This tastes really close... days 2 and 3 it tastes even better than the first... I feel like it's either missing or something or I need to play with it some more.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Note: I've tried adding whipped cream, malted milk, dairy milk, fresh cream and they all seem to take away from the sweetness too much. This tastes much closer than the 10+ ingredient concoction I was playing with before. It seems as though simplifying the recipe has brought me closer.
Just a thought. I myself have been working on a strawberry milk with some luck. Move Dulce to 2 Bump ripe to 7 or 8. Switch marshmallow to 4 and VBIC to 2. I think in my limited knowledge custard either V1 or V2 would help as well.
@geofherb No it's a dilution 18mg of ethyl maltol to 10ml of propylene glycol, read how to dissolve it completely somewhere it has to do with the solubility of the ethyl maltol in PG. (pure broscience I'm not knowledgeable about whether or not this is accurate)
Before I saw this, I tried this clone today with the real one in hand. I didn't use DDL, Pie Crust or Marshmallow. I used TFA Cheesecake (Graham Crust) & Vanilla Cupcake at 2%. Like you, I've tried replicating Milkman multiple times and this seems to be the closest. There is still something missing and maybe it's the DDL but I don't have that on hand.
I subbed TFA Straw with CAP Sweet Strawberry and TFA Vanilla bean Gelato for VBIC. Also used 1.5% FA Vienna cream and 2% FA Fresh Cream instead of DDL to get the milky taste. Overall I think the pie crust taste is still overwhelming. Gonna wait for a couple of weeks to see how it goes
Have you considered trying a drop or two of either "pyraizin" or "wizzard" into the mix... Just one of them. I would try vape wizard, or maybe even smooth flavor.
I'll try it with both pyraizin and vape wizard. Will try smooth as well. Then I need to order this original one. Wich one are you trying to clone? One hit wonder, or vaping rabbit?