Getting the cereal "crispy" taste

submitted about 10 years ago by M3t1s

Ohoi thar!

I was recently on a Nicks Blissfull Brews binge - Specially the Loop Ninja. This liquid has a very pronounced cereal aspect which was lovely.

Now - For me, cereals should not have fruits added for flavour (Think Cornflakes!), and I wanted to do a vanilla/cornflake kinda thing.

All the cereal recipes I've been loking at has had the fruit aspect, and I kinda like them, but my "Unicorn" is still out there.

What would be a good starting point?

Comments

8 points

by tet5uoabout 10 years ago

Perhaps small amounts of TFA Rice crunchies and Acetyl Pyrazine? AP can taste like corn-chips when it gets stronger. It's a nutty toasted bread kind of flavor.

7 points

by wecabout 10 years ago

So it's not just me who made something that tasted like Fritos?

1 points

by tet5uoabout 10 years ago

Haha, nope.

1 points

by PinheadXabout 10 years ago

I've tasted that in several vendors' cereal juices. MBV was probably the worst, and The Drip was noticeable.

That shit has to be used VERY sparingly.

2 points

by Ameliteabout 10 years ago

I was gonna recommend rice crunchies as well. I know OP said they were trying to avoid fruits, but a small amount of lemon sicily is almost always in my cereal mixes.

2 points

by tet5uoabout 10 years ago

I use that shit like frank's red-hot. It goes in almost everything :D

Might be my time as a baker..we used lemon and vanilla almost like salt and pepper in cooking.

1 points

by Ameliteabout 10 years ago

It's delicious! Any other flavor you'd recommend?

5 points

by skiddlzninjaabout 10 years agoFrugivore

I'm surprised no one has said FA cookie yet. It tastes like a sweet dry cereal to me. Not quite corn flakes, but more the grain flavor in fruit loops.

2 points

by HocusKrokusabout 10 years ago

FA cookie, INW biscuit, INW almond, AP, and FW yellow cake. the first four under 1% and FW yellow cake around 2-3%. A bit of EM to brighten and add milk/fruit as desired.

1 points

by saxguy9345about 10 years ago

A bunch of the fruit loops recipes I see use bergamot in very low % for that crisp cereal note.

1 points

by Discchordabout 10 years ago

Is that why that's there? I thought the Cereal Killah clones were mostly an exercise in throwing together as many citrus fruits from as many manufacturers as possible. I haven't tried it in anything else or on its own. Does it not have a strong lemon flavor? I just sniffed the bottle and my world disappeared under an olfactory overload of lemon zest.

1 points

by tranceinateabout 10 years agoMixologist

I tried searching for jackster's notes on his updated revision, couldn't find them anywhere; but i assure you, it's not.

No lemon, but an absurdly tart/bitter grapefruit/orange cross.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaabout 10 years agoFrugivore

It's a bitter citrus, much like zest as you said.

1 points

by tranceinateabout 10 years agoMixologist

..You sure you're not thinking of yellow cake+meringue?

Bergamot is like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange. I get a slight peppery note to FA's Bergamot and FLV's Orange Citrus.

1 points

by saxguy9345about 10 years ago

Yep honestly make the Cereal Killa recipe floating around without the FA Bergamot, then add it and you'll facepalm. It doesn't add the cupcake/cream note (meringue+cake) but that sharp almost wheaty bite to a fruit loop is most definitely the bergamot. It's used in a very very low percentage compared to the lemon content.

E: actually reading my post out loud, I wondered if this trick only works with the Cereal killa clone because of the high amount of citrus already.

1 points

by benisanerdabout 10 years ago

Before Looper changed their recipe, the bergamot just came across as gross bitterness.

1 points

by M3t1sabout 10 years ago

All very good suggestions.

Currently I'm experimenting with berry crunch - still only getting weak berries though, not so much crunch :(

I also read in a looper clone thread that a low amount of hazelnut has yielded successful results - ala soggy cereals in the bowl.

I've played with tpa fruit circles, but that tastes kinda like my bathroom descaler smells..

Rice crunchies is on my to buy list, but the other half has given fairly harsh instructions to not melt the plastic at my local b&m :D

I was also considering some obscure waffle-esque concoction and dairy milk - input?

1 points

by fistful_of_assholesabout 10 years ago

Which berry crunch? TFA? It tastes more cookie to me than anything I would define as a berry crunch, I'm still trying to make it taste palatable, it makes a very dry tasting vape in my experience

1 points

by Growing_plantsabout 10 years ago

try using TFA strawberry and TFA hazelnut in varying amounts to make crunch berry. Super simple recipe and it tastes spot on to me.

1 points

by juice_junkieabout 10 years ago

What about some maezipan? Wonder how 1% would play in a cereal killa clone recipe?

1 points

by totally_superabout 10 years ago

Try TFA Kettle Corn.