I bought VTA Honeycomb a while back and wasn't sure what to expect from it. ELR
reviews are literally "all over the place" (look and you'll see what I mean
).
I wasn't sure what to mix with it. In the end I decided to play it safe and go with one of my very basic creamy mixes. I let it steep for a month.
Creamy Wafer Base (
@Zazie, please and TIA.
)
VTA Honeycomb 3%
WF Cream Filling 1.5%
SSA Madagascar Vanilla 1%
What is VTA Honeycomb? Firstly, I don't taste any honey in it whatsoever. I am familiar with FA Honey so coming from that I can confidently say there is no honey in the VTA Honeycomb flavor.
VTA honeycomb tastes very much like the wafer part of a Voortman's near sugar free wafer or the wafer part of any other similar brand.
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IMO the sweetness is about a 4-5 using my scale of sweetness. 1 being nonexistent sweetness and a 10 being sickly sweet.
VTA Honeycomb is very smooth and there are no off notes. I tested it at 3% and I am confident it could be pushed to 'perhaps' 6% for a main wafer like profile in a mix (depending).
My basic mix tastes like a creamy mild vanilla wafer. Overall it's tasty for a simple 3 flavor test mix. I'm
vaping it as I type, lolz. This mix easily could be used as a base, and launch pad, for building your own mix.
WF Cream Filling is just that, a very pleasant and well rounded cream filling. It's nice and creamy and has a pleasant mouthfeel. SSA Madagascar Vanilla is just an awesome vanilla (coming from a vanilla freak). In my mix the Madagascar is there to more fully support the Cream Filling.
Honeycomb could be used to add texture to many mixes as a main or background note in a mix. As a main note, more wafer like. In the background for less wafer, added texture and complexity to support other bakery style mixes.
Honeycomb will work well with fruits, other bakery flavors, creams, custards, chocolates, ice creams, yogurt, nuts, coffee etc. etc.
IMO, it's one of those 'must have' flavors that will work well with nearly any flavor grouping.
VTA Honeycomb would also work very well with, and compliment, WF Crispy Wafer (or SSA Crisp Waffle) for a much more complex tasting wafer profile (as in, how the 2 croissant flavors work
).
Honeycomb and Crispy Wafer with a chocolate, like VTA Chocolate Mousse, would give you a basic, but not so sweet, KitKat bar (a couple more flavors and you're right there). I'm planning on doing a version of that next time around.
…I’m a sucker for my family.
