What's the secret to cotton candy?
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that is 1 of those odd things.. i think in the beginning the name was slapped on for marketing.. its usually used as a sweetener (em or Ethyl Maltol ). try adding a bit of fruit with it.
EM indeed is used as generic "sweet" and also as cotton candy. I think it's one of those flavors that "flips over" to something different at a certain level. What % did you use?
I, for instance, use some AP (Acetyl Pyrazene) and at low percentages, it adds a little "nutty" to a mix. But go just a little too high, and BAM, it's suddenly "FRITOS CORN CHIPS". Unmistakable...fritos. LOL.
Flavors are totally unique to individual taste buds - you can up the mix, or maybe LOWER the mix, in order to hit what you hoped for. Common DIY error in fact, is going to high with a percentage - people would put 15 or 20% of something in and not taste it. Then they'd try it at 8%, and the flavor would return... Weird.
Good luck!
I, for instance, use some AP (Acetyl Pyrazene) and at low percentages, it adds a little "nutty" to a mix. But go just a little too high, and BAM, it's suddenly "FRITOS CORN CHIPS". Unmistakable...fritos. LOL.
Flavors are totally unique to individual taste buds - you can up the mix, or maybe LOWER the mix, in order to hit what you hoped for. Common DIY error in fact, is going to high with a percentage - people would put 15 or 20% of something in and not taste it. Then they'd try it at 8%, and the flavor would return... Weird.
Good luck!
Aha! I just looked at my recipe and I used it at 15%...I'll dry to decrease it and see if that works!
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Cotton candy is more of an additive than a flavor.
From from the blog by @Hoosier :
EM = Ethyl Maltol. You may as well tie one hand behind your back if you do not have some of this in your stash of stuff. (Two flavoring companies that I know of also sell this in a 10% solution as Cotton Candy Flavoring.) I use EM in a 10% solution and here is what it does:
As a matter of course, I add 1% cotton candy to all my mixes now and it is indeed a "magic bullet".
From from the blog by @Hoosier :
EM = Ethyl Maltol. You may as well tie one hand behind your back if you do not have some of this in your stash of stuff. (Two flavoring companies that I know of also sell this in a 10% solution as Cotton Candy Flavoring.) I use EM in a 10% solution and here is what it does:
- Tiny Bit (A fraction of 1% in your mix) - Gives a "body" to the vapor and may slightly reduce sharp notes.
- A Bit (Close to 1% +/- in your mix) - As above but will take the edge off sharp notes and may very slightly sweeten.
- A Bunch (1%-5% of your total mix) - As above plus sweeten
- A Load (10%+ of your total mix) - Cotton Candy flavor
As a matter of course, I add 1% cotton candy to all my mixes now and it is indeed a "magic bullet".
If you put a small dab on your finger,it does indeed taste exactly like cotton candy,although i have not ever tasted a finished juice that tasted like it,it is definitely an odd one haha.
I enjoy Blueberry Cotton Candy from Flavor West at 10%. Tastes great to me.
So if I just used 10% of the ethyl Maltol alone, it will taste like cotton candy?
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Yes and No. The taste is different to different folks. Some folks say if you use too much, it will mute the flavor of your mix.
Could try TFA Circus Cotton Candy to see how that tastes.
re: Perfumers Apprentice - Cotton Candy (Circus)
if your lucky,,, FA pineapple is butter to me and a few others'.........taste is a funny thing
ps.. i dont mind that the FA pineapple is all butter and not pineapple to me.. it works great as butter in my adv recipe.
I dunno... that's a good question! Hoosier seems to think so but I've never tried it.
I bought ethyl maltol as an additive only, not to try by itself. I've never added more than 3% to a mix.
I think BrotherBob and 4lph4num3r1c have the right idea - if you're looking for a candy flavor you could try TFA's Circus Cotton Candy or FW's Blueberry Cotton Candy - they both seem to get consistently good reviews. CAP's has Blue Raspberry Cotton Candy and Real Flavors has one called Blue Raz Cotton Candy as well.
I never had any Luck using Cotton Candy. Either as a Flavor or as a Sweetener.
It just Didn't seem to do much for my Receptors. And if I Added More, it would just get this Dull Chemical Taste.
But Taste is Subjective. And some like it.
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I personally think regular cotton candy tastes crappy by itself. I use it in many of my mixes at 1-2% as a sweetener.
I've posted this recipe before but my wife has been solely vaping cotton candy juice for the last 3 years. The first was a vendor cotton candy then I tried to mix CC juice but ended up with nothing short of a sickly syrup that tasted like crap. I began with using 10%CC then started cutting in half, then half again and still ended up with YUK syrup.
To make a long story short but my final result was mixing 4.5% HS Desert Ship with 3/4% Signature Circus Cotton Candy and this has been her vape for the last almost 2 years. The exhale smells like being at the fair, it has a mild sweet CC taste and doesn't make you feel sickly. Its also easy on the coils with her getting 2+ weeks off a build before it poops out.
I scored with her juice since I took a fifty US dollar a month vendor juice and turned it into less than 5 bucks a month DIY juice along with a happy wife.
To make a long story short but my final result was mixing 4.5% HS Desert Ship with 3/4% Signature Circus Cotton Candy and this has been her vape for the last almost 2 years. The exhale smells like being at the fair, it has a mild sweet CC taste and doesn't make you feel sickly. Its also easy on the coils with her getting 2+ weeks off a build before it poops out.
I scored with her juice since I took a fifty US dollar a month vendor juice and turned it into less than 5 bucks a month DIY juice along with a happy wife.
Does anyone else have a good cotton candy based recipe? I like all sorts of cotton candy and would like to have a couple of options
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It may exist already, but I'd like to see a thread about additives to DIY juice and how they work to improve a juice. There's lots of experience around ECF and those who have perfected the use of EM, AP, MTS Vape Wizard, and other such additives could enlighten us tremendously.
Wait ... it's been discussed at length. Here's the list of threads.
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/search/5490007/?q=juice+additives&o=relevance&c[node]=38
Wait ... it's been discussed at length. Here's the list of threads.
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/search/5490007/?q=juice+additives&o=relevance&c[node]=38
Nathan @ VU posted this a couple of years ago. FWIW...
"It's pretty simple..
8% Circus Cotton candy - TFA
2% County Fair Cotton candy - LA
Everyone who tries this cotton candy blend falls in love with it. Circus Cotton candy - TFA is an amazing flavor, it has a "hit" that's hard to describe. The County Fair Cotton candy - LA sweetens it up a bit but a full 10% of Circus Cotton candy - TFA is amazing too.
I can't stop vaping cotton candy!"
"It's pretty simple..
8% Circus Cotton candy - TFA
2% County Fair Cotton candy - LA
Everyone who tries this cotton candy blend falls in love with it. Circus Cotton candy - TFA is an amazing flavor, it has a "hit" that's hard to describe. The County Fair Cotton candy - LA sweetens it up a bit but a full 10% of Circus Cotton candy - TFA is amazing too.
I can't stop vaping cotton candy!"
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