In search of cotton candy...

[Chris Sutton]

Hello all.
Well, I've searched and searched... I've mixed and mixed... I still cannot find THE cotton candy.
There is a vape shop near me, and he has a"fairy floss " flavor, and it's exactly right. The problem with just buying his is that it's $30 for 60ml. That's a little much for something I can make at about $5 for 120ml.
Recipes I've tried :
TPA cotton candy (from 5% to 12%) solo flavor in base

TPA CC 8%
TPA Strawberry 2.5%
TPA strawberry ripe 2.5%

TPA CC 8%
TPA circus cc 2.5%
TPA straw/ripe 2.5/2.5%

Same as above + 1% French vanilla

TPA cc 8%
TPA black cherry 1-2%

I've gone anywhere from snv to a month of steep time and they all taste wrong. Has anyone come across a "County fair cotton candy?" Of course the local shop owner doesn't want to give me his recipe that's a given!
Thanks in advance, I'm truly stumped

 

[DaveP]

Taste is subjective. We all play with our recipes to enhance the flavor to suit our own taste. Look at the recipes online and play with the results. Add and take away flavors until you hit the right combo.

Someone will post their favorite. Keep checking back.

 

[Chris Sutton]

I looked at his recipe but didn't try it. The circus cotton candy on it's own wasn't that good to me. I tried just a straight 10% CCC and ended up adding a shot of raspberry to make it decent. I put that in because it had almost a fruitless taffy taste to me leaning towards a raspberry like flavor. On the other hand, CCC 10% and raspberry 2% was pretty darn good, just not cc good

I might make it again with some sour too

 

[glasseye]

Some people think Lorann and Flavor West cotton candy are better. A little EM might do the trick too, but not too much or it'll kill the other flavorings.

From somewhere else I can't mention- "I use FW CC at 3% and 1% for FA Vanilla and TFA Meringue, sometimes I add some sweet and tart or FW Hard Candy and other candies as well. Also, FW Blueberry CC is good as well."

 

[JCinFLA]

Thanks in advance, I'm truly stumped

There have been quite a few before you, who have also been searching high and low for that same thing...a county fair type of cotton candy recipe. None have found it yet, to my knowledge.

 

[Tinben]

I tried this one years ago and loved it. High quality vape juice. IMO.

Iloveannamae.com

 

[Chris Sutton]

Yeah I figured I'd give it a shot and see if someone had any new ideas

I'll give some of the other EMs a try and see, as well as that recipe. Why not? Lol

 

[denali_41]

Real flavors has a "sugar cookie" that smells just like cotton candy,or so i am told
dammit it might be Purilum ?? i forget and am no where near to checking the bottle

 

[IDJoel]

I wonder if this might be a candidate for just a smidgen (like in the 0.25-0.50% range) of INW Creme Brulee? It might help bring out just a suggestion of burnt sugar. It would also provide a light vanilla note. at that low of a percentage, I doubt it would influence the overall body too much.

I would be inclined to start low, and work my way up, if it appeared to be working.

 

[BrotherBob]

Yeah I figured I'd give it a shot and see if someone had any new ideas
I'll give some of the other EMs a try and see, as well as that recipe. Why not? Lol

I'm interested in non PG flavors.
Might give Cotton Candy (Organic) (NF) and Cotton Candy Vanilla (Organic) (NF) a test.
re: Nature's Flavors Concentrates