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Cranberry Trail Bars

"This is a power version of traditional crispy rice treats made with different nuts, coconut and cranberries."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cranberry Trail Bars

Why it works: Sesame and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 349 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Cranberry Trail Bars

24 bars
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1302Calories
23 gProtein
102 gFat
86 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Marshmallownot 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. Sesame + peanuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

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

  2. Sunflower + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  3. Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

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

  4. Sesame + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  5. Sunflower + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

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

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, sunflower, almond, coconut, rice, peanut, butter):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sesame, sunflower, almond, coconut, rice, peanut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.