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Merlin's Pantry is an iPhone app that shows you what you can cook right now from the ingredients you already have — ranked by percent match, with the exact missing ingredients sent straight to a shopping list.
I had this idea almost 20 years ago now. Wouldn't it be nice if I could just describe what's in my pantry or fridge and get recipes matching what I already have to cook? Fast Forward to 2026 when I can make that a reality without spending $25K. Recently I thought, with the advancements in AI and especially with the upcoming IOS 27 AI implementation, I bet we could take a picture of it and get ingredients to match with. Sure enough, you can....if you want to spend a fortune on the calls. Very soon, Apple will make that on device capable. At any rate, I decided to begin my journey and here it is. One of the really useful features I found was being able to snap a pic of your existing hand written recipes and get really nicely formatted instructions and ingredients. Grandma's handwriting never stood a chance! Don't forget to try out the cocktail recipe generator! That was a fun addition along the way. Many updates planned in the near future as well!
Merlin's Pantry is an iPhone app answering the question "what can I make with what's in my kitchen?" Pick a category, add your ingredients by typing them or dictating them and get recipes ranked by percent match — 100% "cook now" matches first, then near-misses showing exactly which ingredients you're missing. Missing items go to a shareable shopping list. It also matches cocktails from the same pantry, imports physical recipe cards by photo, and can synthesize a recipe when nothing quite fits.
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About Merlin's Pantry on Product Hunt
“Recipes from your ingredients”
Merlin's Pantry was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #143 on the daily leaderboard. Merlin's Pantry is an iPhone app that shows you what you can cook right now from the ingredients you already have — ranked by percent match, with the exact missing ingredients sent straight to a shopping list.
Merlin's Pantry was featured in iOS (110.8k followers), Cooking (9k followers) and Food & Drink (2.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 44.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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