Koala Bear

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. Banana + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,430 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

2. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together12,301 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

3. Banana + creamtop 23% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together1,180 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Creme de banana

Adds banana sweetness and aroma to the drink.

Dark creme de cacao

Adds chocolate flavour and sweetness to the drink.

Vanilla ice cream

Adds creamy body and sweetness, and chills the blend when blended with ice.

Swap the banana

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

1. Strawberryfits better
2. Raspberryfits better
3. Coconutfits about as well
4. Bananathe original

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