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Strawberry Cars

Vroom! Easy and fun strawberry race cars.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Strawberry Cars

Why it works: Strawberry and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 290 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Strawberry Cars

Serves 1
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

312Calories
4 gProtein
10 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46

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. Strawberry + grapetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Strawberry + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together447 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + grapetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together628 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Grapethe original

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