Here we are, another dessert recipe that I decided to mix up thanks to something I noticed during my last flavour order. I saw a banana split flavour concentrate, can't remember the vendor, but I thought, fuck getting a concentrate, I can make this my damn self. Recipe below, flavour notes below that.

BNNSPLT (pending v1 title)

Recipe

• TFA Strawberry Ripe at 6.5%
• TFA Strawberry at 1%
• TFA Dragonfruit at 2.5%
• TFA Banana Cream at 1.25%
• TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream at 1.5%
• CAP Marshmallow at 0.35%
• INW Biscuit at 0.5%
• FA Almond at 0.2%
• FA Caramel at 0.5%
• TFA Koolada at 5 drops per 15ml
• Optional - CAP Chocolate Glazed Donut at 1%

Flavour notes

Profile - sweet strawberry bite on the inhale, creamy vanilla sits on the tongue, then the banana really comes through on the exhale. On top of this, you get a nice HINT of a dry almond in the exhale, which balances everything out.

80VG/20PG - I find that mixing this at a higher VG for this recipe works well because the added sweetness and higher density of the vape plays well with the mouthfeel of the flavour profile

Steep Time - shake and vape is delicious. Flavours all mix together nicely, but still have enough distinction to know what you're vaping. After 2-3 days of steeping, you'll get more creaminess and more banana.

TFA Strawberry Ripe/TFA Strawberry/TFA Dragonfruit - you already know. The addition of TFA Strawberry helps push the fruity sweetness and prevents the strawberry ripe/dragonfruit combo from becoming too earthy and "realistic." I wanted to keep the strawberry in the background here, but I also wanted it to stay almost candy-sweet. Adding TFA Strawberry helps with this, and if you want more strawberry flavour, leave Ripe as it is, push plain strawberry maybe 0.5 - 1%.

TFA Banana Cream - although this recipe is a banana split, TFA Banana Cream is a fickle beast. After a steep, it really pushes forward in any mix I've used it in. Leaving it at 1.25% allows the flavour to be noticeable in a shake and vape, and you'll only continue to notice more of it with time.

TFA VBIC/CAP Marshmallow - this is obviously the ice cream base. I added CAP marshmallow in here to emulate the whipped cream, I don't particularly like how muted TFA Whipped Cream is, and I know if I use enough of it in the mix to actually taste, it won't stand up to a steep. Using CAP marshmallow adds that fluffy, creamy, sugary sweetness you want, without the need to use a lot and potentially ruin the recipe after a few days. Same with VBIC, it's potent, so leave it between 1.5 - 2%, depending on how strong you want that element to be. Just remember that this note gets stronger over time.

INW Biscuit/FA Almond/FA Caramel - the "toppings" in a banana split. You'll notice that I've omitted any sort of cherry, and if you think about it, this makes sense. When you eat a banana split, you don't taste cherry the entire time you eat it. I'm trying to keep this as true to the actual dessert as possible in terms of flavour profile, so I've left any cherry elements out. And, well, I don't like cherry flavours in general. Anyway, the mix of biscuit, almond, and caramel work together in a few ways. First, they add a nice counterbalance to the creamy sweetness of the rest of the mix. The biscuit/almond combination adds a nice note of a dry almond on the exhale, while the caramel keeps everything smooth and sweet. I also used the biscuit and almond to counteract the VBIC and Banana Cream from overpowering everything during steeping. Any sort of nut or "dry" element will help stop those flavours from destroying everything else.

Koolada - at 5 drops per 15ml, the cooling aspect is ever so slight. I like it in there because it aids in making it FEEL like ice cream. But this is not a necessary element. Adjust according to how much cold throat feel you like in your vape.

CAP Chocolate Glazed Donut - alright, so I don't really like chocolate vapes, but I know a banana split has chocolate syrup. So I found that using a small bit of this flavour works nicely in the recipe. It adds the chocolate element in a small way, and CAP CGD is nice because it also adds a little more body to the whole recipe. You don't actually taste a doughnut, you just get a little more of a full-bodied mouthfeel by using it. I used it minimally in my recipe because, again, I don't really like chocolate vapes because it ends up being all I taste, but at 1 - 1.5%, it'll just be there as a side note. You can push this more if you want to have a stronger chocolate note, just be careful not to let it overpower the mix or add too much of a doughnut flavour. I'd say 3% is probably the absolute highest you could go here if you use this particular flavour.

Alright! I'm really digging this mix so far. I needed something new after vaping my bourbon pear recipe for the past three days straight. And, I feel like everyone needs a good strawberries n cream recipe, I just wanted mine to have a little more punch to it.

Hope y'all enjoy, let me know what you think, and any possible changes that could be made. I'm going to experiment with using LA Banana Cream once it gets here, but even so, this works nicely as it is.

Cheers!