In search of te perfect cocnut recipe..... 4 attepts thus far and getting frustrated!

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I use stevia in glycerin with no other ingredients. Some say stevia tastes bitter to them but I find the sucralose tastes much more bitter than the stevia. You can buy stevia in most health food stores.

Gooddog what brand stevia do you use . I have some sweetleaf but it tastes kinda like tylenol . Am i supposed to dilute it before using ?
 

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Gooddog what brand stevia do you use . I have some sweetleaf but it tastes kinda like tylenol . Am i supposed to dilute it before using ?

'On Stevia Extract', contains stevia, glycerin and water.

I guess if you make small batches you should dilute it. I use 1-2 drops in a 30mL mix.
 
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Almost didn't even read this thread, as I'm not a dessert-person, but I am glad I did.

Pina Colada and straight coconut (a bit on the sweet side preferred) are two of my favorite flavors but I haven't found anything yet that comes close to being a satisfying coconut vape. I've even bought pre-made bottles of both pina colada and coconut... bleach.

You mean professionally made juice?

I'm not a big coconut fan (the occasional Bounty/Mound bar is a treat though), but I wonder if maybe what you are looking for is something that is impossible, or at least extremely hard, to get in a vape: mouthfeel and particularly the fat-component.
At least I find (but remember, not a huge coconut fan) that some "coconut" (talking food, not vape here) is just missing an essential part. Can be good, but it is like it is only part of the flavour in something made with real fresh coconut. I've always suspected that the "missing part" is the fat.
If this is the component that makes up a big part of your attraction to coconut, it just might not be there in any vapeable coconut flavouring you could find.

I bought the Ethyl Malt crystals (spelling, sorry... don't recall the exact name) was terrible for me. The aftertaste was horrid!

Ha! Tell me more, I just started a new thread here today all about my EM woes.
 

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Almost didn't even read this thread, as I'm not a dessert-person, but I am glad I did.



You mean professionally made juice?

I'm not a big coconut fan (the occasional Bounty/Mound bar is a treat though), but I wonder if maybe what you are looking for is something that is impossible, or at least extremely hard, to get in a vape: mouthfeel and particularly the fat-component.
At least I find (but remember, not a huge coconut fan) that some "coconut" (talking food, not vape here) is just missing an essential part. Can be good, but it is like it is only part of the flavour in something made with real fresh coconut. I've always suspected that the "missing part" is the fat.
If this is the component that makes up a big part of your attraction to coconut, it just might not be there in any vapeable coconut flavouring you could find.

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STrangly i know exactly the missing part your talking about and thats what makes capellas so great is that it has like the deep coconut texture instead of like a juicy coconut .
 

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I'm totally open to a coconut cream pie, or something similar? I just want something with a sweet coconut flavor, even if other flavors are combined. A recipe from someone would be great! I have some custards, sweet cream, etc.... and I can order any other ingredients I might need. Thanks for trying to help everyone!

Also, I'm looking to buy the best liquid sweetener.... should I just get plain liquid sucralose? I'm not a fan of Stevia.
 

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Approximately what I was doing, was an apple/coconut. I am using 80/20 PG/VG, and mixing at 13% flavor. Of that flavor, it was 85% apple and 15% TPA 'extra flavor' coconut. It completely overpowered it, and checking my notes, I just wound up dripping more apple 4 drops at a time (twice) to try to correct it. This was a 20ml batch. That's not very accurate, because I don't usually use drops, and haven't officially re-formulated that yet.
 

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I'm totally open to a coconut cream pie, or something similar? I just want something with a sweet coconut flavor, even if other flavors are combined. A recipe from someone would be great! I have some custards, sweet cream, etc.... and I can order any other ingredients I might need. Thanks for trying to help everyone!

Also, I'm looking to buy the best liquid sweetener.... should I just get plain liquid sucralose? I'm not a fan of Stevia.

You may want to try this offer from EZSweetz for about $3 you get a sample size bottle to try. It is liquid sucralose.

EZ-Sweetz® Free Sample
 

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WOW! Thanks a TON!!!! Do you know if EM comes in a per-dissolved form? Maybe I could try that... when I bought the EM crystals they didn;t taste sweet to me in thier raw state at all... they tasted like weird poison! I have a major sweet-tooth, so maybe my taste-buds just don't recognize EM as sweet like ti does for others? Or I got a bad batch?
 

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I'll have to check my recipes, I can later tonight. I have never tried to make a coconut-alone flavor, I like it in conjunction with other flavors. It was completely overpowering everything else, and in low percentages.

If you have a recipe for coconut cream pie or anything with a strong note of coconut that's on the sweet side I would be very grateful for the recipe! I like mixing flavors and am dying for some good coconut to add to my pineapple, sweet cream and other fruit flavors. I wouldn't vape it straight very often.. I like to combine my flavors, experiment and find the perfect mix. Right now I'm vaping Passion fruit mixed with cantaloupe and a hint of pineapple along with peach mixed with sweet cream. I've also recently discovered that combining jasmine with honeysuckle with two drop of hibiscus makes for a lovely floral flavor. I've never tried rose.. I love flavors with floral notes bu something about vaping rise sounds weird to me. Have you (or anyone else) tried rose?
 

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And because I was curious from Hoosier's post & surprised myself by actually finding MaxUT's recipe, here it is for the rest of you:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/203468-diy-if-fun-but-alot-failures-post-your-most-successful-recipe.html#post3603243



ETA: Wow, I just realized how much flavoring is in this recipe. Hoosier, did you really make this?

If you have a recipe for coconut cream pie or anything with a strong note of coconut that's on the sweet side I would be very grateful for the recipe! I like mixing flavors and am dying for some good coconut to add to my pineapple, sweet cream and other fruit flavors. I wouldn't vape it straight very often.. I like to combine my flavors, experiment and find the perfect mix. Right now I'm vaping Passion fruit mixed with cantaloupe and a hint of pineapple along with peach mixed with sweet cream. I've also recently discovered that combining jasmine with honeysuckle with two drop of hibiscus makes for a lovely floral flavor. I've never tried rose.. I love flavors with floral notes bu something about vaping rise sounds weird to me. Have you (or anyone else) tried rose?

The coconut cream pie recipe from page one is the only one I've had work for me.

I get my EM from TPA/TFA and the bottle is labeled, "Cotton Candy Flavor". I just never wanted to mess with the solid and got it premixed because I'm lazy.
 

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WOW! Thanks a TON!!!! Do you know if EM comes in a per-dissolved form? Maybe I could try that... when I bought the EM crystals they didn;t taste sweet to me in thier raw state at all... they tasted like weird poison! I have a major sweet-tooth, so maybe my taste-buds just don't recognize EM as sweet like ti does for others? Or I got a bad batch?

You can find the powder form on ebay or amazon but for me the amount is way more than I would use. Try the cotton candy Hoosier suggested first to see how it goes for you. Like he said its just dissolved EM in PG. Just make sure you don't get the County Fair Cotton Candy cause that is not pure EM just the regular Cotton Candy.
 

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You may want to try this offer from EZSweetz for about $3 you get a sample size bottle to try. It is liquid sucralose.

EZ-Sweetz® Free Sample

I just got some of this in and i really like it . Before i was using another brand sucralose and it didnt taste as good . I think the ezsweetz is slightly less concentrated even though both are super concentrated . I like putting drops of the ezsweetz in my mouth . Is that bad ? I like sweet .My morning coffee consists of 3.5 tablespoons of sugar with some capella flavoring . lol Now you can see y im a mst fan .
 

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I just got some of this in and i really like it . Before i was using another brand sucralose and it didnt taste as good . I think the ezsweetz is slightly less concentrated even though both are super concentrated . I like putting drops of the ezsweetz in my mouth . Is that bad ? I like sweet .My morning coffee consists of 3.5 tablespoons of sugar with some capella flavoring . lol Now you can see y im a mst fan .

ha! I'm the same way.. my coffee is like a liquid milkshake.. I got the coconut flavoring and often have coconut coffee with a ton of creamer and sugar. Black coffee makes me gag! I would imagine about half of my daily calorie intake comes from my morning coffee alone. Funny this is, I'm a big organic food nut and other than my sweet-tooth for coffee I eat very healthy, run, etc. But I just can't quit my sugar addiction! I tried Xylitol and it makes my guts feel all messed up ( it happens to about 20% of users).... and I really dislike Stevia. I found out Agave isn't so healthy OR earth-friendly and have stayed away from it. I'm ordering this stuff for my vaping.... now:) I wonder how much we ingest through vaping?? I know it's less than normal food consumption but we must ingest some of it?? I know sucrose isn't the healthiest stuff in the world. But hey, it won't kill me like the cigs would have....so I'm not gonna sweat the small stuff.

Thanks everyone! I'm so psyched! My new Buzz Pro should be arriving tomorrow.... I can't wait!!! And after months of trying I finally got my mom to give vaping a try.We ordered her $100 worth of stuff today.. she's starting with the Riva, a tank and normal non-sweet tobacco. Eventually I'll mix hers if possible.... so far I've only done flavors, no pure tobacco juices. I ordered her the Umbrella tank with a bunch of pre-punched replacement cartos. She doesn't want to hassle with anything. I'm just SO happy I FINALLY talker her into it! She kept giving me the "yuck.. creepy" reaction when I tried to get her to try vaping... but she hates flavors so I think that's why she had that reaction. I just hope this works. She's 62 and has been smoking on and off for 40 years (well, she quit for 7 years once, so 32 to be accurate). I'll be so happy to not hear her horrid morning cough everyday if this works! I think I've bugged her daily, a constant e-cig commercial coming out of my mouth, for 3 months now:)
 
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