Name: Peppermint Twist Dip
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups Softened Cream Cheese; 1 cup Whipped Topping (like Cool Whip); 1-¼ teaspoon Pure Mint Extract; 3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar; 2 dashes Red Food Coloring

Why it works: Cream cheese and mint work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 57 recipes. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

Peppermint Twist Dip

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Ingredients

2 cups Softened Cream Cheese
1 cup Whipped Topping (like Cool Whip)
1-¼ teaspoon Pure Mint Extract
3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
2 dashes Red Food Coloring

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

148Calories

2 gProtein

10 gFat

14 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Topping	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

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.

Cream cheese + minttop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together57 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Cream cheese + sugartop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,791 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Mint + sugartop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,592 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the mint

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

Cinnamonfits better
Gingerfits better
Nutmegfits better
Mintthe original

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

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