Bakto Flavors - Natural Flavors & Extracts - PICK YOUR OWN FLAVORS - Box of 5 (1 OZ Bottles)

Gift with an ice cream maker. They couldn't wait to try them. Could not some ice creams and the all natural extract open more possibilities.

I wanted these flavors to add to my coffee. Many of the flavored coffee creamers are full of sugar and too many calories. I thought using these flavors would give me the taste I want without the extra calories. I ordered five flavors. 1. Irish Cream - I love this one the most. I plan to order more. It is exactly the flavor I was hoping for in coffee. The Irish cream is a dark thin liquid, not a clear solution. 2. Butter Pecan - This one is also delicious in coffee. I will order more of the butter pecan. This one is a thick viscous solution. Not a thin liquid. 3. Caramel - This one is O.K. I find I need to add a little more cream to offset a slight bitterness. This is thin, light brown liquid. 4. Butterscotch - This one is tasty but I find I need more of this butterscotch flavor than the others to taste the flavor. This one is a thick viscous solution. Not a thin liquid. 5. Hazelnut -This was the WORST flavor of all. It does not taste like hazelnut to me. It was so bad I poured it down the drain. It has a weird taste that overwhelms the coffee. Perhaps it taste better in other applications like baking or candy but that is not what I wanted the flavor for. I plan to try some other flavors in the fruity categories for use in smoothies or teas to see if I like any of those and will write a review soon.

I purchased 2 'pick your own' 5 flavors. I am rating on flavors. But, it is my opinion everyone has a different sense of flavors and they are subjective in my mind. First, the bottles are glass with plastic tops. There are plastic shake/drop lids, but they are very hard to pull down and use. So I would plan on using a tiny measuring spoon. Each bottle contains about 1 fluid ounce. Natural raspberry - smells and tastes like raspberries. Cherry vanilla - smelled like almond extract and tasted like it Natural peach - oddly smelled like bitter almonds and was bitter in taste Pumpkin pie spice - smelled predominately like alcohol with a slight spice background - doesn't really taste like pumpkin pie. Natural Irish Cream - predominately alcohol, slightly 'cream' in flavor Natural Rum - very rum forward - tastes like rum Natural coffee - very good brewed coffee smell, taste - strong coffee Natural butterscotch - smells likes warm butter, taste - sweet butterscotch Caramel apple - smells a tiny bit like fermented apples - taste is really oddly salty! No apple or caramel. Weird Natural Maple - smells very slightly maple - a little alcohol - tastes mildly of maple Overall, some were good, some less. BUT taste is very subjective. So, in my opinion these are worthy of trying. I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful. All my reviews reflect my honest, personal experience with the reviewed item - your experience may be different. I receive/accept NO free products or discounts that are not available to all shoppers.

All the flavors I ordered were nice, they ranged from pleasant to absolutely delicious! Here is a breakdown (2-3 drops in weak ice tea): #1 Passion - strongest flavor out of all of them by far, and an excellent fruity flavor too #3 peach - strength is good, not the absolute best flavor of peach tea i've ever had, but still good #2 tangerine - mild strength, but good flavor #4 lemon - strength was lacking, flavor is decent #5 pear - flavor is extremely light, tastes good though

I love these extracts. I use them for flavoring my sparking water. Blueberry and a dash of raspberry makes a nice combo flavor. Blueberry even by itself is really good as well. Doesn’t take much so it hopefully will last me a little while. I’ve been looking for water flavoring without dye or sweeteners and have been disappointed by a few. These are the best I’ve tried so far.

Having used some concentrated flavors in the past, I was hoping these would be a little bit more potent. I use some flavored stevia syrups to flavor my homemade yogurt to great effect, but in the name of greater flavor variability, I decided to try some of these with flavorless stevia liquid instead. The results have not been great. For one thing, most of these are extracted into an alcohol base, which means they'll kill the probiotics in high enough volume. I put a full tbsp of butterscotch into about two cups of yogurt this morning and could not taste but perhaps the tiniest hint of butterscotch. And even that small hint might have been in my head. For soda, I find about a tsp to a quart does the trick, which means these little 1 oz bottles will be gone in no time. Not sure if I'll buy them again. The flavor is pretty decent in soda, but the price is awfully high when you have to use so much to get results. There are concentrated flavor products out there that take only a few drops to provide potent flavor to a lot of food/liquid. These should be sold in larger sizes for better deals at their current potency.

I make herbal tinctures and these are just what I use at a much better price.

Don't expect these to actually give flavor to your baked items. I purchased butterscotch, butter pecan, raspberry, mango and lavender. I made sugar cookies and doubled the extract being added to ensure a vibrant flavor. Raspberry is very subtle Mango and butter pecan has no flavor at all. Lavender is very subtle. Butterscotch no flavor, used in rice krispies. Very disappointing. I spend an entire weekend baking 5 different types of cookies, 5 dozen of reach that I give away to 24 people. While the cookies still taste ok, they are very bland and don't have the vibrant flavor varieties I thought I paid for. Don't waste your money on this product at all.