2026 flavour trends: Crookie, cherry cola, pistachio

Some flavours settle in quietly; others turn up and take the whole shelf in a matter of months. 2026 has been a year of trends: the Crookie left the bakery window and ended up in a bottle, cherry cola became a reflex again, and pistachio worked its way into just about every dessert recipe on the shelf. Here are the five flavours on the rise here this year, what they actually taste like in a vape, and the bottles that carry them.

Crookie: the croissant-cookie turned e-liquid

What to expect: a buttery, generous, deliciously biscuity treat. The Crookie is the marriage of a golden croissant and a crunchy chocolate chip cookie. It is a pastry dessert liquid, not a sugary candy one.

This one isn't a recipe borrowed from elsewhere: the Crookie is an Unicorn Vape creation, developed in partnership with Maousse Lab. Cookie and croissant notes, 70/30 ratio, made in France, available in three formats.

• The Crookie Edition 10 Ans Unicorn Vape 50ml, the special edition released for the shop's tenth anniversary. The discovery format for this recipe.
• The Crookie 1 Litre, the everyday version for anyone who already knows this is their flavour.
• The Crookie 5 litres, the ultra limited edition from the anniversary programme, alongside the other icons of the 10 Ans Unicorn collection.

Fizzy Cherry Cola: the cherry cola that fizzes

What to expect: a fizzy, properly fresh cola lifted by an intense cherry juice. A moreish soft drink recipe full of pep and character, built on the fizz rather than on sugar. If you're a drinks person, this is the most instantly recognisable profile of the whole selection.

The Fizzy Cherry Cola JNR 50ml is our reference for the flavour: made in France, 50/50 ratio, cherry and cola notes, ready to boost. It belongs to the JNR 50ml range, the large format from the brand behind the JNR puffs.

For a ready-to-vape bottle, the Cherry Cola ELFLIQ 10ml takes the same idea in nic salts: a fizzy cola lifted by a sweet cherry, carried by a fresh sensation. The cult soda, vape edition.

Kinder Bueno pistachio: the wafer and pistachio wave

What to expect: two dessert families meeting. On one side, the crunchy wafer coated in melting milk chocolate, with its creamy heart and biscuity finish. On the other, the soft, lightly roasted pistachio, almost always wrapped in a smooth cream. The 2026 trend is precisely where the two meet: biscuit, cream, and that pistachio note that adds relief without weighing the recipe down.

Our seven landmarks of the moment, from the most biscuity to the most chocolatey:

• Pistache Just Bueno 100ml — a soft, lightly roasted pistachio wrapped in a smooth cream, finished with a biscuity touch. The most direct reading of the trend.
• Chocolat Just Bueno 100ml — a crunchy wafer coated in melting milk chocolate, with a biscuity finish. The other half of the equation, from the same brand: the whole range sits on the Just Bueno page.
• N°7 Cookie Pistache La Manufacture 50ml — a soft cookie straight out of the oven, generously dusted with pistachios. The most recent release of the selection.
• Cookie Pistache Maison Unicorn 200ml — our house version, made with Maousse Lab: a golden, crunchy cookie lifted by a soft, lightly roasted pistachio.
• Baklava Pistache BKLV 200ml — a rich, crunchy baklava with notes of warm honey and golden filo pastry, roasted pistachio on the finish.
• La Grosse Pistache CEDRIC GROSCAKE 50ml — a rich, velvety pistachio married to a creamy, pastry-style sweetness.
• Dubaï Chocovape Cebueno 100ml — a luxurious chocolate lifted by kunafa and crunchy pistachios, signed Cebueno. This is the bridge to the other big trend of the year, which we covered in our guide to Dubai Style e-liquids.

Watermelon Bubble Gum: watermelon and chewing gum

What to expect: the freshness of watermelon and the nostalgic sweetness of bubble gum, with an icy edge. A sweet, fruity break, firmly in the unapologetic candy family, exactly like blue raspberry, whose story we told earlier.

Two ways in, depending on your hardware. The Watermelon Bubble Gum JNR 10ml is a ready-to-vape nic salts bottle, part of the JNR 10ml range built for low-power pods. The 500! Watermelon Bubblegum 500ml is our large house format, designed and made in France: watermelon bubble gum with a light note of freshness, in 70/30.

Pink Lemonade: the pink lemonade

What to expect: careful here, the same name covers two quite different recipes. The raspberry version stays on red fruit territory; the grenadine version leans towards pomegranate cordial. Always check the product page before ordering, it's the classic trap with this flavour.

The Pink Lemonade Joe's Juice Just 200, a 200ml made in the United Kingdom, plays the first card: a sparkling, tangy lemonade lifted by a delicately fruity raspberry. Filed as fresh.

The Pink Lemonade No Fresh Wink 50ml plays the second: a pomegranate cordial with sweet, tangy notes, lifted by a secret ingredient. As the name says, this is the version of the recipe without any freshness, made in France in 60/40.

And for anyone who builds their own bottles, the Pink Lemonade Classic Edition Wink concentrate 30ml takes the slightly tangy pomegranate cordial with notes of freshness, to be dosed between 12% and 15% with a week of steeping. The rest of the DIY shelf is on the flavours and concentrates page.

How to choose among these five trends

The simplest approach is to start from what you already vape:

• Pastry: the Crookie, then the Cookie Pistache Maison Unicorn.
• Drinks: the Fizzy Cherry Cola, or Pink Lemonade if you prefer tangy to fizzy.
• Creamy: Pistache Just Bueno or La Grosse Pistache, the two roundest of the set.
• Candy: Watermelon Bubble Gum, the most nostalgic of the five.
• Chocolate: Chocolat Just Bueno for the wafer, Dubaï Chocovape for the oriental take.

If the flavour family itself isn't clear yet, our guide to choosing a flavour by profile sorts that out, and the 2026 flavour guide goes through every family.

Frequently asked questions

What does Crookie taste like?

The marriage of a golden croissant and a crunchy chocolate chip cookie: buttery, generous and deliciously biscuity. Here it's an Unicorn Vape house recipe, developed with Maousse Lab, available in 50ml, 1 litre and 5 litres.

Is Fizzy Cherry Cola fresh?

Yes. The Fizzy Cherry Cola JNR 50ml is described as a fizzy, properly fresh cola lifted by an intense cherry juice, and it is filed under the fresh flavours. The Cherry Cola ELFLIQ 10ml is also carried by a fresh sensation. It's a soft drink recipe: the freshness supports the fizz.

Why is pistachio everywhere in e-liquid in 2026?

Because it works in every dessert construction: cookie, cream, baklava, chocolate. We carry pistachio recipes from Just Bueno, La Manufacture, BKLV, CEDRIC GROSCAKE, Cebueno and Maison Unicorn, from 50ml to 200ml. The same note runs through the chocolate-pistachio-kunafa profile of our Dubai Style guide.

Pink Lemonade: raspberry or grenadine?

Both exist, and that's the main source of confusion. The Pink Lemonade from Joe's Juice pairs sparkling lemonade with a delicately fruity raspberry; the Pink Lemonade No Fresh from Wink starts from a sweet, tangy pomegranate cordial. Check the flavour notes listed on the product page.

Do these flavours exist as ready-to-vape 10ml bottles?

For two of them: the Cherry Cola ELFLIQ and the Watermelon Bubble Gum JNR are 10ml nic salts bottles, vaped straight on a pod. The Crookie, the pistachios and the Pink Lemonades come in 50ml and above, at 0mg, to boost yourself.