Mixing your own e-liquid used to be a small corner of vaping. It has since grown into a busy community of home mixers who publish and trade recipes. Bottled lines such as Naked 100 and Keep it 100 sell in large numbers, but people who mix at home point to three things a finished bottle cannot give them:
- A flavor tuned to your own taste
- A say in every ingredient and additive that goes into the bottle
- A lower cost per bottle than buying ready-made juice
The range of flavor concentrates is wide enough that the combinations are close to endless. Below are five community recipes we like, each with its ingredient table, ratio, strength and steeping time, for experienced mixers after something new and for anyone curious about the flavors.
Five recipes worth mixing
1. Goofy’s Juice (recipe from Stafylidis Vladimiros)
Goofy’s Juice is an original recipe with a loyal following. Peanut and hazelnut lead, and acetyl pyrazine deepens the nutty side while keeping the mix balanced. Graham cracker and a tobacco flavoring add complexity, and that tobacco brings clear vanilla and caramel notes with it.
| Ingredient | Weight (g) | Volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| RY4 Double (PA) | 4 g | 4 mL |
| Acetyl Pyrazine 5% (PA) | .3 g | .3 mL |
| Peanut Butter (PA) | 1 g | 1 mL |
| Hazelnut (FW) | 1 g | 1 mL |
| Graham Cracker (PA) | .5 g | .5 mL |
| Vegetable Glycerin | 31.53 g | 25 mL |
| Propylene Glycol | 18.86 g | 18.2 mL |
| Nicotine (12 mg) | 57.43 g | 50 mL |
- Steeping: 20 days
- Nicotine strength: 6 mg
- Flavoring share: 6.8%
- PG/VG: 50/50
2. Mama Melons (recipe from Jennifer Jarvis)
Mama Melons is a summer fruit mix that works in any season. Honeydew, cantaloupe and mango form the base, with papaya and cotton candy pushing the sweetness up. The result is tropical, and the individual fruits come through in turn across a puff instead of blurring into one note.
| Ingredient | Weight (g) | Volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Sweetener (PA) | .9 g | .9 mL |
| Cotton Candy (PA) | .15 g | .15 mL |
| Cantaloupe (PA) | 1.8 g | 1.8 mL |
| Honeydew (PA) | .3 g | .3 mL |
| Papaya (PA) | 1.13 g | 1.13 mL |
| Mango (PA) | 1.35 g | 1.35 mL |
| Vegetable Glycerin | 26.49 g | 21 mL |
| Propylene Glycol | 2.56 g | 2.47 mL |
| Nicotine (100mg) | .93 g | .9 mL |
- Steeping: 30 days
- Nicotine strength: 3 mg
- Flavoring share: 18.75%
- PG/VG: 30/70
3. Strawberry Fog (recipe from spectrometer)
For a strawberry juice, Strawberry Fog is the one we would point people to first. Tart strawberry sits on top of cheesecake, vanilla custard and Bavarian cream, and the sweetness of those three rounds the berry off. It tastes like several strawberry desserts folded into a single puff.
| Ingredient | Weight (g) | Volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Bavarian Cream (PA) | 1.8 g | 1.8 mL |
| Vanilla Custard (PA) | 1.2 g | 1.2 mL |
| Strawberry (PA) | 6 g | 6 mL |
| Cheesecake (PA) | 3 g | 3 mL |
| Vegetable Glycerin | 55.49 g | 44 mL |
| Nicotine (36 mg) | 5.04 g | 4 mL |
- Steeping: 10 days
- Nicotine strength: 2.4 mg
- Flavoring share: 20%
- PG/VG: 20/80
4. Snowy Fuji (recipe from Buhar Odası)
Snowy Fuji pairs crisp, sweet Fuji apple with rich caramel and a heavy pour of Bavarian cream. We rate it very highly among apple recipes, and it is an unusual take on the fruit.
| Ingredient | Weight (g) | Volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Bavarian Cream (PA) | 9.80 g | 9.80 mL |
| Fuji Apple (FA) | 8.57 g | 8.57 mL |
| Caramel (CF) | 6.13 g | 6.13 mL |
| Vegetable Glycerin | 216.27 g | 171.5 mL |
| Propylene Glycol | 43.15 g | 41.65 mL |
| Nicotine (100 mg) | 7.61 g | 7.35 mL |
- Steeping: 14 days
- Nicotine strength: 3 mg
- Flavoring share: 10%
- PG/VG: 30/70
5. Cereal Killer (recipe from waphz)
Cereal Killer is the most layered recipe here. Strawberry and wild blueberry open it, bright and tart. Three creamy flavorings follow, sweet cream, Bavarian cream and French vanilla, and they tie the fruit together so each puff finishes smooth and creamy.
| Ingredient | Weight (g) | Volume (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Sweetener (PA) | .15 g | .15 mL |
| Wild Blueberry (PA) | 1.2 g | 1.2 mL |
| Bavarian Cream (PA) | .45 g | .45 mL |
| French Vanilla (PA) | .6 g | .6 mL |
| Sweet Cream (PA) | .3 g | .3 mL |
| Strawberry (PA) | .9 g | .9 mL |
| Vegetable Glycerin | 12.46 g | 9.88 mL |
| Propylene Glycol | .3 g | .28 mL |
| Nicotine (36 mg) | 1.44 g | 1.25 mL |
- Steeping: 7 days
- Nicotine strength: 3 mg
- Flavoring share: 24%
- PG/VG: 30/70
Tell us how yours turned out
If you mix one of these, let us know which you liked most, and whether you followed the recipe to the letter or treated it as a starting point for a blend of your own. We enjoy hearing about it and may feature a reader’s version in a later post.