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2 flavors that taste great with simple syrup

We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes simple syrup better. On average, recipes with simple syrup received a 4.49⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with cointreau.
Simple syrup is common in american food

These are the most important combinations we found:


Stand out combinations


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Common combinations


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Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.

Here are some great recipes we found with simple syrup:

Rum Julep

Rum Julep
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.7/10

Frozen Margarita Slushy

Frozen Margarita Slushy
cafedelites.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.7/10

Live Basil Gimlet

Live Basil Gimlet
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.6/10

Dark Rum Southsides

Dark Rum Southsides
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.6/10

Beautiful Red Bell Cocktail

Beautiful Red Bell Cocktail
cookieandkate.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.5/10

Cucumber Mint Gimlet

Cucumber Mint Gimlet
cookieandkate.com
Review: 4.9/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.5/10

Frozen Blueberry Margaritas

Frozen Blueberry Margaritas
cookieandkate.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.4/10

Whiskey Smash

Whiskey Smash
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.4/10

Lemon Drop Martini

Lemon Drop Martini
copykat.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10

Holiday Sangria

Holiday Sangria
aggieskitchen.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10

Spicy Grapefruit Margaritas

Spicy Grapefruit Margaritas
cookieandkate.com
Review: 4.9/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10

Mixed Berry Mojito

Mixed Berry Mojito
chefsavvy.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10

Watermelon White Sangria

Watermelon White Sangria
cookieandkate.com
Review: 4.7/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.6/10

The Perfect Mojito

The Perfect Mojito
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.4/10

Fresh Honeydew Margarita

Fresh Honeydew Margarita
cookieandkate.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5/10

Blood Orange Mojito

Blood Orange Mojito
chefsavvy.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 4.1/10

Watermelon Mojito

Watermelon Mojito
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 4/10

Watermelon Sugar

Watermelon Sugar
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.8/10

Blood Orange and Pomegranate Sparkling Sangria

Blood Orange and Pomegranate Sparkling Sangria
cookieandkate.com
Review: 4.8/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.2/10

Basil Cucumber Gimlet

Basil Cucumber Gimlet
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.1/10

White Linen

White Linen
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.4/10

Thai Basil Bliss

Thai Basil Bliss
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.3/10

Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.2/10

Campbell Swizzle

Campbell Swizzle
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.1/10

Italia Libera

Italia Libera
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0.1/10

World Cocktail

World Cocktail
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 3/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10

The Catcher

The Catcher
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10

Campari Collins

Campari Collins
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10

Coconut Lemon Sour

Coconut Lemon Sour
barefeetinthekitchen.com
Review: 4.49/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10

Sangria Pened..

Sangria Pened..
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 0/10




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