Yeah… I agree. If the fruit is in with creams or bakeries It does help those mixes, but I haven’t just used it in a fruit only mix.
On a side note… adding a drop or 2 of fruit might make for a real nice flavored icing… Wellll… for a dessert mix tho. 
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You made me sing your comment in my head.
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Frosting FLV vs Cream Cheese Icing LA…
I’ve tried them both and I was never ever able to get a good feel for CCI LA. It kinda reminds of Yogurt FLV… I just don’t get that Icing sweetness and a weird sour note. The Frosting FLV brings that real icing taste and feel I hoped for.
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yes exactly , its smooth , sweet, plays well with everything, don’t know about tobaccos, I haven’t tried any tobaccos yet., but I bet it would smooth them out as well
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Can a flavor be hard and soft at the same time? Sounds a bit stupid, but it is one more of the Frosting attributes. When you add it… it’s there. It doesn’t get run over by other flavors, but still retains it’s subtle soft sweetness.
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I just got this flavor with my most recent order, and whipped up a batch of @Silhouette’s Twinkie Promise. I’ve not done a tester on it yet as I’m out of 10 ml bottles, so I guess I’m in for a treat?
I know, I know…cart before the horse…walk before you run…yada, yada. Flavor testing?
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i have not tried this flavor as thouroughly as id like but i have use it in a couple recipes to sweeten the mix u and to add a layer in a mix … but hopefully soon ill be able to use this in a few different applications , but as a sweetener / light creamy mouthfeel booster upper ( lol ) it is good , i have used this flavor at .25 to .5. but not any higher , maybe ill use the WF SC angel food cake and the frosting together to see how well the frosting does with a cake type flavor hmmmm a 2 flve recipe
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Yep. I’ll definitely second that!
It’s been a flavor that I dug from the word go. I’ve played with it for several months now, and like MF butterscotch, it’s one of those flavors that I consider a must have in my arsenal. There’s just nothing else quite like it.
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I use it in several recipes & usually at 1% or less, but my Twinkies recipe is the exception at 1.5%. It’s a great flavor & very handy to have.
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the only problem I am having, unfortunately , are the bottles, and got about 30 more have’nt open yet, the regular bottles are good, these new bottles, well i’m losing juice. i am calling FLV. today, They have super great customer service
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I’m glad to see the direct comparison here. I have been using LA CCI for a long time. It does add a nice deep icing note that reminds me of the glaze that comes with those tubes of cinnamon rolls, but the problem- at least for me- is it all but disappears completely in seemingly just days. If this is a good, lasting alternative I am in. Eventually. Wallet still smoldering from the MF outburst.
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I also noticed it seemed to have kind of a “doldrums effect” (where either it subsides in the mix momentarily, or the other flavors dominate for a bit -not sure which yet, as the couple of mixes I’ve been toying with it most in are somewhat similar) but in weeks 2-3 the frosting came back to where it was supposed to be for me.
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Are you referring the Pro’s Shiznit or the CCI?
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ya all of mine have broke like your greek yogurt one
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FLV Frosting. Never bought LA cream cheese icing. (never been a fan of CCI in real life. Though I love cream cheese on bagels.)
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This is something I may have missed as I very seldom try a mix in less than 3 weeks, but I find myself breaking this rule more as of late. I’l certainly look for this since you pointed it out.
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I wish you had tried LA CCI to compare. I’m like you in the real life CCI respect. I am not a fan much. But it is deep and rich and sweet in vape juice, but unfortunately, also fleeting. It never came back for me after a couple days in any recipes I’ve used.
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I’ve tried LA CCI since everybody is raving about it.
I don’t like that weird icing that you find on most cakes sold in stores or bakeries. I get some weird plastic artificial taste from it, mostly ruining every cake and enjoyment…
I’m more into cream or butter cream frostings, that what we put on cakes in europe. After picking up CCI for me personally it doesn’t remind me of any of that.
I get no actual icing, nor frosting, glaze but what I do get is weird cream cheese at any percentage followed by plastic.
No matter at what percentage, it’s great for a actual secondary and depth note when building a cheese cake but it’s not a cake topping/icing.
It’s a 2-4 week steep minimum before it’s even noticeable and then it mostly overruns everything else in a mix, unless it’s heavy custard or bakery. I have a love hate relationship with that flavor and mostly reach for butter cream frosting (WF-SC).
Unfortunately it doesn’t work with a lot of recipes because not everything goes with butter cream lol.
I’m always on the look out for recommendations but mostly pray it’s not FLV or MF due to the price. Oh well I’ll add it to my list if it steeps quicker and is more versatile than CCI or/and butter cream frosting.
Maybe someone uses all three and can do a comparison? Thanks for sharing your thoughts on frosting (flv) tho.
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@Pro_Vapes I was surprised to see this post, as honestly, it never would have occurred to me that this could be used as an enhancer, and I merely fumbled around with it, using it as, well, FROSTING, LOL. I will continue to watch this thread, and begin some experiments with this one. Thanks for your insights on this.
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This is part of what makes DIY mixing such a quandary, and what makes it so specifically personalized. You and I detect just about the complete opposite of what can be detected. I see sweet, rich icing that disappears quickly, and you see weird, plasticy grossness that sticks like dog poo on the bottom of a shoe. How can anyone extract good info from this? It’s funny. It just takes personal experience in so many cases.
It hasn’t put me off wanting Frosting, though it does contradict my desire to pare the pile down. Ack. But our individual reviews of this same concentrate couldn’t be much more different! 
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