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Halloween Fruit Skewers

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Halloween Fruit Skewers

Why it works: Mandarin orange and grape work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Halloween Fruit Skewers

Serves 40

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

341Calories
4 gProtein
10 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Marshmallownot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Fruitnot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Mandarin orange + grapetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Grape + pumpkintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together341 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Pumpkin + chocolatetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together231 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Grape + chocolatetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together628 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Mandarin orange + pumpkintop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the mandarin orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Datesfits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

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