy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Butterfinger Banana Split

Why it works: Cream and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,466 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Butterfinger Banana Split

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

449Calories
5 gProtein
20 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Syrupnot 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.

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

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

  2. Cream + syruptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Chocolate + syruptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,239 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Banana + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together574 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Banana + syruptop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, chocolate, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

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