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Mixed Berry Yogurt Pops

Simple and refreshing yogurt pops loaded with mixed berries.They are sweet, sour and creamy. And oh yeah, they are delicious.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Yogurt and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,358 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook6 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the granulated sugar with the lemon zest and lemon juice until the sugar starts to dissolve, about 2 minutes.

  2. Add the plain yogurt and milk and whisk until smooth and fully combined.

  3. Cut the fresh strawberries into slices, then gently fold them into the yogurt mixture along with the raspberries and blackberries, keeping some berry pieces whole.

  4. Spoon the mixture into popsicle molds, tapping gently to release air bubbles, and leave a little space at the top of each mold.

  5. Insert the sticks and place the molds in the freezer, letting them freeze until solid, at least 6 hours.

  6. To unmold, run the outside of each mold under warm running water for 10 to 15 seconds, then gently pull the pop out.

  7. Store any leftover pops in the freezer in a sealed container.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Yogurt + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,358 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Milk + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together19,048 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Sugar + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Sugar + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together53,530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Yogurt + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,095 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Sugar and milk share little aroma chemistry, yet 77,855 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

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

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Peachbetter flavor fit
  3. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, yogurt, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).