The Story

Alright everyone, sit back and relax while I take you on a journey through Sadlad's world. The first thing you'll notice when you arrive is the sharp hit of cinnamon that fills the very air around you. Sure, some people tend to find the bite of cinnamon that greets them somewhat uncomfortable and harsh, but life is harsh — ask Sadlad. Just linger in the spicy cinnamon essence for a few days and you'll find you hardly even notice it anymore. The next thing you will come to realize about the melancholy environment you have found yourself in is how arid things have gotten.

The crunchy layer of dust that coats the top of everything around you brings an eerily familiar sensation. It reminds you of waking up in the morning and opening a fresh box of wheat and rice cereal only to discover that there is no milk left in the refrigerator. So you sit quietly on the torn antique couch in the corner of the room and eat your dry cereal in utterly hopeless misery, wondering what could possibly bring you a sense of relief. You don't have to worry about things like that here; Sadlad will take care of you.

You will soon find yourself enveloped in a blissful, milky sense of numbness. You won't remember the cinnamon stabbing the back of your throat anymore or the dry desperation of wheat and rice dust, all you will know now is the toasty marshmallow pillow of emptiness that you can lay your weary head on for a brief moment of comfort. If you expected any more sweetness from Sadlad you were misled, and if you want sugar and unicorn milk you will have to find that elsewhere.

Sadlad Toast Crunch

|Flavor|Percentage| |:-|:-| |CAP Cereal 27|2.5%| |CAP Cinnamon Danish Swirl|3%| |FA Fresh Cream|1%| |TFA Pie Crust|.75%| |TFA Rice Crunchies|1%| |CAP Sweet Cream|3.5%| |TFA Toasted Marshmallow|1%|

Preface

Hello everyone, I am Alfred Pudding and this is my full review of Sadlad Toast Crunch, a recipe created by u/RageIsAlotOfWork. I have been working on reviewing this recipe since I started mixing, and that should give you a good idea of how long I've been mixing. I picked this for my entry to the Boomdog Recipe Review contest for two major reasons: Out of the 10 recipes I tried when I started, this was the one I found myself coming back to, and this was the one that taught me the most about what goes into making a good recipe. If you have never tried it before I highly suggest mixing some up, and even if you have tried it before consider making some more after reading this review and getting to know Sadlad a bit more.

The Review

The reason this is my favorite recipe so far, is because it demonstrates what is possible with DIY flavor creation. It is a very accurate profile of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with nice touch of sweet, rich milk. The somewhat grainy mouthfeel that is produced by a sizable amount of cinnamon, wheat, and rice, along with the notes of cream and marshmallow really instill this recipe with a sense of nostalgia. The pairing of Cereal 27 and Rice Crunchies gives this recipe a wonderful body that really completes the cereal effect. After steeping for a few days the cinnamon from the Cinnamon Danish Swirl mellows out some which allows for the other flavors to come through more. The most interesting part of this recipe to me is how Pie Crust is used to add a hint of dark, caramelized sugar. I do recommend trying this recipe with a small amount of sweetener added for the cinnamon sugar aspect to come through. Other than that I don't have anything that I would alter about this recipe, it's seriously awesome and you should make some.

Method

I tested it at various stages of the steeping process in three different RDAs. The first RDA I tested it in was the Recurve RDA with a tri-core fused clapton at 60W. This RDA has a somewhat restricted airflow and the coil is placed close to the drip tip, so the notes of cinnamon and cereal are really apparent. This is the RDA that allowed me to figure out what the pie crust was doing for the recipe. The next RDA I tested the recipe with was the Drop Solo RDA with a single core fused clapton at 40W. This RDA has a ridiculous amount of airflow compared to the Recurve and the coil is much lower, so it allowed me to pick out more of the milky background in the profile. The toasted marshmallow also gets highlighted with this RDA, and it was interesting to see the effect it had on the recipe. The final RDA that I tested it in was a Berserker MTL RDA with a superfine fused clapton at a whopping 20W. This recipe holds up surprisingly well in a MTL RDA. One interesting thing that happened when testing it in this is how much the flavor of Cereal 27 gets highlighted. This is where I figured out that adding a small amount of sweetener adds something nice to the recipe.

TL;DR: Try Sadlad Toast Crunch.