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Berry Pina Colada

A blended cocktail of Piña Colada mix, blue raspberry mix, rum, pineapple, and ice, garnished with fruit.

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Why it works: Pineapple and strawberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 433 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Berry Pina Colada

Time10 seconds

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add 1 cup of ice to a blender with 4 oz. Mr & Mrs T Piña Colada Mix, 1/2 oz. Rose’s Cocktail Infusions Blue Raspberry Mix, 3 pineapple chunks, and 1-1/2 oz. rum.

  2. Blend for 10 seconds or until smooth.

  3. Pour into a pineapple-rimmed piña colada glass, and garnish with a pineapple wedge, pineapple leaf, raspberry, or strawberry, as desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

227Calories
3 gProtein
2 gFat
49 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
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Rosenot in our table0
Cocktailnot in our table0
Leafnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Pineapple + strawberrytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

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

  2. Raspberry + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together815 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Rum + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Raspberry + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  5. Rum + strawberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Mr & mrs t piña colada mix
Provides the main sweet, pineapple and coconut flavour base for the drink.
Rose’s cocktail infusions blue raspberry mix
Adds sweetness and a fruity raspberry flavour and colour to the drink.
Rum
Contributes alcohol and its own aroma, balancing the sweetness of the mixes.
Pineapple chunks
Adds fresh pineapple flavour and body, helping the blended drink thicken.
Ice
Chills the drink and, when blended, gives it a smooth, slushy texture.

The step that matters

Blend for 10 seconds or until smooth. Over-blending melts the ice and dilutes the drink, while under-blending leaves ice chunks. Blend just until smooth so the texture stays thick and cold.

Swap the raspberry

The recipe marks raspberry as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rose, rum, pineapple, strawberry):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Bananafits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rose, rum, pineapple, strawberry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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