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Coconut Pineapple Yogurt Pops

Coconut milk and pineapple are the perfect creamy and sweet tropical combination to cool off with this summer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and yogurt match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 375 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep5 min

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. Add the canned light coconut milk, pineapple Greek yogurt, fresh or frozen pineapple, coconut extract and granulated sugar to a blender.

  2. Blend until completely smooth, about 1 minute, stopping once to scrape down the sides.

  3. Pour the mixture into the popsicle mold, leaving a little room at the top for expansion.

  4. Insert the popsicle sticks into the mold, then cover it and place it in the freezer.

  5. Freeze for at least 6 hours, until the pops are firm all the way through.

  6. To release the pops, dip the mold briefly in a bowl of warm water for a few seconds, then gently pull them out by the sticks.

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. Coconut + yogurttop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together375 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together651 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,642 recipes

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

  4. Pineapple + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together254 recipes

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

  5. Milk + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,358 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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