I came up with this after my friend, and best customer, told me that his "dream vape" was Lucky Charms with an emphasis on the milk. He said he has tried countless cereal juices, and nothing came close. Until now. He was, in his words, 100% satisfied in his search being over.
I can't emphasize enough just how creamy this is. I would describe it as almost impossibly creamy, and it works so well. I am very proud of this recipe, especially because it's something I came up with by request, and started from the ground up with no real established guide. I know it seems like a lot of flavors, but each one is there for a reason, is essential, and aside from the accent note of FA Coconut, the recipe wouldn't be what it is without it.
- TFA Bavarian Cream - 3%
- TFA Lucky Leprechaun Cereal - 3.35%
- FA Fresh Cream - 2%
- FA Marshmallow - 2%
- FA Meringue - 2.5%
- FA Vienna Cream - 2%
- CAP Vanilla Custard v1 - 4%
- FW White Chocolate - 1.5%
- TFA Sweetener - 1.5%
- FA Coconut - 0.3%
TFA Bavarian Cream/CAP VC v1/FA Fresh Cream
These provide the very bottom base note, establishing a thick, sweet, creamy vanilla for the rest of the mix to rest on. I wanted to avoid a buttery sort of thickness, while still being "thick". That is where the Bavarian and Fresh creams come in. VC1 is the bottom, bare-bones building block that goes in pretty much anything I want to be creamy.
FA Meringue/FA Vienna Cream
These two together just SCREAM to be used for this flavor profile, Meringue especially. These two flavors are what give it the sweet and almost tangy "cereal milk" characteristic.
FA Marshmallow/FW White Chocolate/TFA Sweetener
Here is where the cereal marshmallow body comes in. I used Marshmallow at 2% to emphasize this, as well as round the mix out and take down any sharp edges that Vienna and Meringue may leave at their respective percentages. FW White Chocolate is what transforms the marshmallow into a cereal marshmallow. Dry, a bit chalky, and very artificial (in the best way possible). It brings the marshmallow right to where it needs to be, while the sweetener pushes it over the top. I very rarely use sweetener, but I think this recipe definitely benefits from it.
TFA Lucky Leprechaun Cereal
This is what transforms it from reminiscent of a Lucky Charms milk, to an absolutely, no questions asked Lucky Charms cereal milk. By itself, I can't see this flavor being very good or versatile, but in this application, it is right at home, for obvious reasons. It seems to have some acetyl pyrazine in it, which provides just a hint of cereal graininess. The rest of the flavor just adds the necessary characteristic of sugary-ass Lucky Charms.
FA Coconut adds a bit of an almost nutty accent that broadens the spectrum of creaminess, if that makes any sense. It just makes it "wider". It does not taste like coconut at all in this mix, but it adds a nice touch.
I have been all about simplifying my recipes lately, thanks to that guy who posted about it, as well as the Beginner Blending Podcast episode "K.I.S.S.", but this one actually requires quite a few concentrates to achieve what it does. I wouldn't be posting such a complicated mix unless I thought it was necessary.
If you like creamy vapes, or cereal vapes, try this out and let me know what you think! ELR link- http://tjek.nu/r/5MEj
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Nice recipe and notes, man. Gotta order a few ingredients, but definitely gonna check it out.
Fuck these guys giving you shit over your flavoring percentage. Although I tend to agree with the whole "less is more" thing most of the time, they're not even bothering to try it before shitting on it. Fuck them a lot. You clearly spent time on this and it seems well thought out.
That's a shitload of cream. Is Bavarian Cream really necessary at 3% when you already have fresh cream and vienna at 2%? You could dial it down to 1%. Also CAP Vanilla Custard at 4% makes the custardy notes very prominent. I would keep it at 1% or 2% to get that thickness from the diacetyl without the egginess showing. The goal is to get the most out of your flavorings by using as little as possible. Establish your base, then add the subtle nuances to make it a bit more complex. I would do this:
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TFA Bavarian Cream - 1%
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TFA Lucky Leprechaun Cereal - 4%
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FA Fresh Cream - 1%
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FA Marshmallow - 0.5%
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FA Meringue - 2%
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FA Vienna Cream - 2%
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CAP Vanilla Custard v1 - 1.5%
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FW White Chocolate - 1%
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TFA Sweetener - 1%
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FW Hazelnut - 0.3%
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FA Coconut - 0.3%
I'm only using the CAP Vanilla Custard for that diacetyl goodness so 1.5% is more than enough. FA Marshmallow can taste odd at higher percentages so I kept it at 0.5% to help round out the edges. TFA Bavarian Cream at 1% helps back up the creaminess of the Meringue/Vienna/Fresh Cream combo. Even white chocolate i personally feel like its redundant. The FW Hazelnut and Coconut helps add maltiness to the cream.
I'm putting an order for this now, and I WILL come back to give a review on how it is. What is your recommended steep time? I usually let my cereals sit for at least a week before even trying, and 2-4 weeks to vape depending on how many flavorings I use (obviously I see this being on the high end).
It's decent after 24 hours, definitely vapeable, but best after 2 weeks. Steeping really thickens this one up.
I'm sorry but I have to ask... Isn't that a massive amount of flavoring? I mean that's 22.15% flavoring, when, in my own juices I find myself using no more than 15% usually, and I thought that was on the high end. I'm actually curious though, as I don't tend to make other people's recipes, and just kind of mess around with flavorings on my own, so I guess I don't really know what is "standard".
Yes, it's quite a lot. However, I think this particular juice works well with such a high flavor percentage, since there is no real defined top note, and most of the flavors are somewhat similar to one another. The only way I'd feel totally comfortable lowering it would be to make a flavor base, and use that at your desired total flavor percentage. The ratios between one flavor and another are pretty locked in. The only thing I could see working would be to lower the vanilla custard to 2%, or 1% as suggested above, LL cereal to 3%, and vienna cream to 1.5%. The bavarian cream is a pretty essential element of the flavor, and I couldn't justify having it any lower than it is.
Right but wouldn't they work just as well with all flavors reduced by say, 20%, or some other random percentile? That way the ratios don't change, but the actual potency/overall flavoring percentage would be the only thing affected...
I'm just curious if that could work, as while I get what you're saying, that still seems very high to me. I'd just be curious if you could reduce the entire flavoring percentage to say, 15%, and it still taste good.
Maybe it's just me, but usually when I get any higher than that, stuff starts tasting kind of odd lol.
Reducing every flavor by 20% could very well result in a totally different profile than what OP was going for. There is no right or wrong amount of total flavoring. However, there are kind of right and wrongs when it comes to percentages used for each individual flavorings. You should be testing your flavors individually to determine their optimal usage. Some flavors require a higher percentage to hit certain notes whereas using that same flavor at 25% less will be completely different. Don't think of 15% total flavoring (or any percentage really) as your set in stone total percentage. Some recipes need less than 5% total flavoring and some require 25% total flavoring. Everyone's palate is different as well so something that works for you may not work for others.