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Coconut Ice Cream Balls

"Coconut and graham cracker-coated ice cream balls served with fresh strawberries, caramel sauce, and whipped cream make a delectable treat."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Coconut Ice Cream Balls

Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Coconut Ice Cream Balls

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

901Calories
17 gProtein
40 gFat
118 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Saucenot 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 allrecipes. 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 + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

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

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

  5. Coconut + saucetop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the vanilla

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

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Bananafits less well
  4. Pineapplefits less well

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