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Trail Mix

This trail mix with dried cranberries, macadamia nuts and dark chocolate is convenient, plenty filling and nutritious to boot.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Trail Mix

Why it works: Macadamia nut and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 82 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Trail Mix

Makes half a gallon

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

217Calories
2 gProtein
9 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Macadamia Nutnot 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 elanaspantry. 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. Macadamia nut + chocolatetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together82 recipes

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

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