Cranberry Truffles

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Ever had these?

They're rich and decadent, a real treat! So once again I'm playing with a couple of flavors I haven't used much and decided to play with this one. I made it three weeks ago and it was "meh" at best. I happened to run across it on my desk last night and holy cow, it's awesome! Sooo close to being a spot on match to the candy!

Cranberry (DIYFS) - 1.5%
French Vanilla (DIYFS) - .75%
Dark Chocolate (FW) - 4%

I haven't tried any substitutions, these flavors seem to work so far. I find the cranberry from DIY Flavor Shack more tart than the one by TFA, that's why I like it. And DIY Flavor Shack French Vanilla is absolutely the best French Vanilla out there, imo. And Flavor West outdid themselves on the dark chocolate, I was surprised.
If anyone does try this with any substitutions, please let me know here how they turned out!

Whiskey · Jan 27, 2016

Squonk · Jan 27, 2016

Damn you Teresa.

I can't vape chocolate, but now I want to eat a whole bag of those things.

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

I just can't believe what a difference three weeks made, I almost dumped it....lol! But I'm really impressed with the FW dark chocolate. It even leaves that dark aftertaste on your tongue that real dark chocolate does. Gotta make a much bigger bottle, especially since I don't get anymore till February....HA!

AmandaD · Jan 27, 2016

Sounds delicious! Does the FW dark chocolate burn at higher temps, do you know?

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Right now I have it in my TFV4 Mini at 82w and no burnt taste at all. That was another thing that surprised me about the FW chocolate.

Neunerball · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
Right now I have it in my TFV4 Mini at 82w and no burnt taste at all. That was another thing that surprised me about the FW chocolate.

Good to know! How about gunking up the coils? I did have the problem with TFA's chocolates. Therefore, I haven't used any chocolate flavors anymore.

KGuardian · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
I just can't believe what a difference three weeks made

I wonder if it was good sooner than the 3 weeks that it sat. I don't have FW Dark Chocolate and of course I just placed an order last night so I'll pick some up next time. I don't normally like chocolate vapes, but I'll try it and I know a couple people that do like them.

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

KGuardian said:
I wonder if it was good sooner than the 3 weeks that it sat. I don't have FW Dark Chocolate and of course I just placed an order last night so I'll pick some up next time. I don't normally like chocolate vapes, but I'll try it and I know a couple people that do like them.

It very well could have been, just happened to rediscover it last night. When I make the next batch, I'll sample weekly to know for sure.

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Neunerball said:
Good to know! How about gunking up the coils? I did have the problem with TFA's chocolates. Therefore, I haven't used any chocolate flavors anymore.

I'm just on the second tank, but I'll post here if that happens.

Neunerball · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
I'm just on the second tank, but I'll post here if that happens.

Thank you! Can't wait for the outcome. If positive, I can revisit a recipe I was working on a while back.

RonJS · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
If anyone does try this with any substitutions, please let me know here how they turned out!

When BCV gets it back in stock, I was thinking of substituting FA-White Truffle..

http://www.bullcityvapor.com/white-truffle-fa/

....for the chocolate you use.

I was thinking it would still be a truffle and alleviate any burning concerns...

(heh heh heh)

Ron

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Please post how it turns out! I've never used FA White truffle, but I even thought about TFA white chocolate. I'd just never used the FW dark chocolate and wanted to put it in something, and these candies came to mind, I love 'em!

Heabob · Jan 27, 2016

Chocolate covered Cherries comes to mind, if only to find a decent Cherry to use.
Or those Chocolate candies with the Orange Cream centers

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Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Heabob said:
Chocolate covered Cherries comes to mind, if only to find a decent Cherry to use.
Or those Chocolate candies with the Orange Cream centers.

Oh m'gosh.....now I'm gonna be making a chocolate orange....mmmmm!!!!!

SCDIY · Jan 27, 2016

Ok so I'm gonna try flv chocolate deutsch and flv cranberry with maybe some holy vanilla.

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

SCDIY said:
Ok so I'm gonna try flv chocolate deutsch and flv cranberry with maybe some holy vanilla.

Okay, I definitely wanna hear about that! I was gonna try that chocolate till Nicotine River doubled their price on it. I don't have any Flavorah in my arsenal, but I do like that holy vanilla!

SCDIY · Jan 27, 2016

Sadly flv cd is the the only chocolate I can handle for more than one tank. There was an error on the flavorah site right before the new year, all their 15mls were $2.50 so I picked up a ton! I'm thinking the holy vanilla will work well. As for the flv cranberry, I've been waiting to try it in something richy.

Huckleberried · Jan 27, 2016

RonJS said:
When BCV gets it back in stock, I was thinking of substituting FA-White Truffle..

http://www.bullcityvapor.com/white-truffle-fa/

....for the chocolate you use.

I was thinking it would still be a truffle and alleviate any burning concerns...

(heh heh heh)

Ron

I wanna be sure whether or not you were kidding?

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Huckleberried said:
I wanna be sure whether or not you were kidding?

I wss expecting it to be some type of white chocolate, but I just looked it up and it looks like a nut?

Huckleberried · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
I wss expecting it to be some type of white chocolate, but I just looked it up and it looks like a nut?

Mushrooms. Super expensive mushrooms.

KGuardian · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
I wss expecting it to be some type of white chocolate, but I just looked it up and it looks like a nut?

I googled white truffle.....first thing that popped up was this:

white truf·fle
noun
noun: white truffle; plural noun: white truffles; noun: Piedmont truffle; plural noun: Piedmont truffles
an underground fungus eaten in Europe as a delicacy

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

Well, I guess anyone could make this any way they wanted to, but I'm thinking mushroomy fungus won't exactly get the result I was shooting for.

RonJS · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
but I'm thinking mushroomy fungus won't exactly get the result I was shooting for.

Me either! My error.

When i get the flavor....I'll give it a try. While it won't have a similar result, maybe I'll hit on something new! <VBG>

I will provide feedback.

Ron

Teresa P · Jan 27, 2016

In all fairness, some words do fail to cross the language barrier. In this country, truffle is candy. Leave it to Europe to mess up our yummy treats by calling it a fungus....LOL!

lirruping · Jan 27, 2016

Teresa P said:
Ever had these?

They're rich and decadent, a real treat! So once again I'm playing with a couple of flavors I haven't used much and decided to play with this one. I made it three weeks ago and it was "meh" at best. I happened to run across it on my desk last night and holy cow, it's awesome! Sooo close to being a spot on match to the candy!

Cranberry (DIYFS) - 1.5%
French Vanilla (DIYFS) - .75%
Dark Chocolate (FW) - 4%

I haven't tried any substitutions, these flavors seem to work so far. I find the cranberry from DIY Flavor Shack more tart than the one by TFA, that's why I like it. And DIY Flavor Shack French Vanilla is absolutely the best French Vanilla out there, imo. And Flavor West outdid themselves on the dark chocolate, I was surprised.
If anyone does try this with any substitutions, please let me know here how they turned out!

Ok, I love this idea! I have yet to mix cranberry in anything and I only tfa and fw cran, tfa french v. and no dark chocolate, I am going to try this out--or something similar. I want to... I've been a lazy mixer lately. Terribly indecisive. But I've got to do something like this. My mouth is watering!

Neunerball · Jan 28, 2016

Huckleberried said:
Mushrooms. Super expensive mushrooms.

Yep! They are rare and not easy to find, which makes them so expensive. I only know of it growing in France and Italy. They utilize dogs or even pigs to find those mushrooms.

Teresa P · Jan 28, 2016

Neunerball said:
Good to know! How about gunking up the coils? I did have the problem with TFA's chocolates. Therefore, I haven't used any chocolate flavors anymore.

12ml into this bottle and no coil gunk....

SailCat · Jan 28, 2016

Neunerball said:
Yep! They are rare and not easy to find, which makes them so expensive. I only know of it growing in France and Italy. They utilize dogs or even pigs to find those mushrooms.

And Oregon, of course, where they grow under Douglas Firs. Enterprising folks spend a wad of cash to have dogs trained to find 'em 'cause pigs won't fetch the newspaper. OK,that last part was a goof but the rest is f'reals!

wally · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
Oh m'gosh.....now I'm gonna be making a chocolate orange....mmmmm!!!!!

I have a chocolate Orange I made while back it was very good. I never listed it to sell for some reason I don't remember. lol But I used a Halo Belgian cocoa clone (perfect clone) and added Fa orange. If you want I will find the clone for you. 5% FA Cocoa 3% FA Chocolate dip the end of a toothpick in FA Dark Vapure and stir it in. That may even be too much. Percentage wise I'm guessing like 0.1%

Teresa P · Jan 28, 2016

wally said:
I have a chocolate Orange I made while back it was very good. I never listed it to sell for some reason I don't remember. lol But I used a Halo Belgian cocoa clone (perfect clone) and added Fa orange. If you want I will find the clone for you.

Yes, please! I've made a belgian cocoa clone, but don't know how accurate it is because I've never had Halo's. I did make a chocolate orange this morning based on the cranberry truffle, but won't know how good/bad it is for a few days.

wally · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
Yes, please! I've made a belgian cocoa clone, but don't know how accurate it is because I've never had Halo's. I did make a chocolate orange this morning based on the cranberry truffle, but won't know how good/bad it is for a few days.

5% FA Cocoa 3% FA Chocolate dip the end of a toothpick in FA Dark Vapure and stir it in. That may even be too much. Percentage wise I'm guessing like 0.1%... ON mine I cut my total % down to give it a little less strength.

Teresa P · Jan 28, 2016

Thank you!

Neunerball · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
12ml into this bottle and no coil gunk....

Thanks for the info! Looks like I'll have to place an order soon.

wally · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
Thank you!

For you anytime!

Teresa P · Jan 28, 2016

Neunerball said:
Thanks for the info! Looks like I'll have to place an order soon.

Maybe the 82w is keeping it burned off....lol!

Neunerball · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
Maybe the 82w is keeping it burned off....lol!

Is the flavor's liquid dark?

Teresa P · Jan 28, 2016

Neunerball said:
Is the flavor's liquid dark?

The flavoring itself is dark, as you can see in the bottle on the right. But at 4% in the mix on the left, it's considerably lighter.

Neunerball · Jan 28, 2016

Teresa P said:
The flavoring itself is dark, as you can see in the bottle on the right. But at 4% in the mix on the left, it's considerably lighter.

I'll give it a try anyways.

nabibrian · Jan 29, 2016

Thanks for sharing the recipe

lirruping · Jan 29, 2016

Teresa P said:
Ever had these?

They're rich and decadent, a real treat! So once again I'm playing with a couple of flavors I haven't used much and decided to play with this one. I made it three weeks ago and it was "meh" at best. I happened to run across it on my desk last night and holy cow, it's awesome! Sooo close to being a spot on match to the candy!

Cranberry (DIYFS) - 1.5%
French Vanilla (DIYFS) - .75%
Dark Chocolate (FW) - 4%

I haven't tried any substitutions, these flavors seem to work so far. I find the cranberry from DIY Flavor Shack more tart than the one by TFA, that's why I like it. And DIY Flavor Shack French Vanilla is absolutely the best French Vanilla out there, imo. And Flavor West outdid themselves on the dark chocolate, I was surprised.
If anyone does try this with any substitutions, please let me know here how they turned out!

I was just looking through my notes and found this:

HIC's Brookside recipe: like Brookside brand's Dark Chocolate Pomegranate candies)

2% FlavourArt Cocoa
2% FlavourArt Pomegranate
1% FlavourArt Vienna Cream

--a variation on the same idea, I thought. I've been meaning to make it for ages, but didn't have pomegranate for a long time, then I got side-tracked. It might be worth trying with Cranberry in place of the Pomegranate. Or *gasp* maybe even both!

Jimi · Jan 29, 2016

Sounds real good Teresa, thanks for the share

Teresa P · Jan 29, 2016

lirruping said:
I was just looking through my notes and found this:

HIC's Brookside recipe: like Brookside brand's Dark Chocolate Pomegranate candies)

2% FlavourArt Cocoa
2% FlavourArt Pomegranate
1% FlavourArt Vienna Cream

--a variation on the same idea, I thought. I've been meaning to make it for ages, but didn't have pomegranate for a long time, then I got side-tracked. It might be worth trying with Cranberry in place of the Pomegranate. Or *gasp* maybe even both!

Wow, never even saw that one.

Heabob · Jan 29, 2016

I think the FA Pomegranate is a nice flavor at 2-2.5% even as a stand alone.

KGuardian · Jan 29, 2016

Teresa P said:
Wow, never even saw that one.

I think your FW Dark Chocolate would work better for it if it's as good as you say. I tried that recipe and the cocoa didn't work well in my opinion. It just didn't taste like dark chocolate. BTW....I love the Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate candy

Teresa P · Jan 29, 2016

They certainly sound good!

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