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Piña Colada Ice Pops

Ice lollies with a Caribbean twist! Turn the sunshine cocktail of rum, pineapple and coconut into a creamy frozen treat

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Piña Colada Ice Pops

Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Piña Colada Ice Pops

MAKES 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories
4 gProtein
27 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

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

  3. Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Coconut + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

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

  5. Pineapple + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,574 recipes

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

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

Swap the lime

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Limethe original

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