Everyone has a guilty pleasure when it comes to food. These are often the craziest combinations that not everyone understands or likes. If you want to give your taste buds a taste explosion, these are the tastiest, but strangest food combos.
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Fries with milkshake dip combo
A well-known yet strange food combo is dipping fries in your milkshake. If you like sweet and salty mixed, it is definitely something to try. The warm salty fries with the cold sweet milkshake is a delicious combination. No wonder many people prefer to dip their fries in milkshake rather than mayonnaise.
Avocado and chocolate mousse
Avocado and chocolate mousse together make a deliciously creamy combo. It is not surprising that this goes well together. Many vegan chocolate mousses have avocado as a base.
Toasti with applesauce
Dipping your sandwich in applesauce is a bit like dipping fries in a milkshake. Many people simply find the combination of sweet and salt very tasty. Maybe you used to eat a sandwich with fries and applesauce on the side as a child. The combination may also have something nostalgic.
Ice cream with olive oil and sea salt
Ice cream itself is quite greasy. Adding olive oil makes it even fattier, but also makes it even tastier. With healthy olive oil the ice cream tastes even creamier. The sea salt further enhances the deliciously sweet taste of the ice cream. Even Dua Lipa loves this crazy food combo. So it’s really worth a try.
Chicken and pickle juice
Some people drink pickle juice separately after the pickles are finished. That may be a bit strange, but combine this with chicken? Apparently these two flavors go very well together. The sour taste of the pickle juice together with the salty chicken is super tasty. You put the pickle juice on the chicken when you also season it. This way you can properly incorporate the flavor into the chicken without it being too overpowering.
Mango with chili powder
Mango with chili powder is already widely eaten in Mexico. The spiciness and sweetness somehow just go well together. In Mexico they put Tajin on their mango which tastes really delicious. You’ll want to try this food combo.
Food combo from Ratatouille
If you’ve seen the movie Ratatouille, you probably know the iconic scene in which Remy (the mouse) eats strawberries and cheese at the same time. Although the film is fiction, this combo is indeed delicious. Parmesan cheese with strawberry also goes well together. They are also often placed next to each other on a charcuterie board.
Mexican chicken with chocolate sauce
A dish that was a favorite of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is Pollo con mole poblano. That means chicken with spicy chocolate sauce. This Mexican dish is a real explosion in your mouth. It tastes sweet, salty, spicy and in summary: fantastic. Be sure to look for a recipe for this online.
