Chocolate Ice Cream Pie with Rice Krispies

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. Sauce + syruptop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together173 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

2. Peanut + ricetop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together670 recipes

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

3. Corn + ricetop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together933 recipes

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

4. Peanut + corntop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together346 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

5. Chocolate + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,279 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

What each ingredient does

Ice cream

Forms the frozen base layer that gives the pie its chilled, creamy body.

Chocolate fudge sauce

Adds sweetness and chocolate flavor, and forms a fudgy layer over the ice cream.

Peanut butter

Adds roasted nutty flavor and richness to the chocolate sauce layer.

Rice krispie cereal

Provides the crisp, crunchy texture and the body of the crust.

Corn syrup

Helps the cereal stick together and adds sweetness to the crust.

Margarine

Coats the cereal and helps bind the crust while adding richness.

The step that matters

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, sauce, cream, butter, corn, syrup, rice):

1. Peanutthe original
2. Almondfits about as well
3. Pistachiofits less well
4. Beansfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, sauce, cream, butter, corn, syrup, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.