Give credit when it's due, this recipe is adapted from "Arnie's Twinkie" by Arnie Horton.
Yellow Cake, Bavarian Cream, & Sweet Cream do an excellent job at making up the base for a twinkie flavor.
I used FA Joy at 0.25% to try to get a hint of that greasy/yeasty mouthfeel to help with the authentic "fried" taste. I may go up to .50% or 1% in the next batch.
I admit I used CAP Sugar Cookie because it's still a new flavor in my arsenal, & I've been enjoying it's many different uses. Also I didn't have any CAP vanilla cupcake and really wanted to vape twinkie, so I figured this was a fair substitute. In this recipe I felt like 3% CAP Sugar Cookie was a good percentage to use to bring out the some of that baked-goods-sweetness, without bringing the cookie mouthfeel to the front of your pallet.
The sweetener seems right at 2%, but I think 1.5% would also be acceptable.
Recommended steep time = 2 weeks. Shake Daily.
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Just tried this out today. Letting it sit for a bit and will let you know how it comes out. Kept the recipe exactly as you mentioned it. Smells amazing.