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Samoas Cookies and Cream Coconut Milkshake

Make these with some coconut rum for a boozy treat, or keep them simple and alcohol free for the whole family.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Samoas Cookies and Cream Coconut Milkshake

Why it works: Coconut and rum work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 259 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Samoas Cookies and Cream Coconut Milkshake

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

566Calories
12 gProtein
46 gFat
23 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
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Saucenot 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. Coconut + rumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together259 recipes

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

  2. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Milk + coconuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

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

  4. Milk + rumtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together967 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

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

Swap the coconut

The recipe marks coconut as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, cream, rum, sauce):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits about as well
  3. Pineapplefits about as well
  4. Coconutthe original

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