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No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

The best of pumpkin in an easy, healthy, vegan and gluten free treat!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Why it works: Agave and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 248 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Serves 12
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

833Calories
11 gProtein
54 gFat
82 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pumpkinnot 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 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.

  1. Agave + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Agave + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together162 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

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

  4. Walnut + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Dates + pumpkintop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, dates, agave, coconut, vanilla, pumpkin, honey):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Flaxseedfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, dates, agave, coconut, vanilla, pumpkin, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.