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Granola Munch Mix

Give the gift of Granola Munch Mix—unlike other gifts it won’t collect dust and when it’s gone, there isn’t anything to put away or step on in the night when it’s dark.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Granola Munch Mix

Why it works: Sesame and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 349 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Granola Munch Mix

Serves 5
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1234Calories
23 gProtein
80 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pepitanot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Sesame + peanuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Sunflower + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  3. Sunflower + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Coconut + peanuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sesame + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, sunflower, sesame, maple syrup, honey, coconut, peanut):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, sunflower, sesame, maple syrup, honey, coconut, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.