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Honeydew-Lime Ice Pops

Transform sweet honeydew melon into refreshing ice pops—the perfect treat on a hot summer day.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Honeydew-Lime Ice Pops

Why it works: Lime and melon work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 202 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Honeydew-Lime Ice Pops

Serves 6.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Melonnot 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.

By williamssonoma. 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.

  1. Lime + melontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + melontop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together796 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, melon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Limethe original

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