10 flavors that taste great with bourbon
..and 11 combinations to avoid.
We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes bourbon better. On average, recipes with bourbon received a 4.39⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with apple cider vinegar. And sometimes worse. Like with flaky sea salt.
Bourbon is common in american food
These are the most important combinations we found:
Stand out combinations
Improved by
High potential
Unfavorable to
Worse all around
Common combinations
- butter
- egg
- vanilla
- brown sugar
- salt
- cinnamon
- black pepper
- maple syrup
- nutmeg
- water
- lemon juice
- sugar
- dark brown sugar
- garlic
- honey
- baking powder
- ginger
- egg yolk
- baking soda
- confectioners sugar
- soy sauce
- salted butter
- olive oil
- orange juice
- cornflour
- corn syrup
- thyme
- cayenne
- semisweet chocolate
- onion
- vegetable oil
- white sugar
- powdered sugar
- cocoa powder
- molasses
- apple cider
- pumpkin puré
- sour cream
- dijon mustard
- vanilla bean
- peach
- cream cheese
- garlic powder
- raw pecans
- angostura bitters
- orange zest
- cake flour
- toasted pecans
- canola oil
- bacon
- coffee
- egg whites
- apple
- onion powder
- heavy whipping cream
- cranberry
- smoked paprika
- barbecue sauce
- chocolate
- almonds
- walnuts
- chicken stock
- granny smith apple
- whipped cream
- dark chocolate
- jalapeño peppers
- orange peel
- pie crust
- vanilla wafers
- anise
- banana
- sage
- ginger beer
- graham cracker crumbs
- dark corn syrup
- cider vinegar
- carrots
- maraschino cherry
- balsamic vinegar
- brioche
Explore the stand out connections in the visual explorer 👉
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 bourbon:
Sweet Potato Cake with Bourbon Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
beyondfrosting.com
Review: 4.39/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10
Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Donuts à la mode with Bourbon Salted Caramel, Walnuts, and Bananas
bakerbynature.com
Review: 4.39/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10
Whole Wheat Rosemary Sweet Potato Pancakes with Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce
bakerbynature.com
Review: 4.39/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10
Cinnamon Apple Bourbon Hand Pies with Whole Wheat Crust
bakerbynature.com
Review: 4.39/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.8/10
Salted Pretzel Peanut Butter Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
bakerbynature.com
Review: 4.67/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.6/10
