Name: No-Bake Banana Cream Cheeesecakes
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ¾ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs; 3 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted; 1 package (.9 Ounce Package) JELL-O Fat-free Sugar-free Banana Cream Instant Pudding Mix; 1-⅓ cup Skim Milk; 1 package (8-ounce Package) Reduced Fat Cream Cheese, Softened; 1 package (8-ounce Size) Lite Cool Whip

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

No-Bake Banana Cream Cheeesecakes

Serves 6

Prep20 min

Ingredients

¾ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
3 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted
1 package (.9 Ounce Package) JELL-O Fat-free Sugar-free Banana Cream Instant Pudding Mix
1-⅓ cup Skim Milk
1 package (8-ounce Package) Reduced Fat Cream Cheese, Softened
1 package (8-ounce Size) Lite Cool Whip

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

572Calories

13 gProtein

37 gFat

52 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cracker	5 saltine crackers (15g)	66
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Pudding	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.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Banana + milktop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,470 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (butter, sugar, cream, milk, cream cheese):

Vanillafits better
Strawberryfits better
Coconutfits about as well
Bananathe original

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

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