BadKat's CannaPharm: Canna Caps, UV Reactive GLOWING Hash Candy, Canna 'Bombs' & more

[HellsBells33]

I'd say those caps are "the joint" but those things are better than the joint.

 

[KuddlyKitten]

I spent the whole time writing down recipes until I saw your girls, now I wanna clean your kitchen and give you my chili recipe in exchange for a peek at how you got THOSE results.

 

[chemoboi]

Wanted to stop in and say thanks to BKS for taking the time to help so many people over the years. Your attention to detail finally taught me to decarb properly and dial in different effects for controlling anxiety, pain, insomnia, nausea, etc. Here's a photo tribute featuring a "pain" batch that had 90-100 minutes at 220F and one overnight freeze. Really appreciate your contribution!

Started with 5g of hai qualitee BHO (say it like Adam Sandler in Waterboy for giggles)

Sealed, preheated, 20 solid min at 220-230F, 10 min oven cooldown, and 30 minute counter cooldown, added soy lecithin and 30ish mL coconut oil and cooked sealed for another 40 minutes at 220 with a 10 minute oven cooldown and 30 minutes on the counter. Then to the back of the freezer overnight to produce this:

Resealed and cooked another 35-40 minutes at 220F; repeat of oven and counter cool routine...added a bit more lecithin and added to caps:

Ended up with 45ish ~ 100mg doses -- each perfect (for me) for several hours of pain management while feeling good and doing creative work.

Thanks, BadKat!!!

 

[mr.brunch]

Lovely thread. Thanks for all the info, much appreciated-

Respect due.

 

[AgentPothead]

Dood I want the recipe for that cordon bleu on page 7! This whole thread gives me the munchies.

 

[BasalGanglion]

I will post this here as seems a little more busy than another site.

Hey there folks,

Sorry to perhaps necro a thread...but I believe I read from Badkat on another forum (which lead me here ) that it ISN'T a good idea to make candies with alcohol tincture? Can someone confirm this? The reason I ask is I infused some 190 proof with CBD strain but as I am a noob the end dosage after running the numbers wasn't really that potent. Would technically have to consume more alcohol than I would care at one sitting. This is for day time use. I have seen "recipes" where you "reduce?" the alcohol tincture down to "essential oil" by heating and then using this in candy recipe. Does this sound feasible or would/could I be better off adding more herb to the tincture to make it stronger per ml? And/or any suggestions what to do with this "weak" CBD alcohol tincture. Cheers.

 

[Minb]

superthread. very interesting

 

[vtgirl]

‘Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Canna ‘BOMBS’”

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These are a tradition in my house around the holidays, I make
them only once or twice a year. Not because they aren’t GREAT,
they are, but because this is a recipe that I can jam an enormous
amount of cannabinoids into… when made this way, they are more
for fun, and not medicinal purposes, unless you are in a situation
coming out of an accident or a surgery, and you’re facing greater
initial pain. Otherwise, you’ll need to be sure you can afford to
keep up with the intake you’d need.

If you eat these very often, your tolerance sky-rockets and it will
reduce the overall effectiveness of your medicine, unless you
continue to medicate using those large quantities... as it is, people
sometimes complain that it’s not worth smoking for at least a week
after they leave our holiday gatherings, lol.

With that in mind I’ll be sharing two recipes, if using these for
regular meds you should follow the first; there is a suggested
ingredients list, that will provide a strong experience for the
average patient or regular smoker, along with the ingredients I
actually use… they are so strong, that I STILL have a few left
rolling around the freezer, and edibles don’t usually last long in my
home. Besides just a few infused drinks, it’s the one, single-dose
edible that I feel I need to ‘plan’ for.

You can also feel free to adjust the dose to the level you require…
but if any edible was designed for an ‘over-dose’ of canna, this is
it.

Like the high grade canna caps, if I’m aware someone doesn’t
usually require a large dose I’m not going to share an edible of this
potency with them, I’ve seen too many people bent over a toilet
or trash bin from edibles, it’s not healthy, and it’s just not any fun.

I make edibles this strong only a few times a year, usually when
having small gatherings and entertaining special company from
abroad. We’ll have canna candy out, some infused beverages, hot
and cold, several styles of cookies and cakes. Often times an
infused main course or two. Or some years I make a special ‘sweet
& sour’ sauce, and we just order chinese.


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Tools:
- Medium sized pot
- Small ceramic dish
- Aluminum Foil
- Oven bag (the kind used for cooking)
- Baking sheet
- Candy thermometer
- Wax paper
- Cheesecloth, optional (needed for larger quantities of herb)
- *Double boiler
(*if using a microwave chocolate, add the
additional canna oil in the peanut butter and
increase powder sugar accordingly, and the
double boiler pot/s are no longer required,
unless making herb oil rather than hash oil.)

What you will need: - What I used…..:

- 4+ grams of hash - - 7 grams of hash
or
- 10 to 14g shake/herb - - 98 +/- grams of herb (post-sifted for hash)

If extracted properly, these edibles - Do I go overboard, or what?
hardly taste ‘altered’ in any way. - (These taste like canna heaven)

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You will also need:

Peanut butter balls:

- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 2 – 2 ½ cups confectioners sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 + cup butter and/or coconut oil –
you can get away with a bit less oil by using hash, this way, you
won’t dilute the peanut butter flavor quite so much with oil and
sugar.


Chocolate coating:

- Any hard, dark bakers melting chocolate or chips, roughly ¾ - 1 cup.
- 2/3 tsp coconut hash oil (works better than the butter alternative, but use no other oil)
- Paraffin/baking wax

Optional, recommended

- lecithin

Optional (for “fuse”)

- thick cotton cooking string, or white yarn
- paraffin wax
- ceramic dish, or a small home-made ‘foil bowl’



Cut 20 x 2 ½” sections, of thick white string or yarn (you may
need spares). Tie a small knot at one end of each string.

Heat your oven to 200 and melt a small portion of paraffin wax in a
small ceramic dish, takes only 2 – 3 minutes... it can be very
carefully microwaved, or heated slowly on the stove-top, but it’s
MUCH, much safer and more controlled in the oven, and at a set
temp.

Carefully remove the paraffin from the oven with a potholder, it will
be very warm, so set it on a safe surface. Begin dipping the
strings, tied end first, into the paraffin, coating the yarn well. If
heated in the oven at 200, it should be cool enough to grab by the
opposite end once dipped, to flip and coat the entire string. Be
quick, or you’ll be reheating your paraffin a few times! The wax
helps keep the ball formed around the string, and it also prevents
stray strands of string fiber from being eaten by you, or your
patients or guests.

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Creating a potent oil:

Decarb your hash, by following the guide in the “Canna Caps”
recipe. Decarb your herb by following the same instructions, but
lay it flat and evenly on a baking sheet, inside the oven bag with
as much air as possible, then fold the opening underneath, sealing
it.

If decarbing both at once, carefully remove the hash 15-20
minutes into the process and cover with a thick dry towel, to slow
down the cooling process (reducing the risk of your dish
shattering), and allow an additional 10 minutes for the herb. This is
how it should look before decarbing:

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And this is how it should look, once decarbed…. remember, keep all
containers sealed well the entire time they are being heater and
allow all materials to fully cool, BEFORE opening them, otherwise
you can allow some of your precious material to escape via
vaporization:

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Now you are ready to add your oils, and lecithin.

I like to use a combination of oils, both for flavor, and to create a
varied oil ‘vehicle’ for cannabinoid bonding and availability, some
thinner and some thicker. In the end, you want it to be a solid at
room temp, so your canna balls aren’t too soft, and the chocolate
keeps its shape and thickness. The additional liquid oils I've used in
addition to the solids, had previously been infused with herb.

Ideally, you should be using butter and/or coconut oil, about 1.5
Tbsp worth for your hash. If this is your primary or only canna oil
source, you’ll be adding an additional 2 x Tbsp of softened butter
to the peanut butter filling, later on.


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And your double boiler, with your melted oils and lecithin over a
low heat.

(I am using slightly more oil, knowing that with this much herb, a
small but noticeable quantity of oil will be left behind):

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After adding the powdered herb:

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Cover tight with foil, using the foil to seal the thermometer in
place, keep between 180-200 f, turning off the heat periodically as
it rises. This is what it looks like after about ten or so hours:

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Allow to cool somewhat, so it’s only warm to the touch, and set
up your cheesecloth.

Now, you can begin straining.

When using this much green for such a small amount of oil, I know
there will be some potent material left within the herb that is
worth keeping, so I save and freeze the green for a future run,
and use only the oil.

But knowing you’ll be using a smaller amount, and if it was initially
ground finely enough, you can choose to add it all directly to the
peanut butter.


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Now with one (or both) of these oils, you’re finally ready to make
the peanut butter balls!


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On to the peanut butter balls:

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In a mixing bowl, you’ll be blending your peanut butter, vanilla, and
all your canna oil except for roughly 2/3 tsp which will go in the
chocolate (only if made with butter and/or coconut oil, otherwise,
use it all in the peanut butter) first. If only using hash oil,
remember to add a few Tbsp of additional butter at this point.

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Once that is done you should have an oily peanut butter goo, and
you’re ready to begin mixing in your powdered sugar, until it
reaches a consistency that will hold shape, and not crumble.


You’re now ready to make the peanut butter centers, using the ‘fuse’:

Cover the base of a cookie sheet or baking pan with foil or wax paper.

Take enough peanut butter filling, so that when rolled, it should
create roughly a 1.25 - 1.50” diameter ball.

Once it’s balled up, insert the ‘fuse’ about half-way through the
ball, KNOT-END FIRST, then gently squeeze and reform, the ball
making sure that it’s stable. If you’d like, you can place them down
gently but firmly on the foil or wax paper, just enough to create a
‘flat’ on the very base, to keep them from rolling around.

Having the fuse-knot in the center holds it in very snug, and
prevents the fuse from slipping around and falling out, or crumbling
the peanut butter, and you can carefully bend the fuse so it looks
decorative, or more ‘cartoon-ish’.

Pop the tray into the freezer, for no longer than 20 minutes (while
you complete the following).

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Chocolate coating:

This can be as simple or tedious as you like. If you’re not adept in
the kitchen or familiar with tempering chocolate I recommend using
all your hash/canna oil in the peanut butter ball portion, disregard
the double boiler, and using one of the newer, more simple
microwavable melting chocolates, which are designed for easy
consistent use.

Otherwise, you may be frustrated when the consistency fails and
it’s more of a lumpy sauce, than a coating.

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What I do, using a double boiler pot, is grab a handful of
semi-sweet, dark, and milk chocolate baking chips, concentrating
on the dark and semi-sweet, and slowly melt them over the lowest
heat possible using a double boiler.

Once the chocolate is melted, I add my hash oil, blend, and then I
begin shaving small amounts of paraffin into the chocolate. I’ll
blend again, then drop a little on wax paper. Once it stays nice
and solid, it’s ready. Remove from heat.

If you choose to make your own chocolate coat, but without
adding additional canna oil, there is no need for the paraffin: just
temper as usual, and they will be much shinier this way. Remember
the smaller and taller the pot, the easier it will be to use as a
coat.

Remove your peanut butter balls from the freezer (or the
refrigerator, if you waited longer than 20 minutes) and grab them
one at a time, by the fuse.

Quickly dunk each ball in the cooling chocolate, and place on your
wax paper.. a new sheet can be used, or you can carefully return
each ball to the last.

The cold temperature of the peanut butter ball will rapidly solidify
the cooling chocolate, this is why it’s best to work fast and use
the freezer rather than the fridge for the balls, the outer edge
becomes colder than it can in the fridge, without allowing the
center to become frozen (which can cause crumbling/cracking in
the center around the fuse, when dunked into the warm
chocolate).

After dunking each ball, take a spoon and using the excess
chocolate, place a small drop on the end of each fuse… now
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Pop them in the freezer, and you’re done! You now have 18 – 20
of the most potent desert-edibles you can find... with folks
eagerly awaiting a sample, you can see that three BOMBs had
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If you're not using them right away, I recommend letting them sit
for a few hours, as they are on the pan, while freezing.

Then, like any stored edible, you can remove them and place them
inside an oven bag within a tupperware container, or even a
small safe, properly installed in your freezer… this is what I
recommend to any parents, who need to keep meds out of
the hands of curious minors.

Storing them first in oven bags, helps to prevent freezer burn and
outside odors or flavors from seeping in, retaining their flavor, so
they don’t become spoiled by the environment outside the bag.

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Enjoy



Tip: Any excess, hashy chocolate that you may have left over
from the dunking, can be poured to harden into a chocolate mold,
or a small tray lined with wax paper, making a great edible all on
its own.

Tip: How do you make quick and easy hash chocolates? Just follow
that portion of the recipe.

oh my id love try these made the right way then try to make myself yummy!

 

[Gry]

Her method of decarb described the first post, works well for me.

 

[mr.brunch]

Her method of decarb described the first post, works well for me.

Agreed, never failed for me

 

[Gry]

Agreed, never failed for me

Also had success using another method she left us with.
Thought she posted it here, but can't find it at the moment.
Was posted: https://cannapedia.me/Citric+Acid+Extraction
Site is providing a 404 at the moment.
Called for extract to be mixed with citric and apple cider vinegar prior to letting it sit for 3-4 days.
Countertop decarb at room temp.

 

[mr.brunch]

Just made some lemon drizzle cakes using the oil method for the caps- recipe needed more oil so I just added extra coconut oil and a little extra lecithin, 6 grams of hash / 12 cakes -0.5 per cake.
I made some chocolate cakes with this method years ago minus the lecithin and only 0.3 per cake… ate 3 and felt like I was coming up on acid.

 

[mr.brunch]

One went missing….

 

[mr.brunch]

Very nice, good and strong
I gave some out yesterday, spoke to my sick relative last night about an hour after he ate one and he was giggling a bit, and also had the munchies- good sign as he has gastrointestinal problems
My other friend has not gotten back to me yet

 

[mr.brunch]

Half a cake this evening/ seems to be a nice dosage for me

 

[chilliwilli]

Also had success using another method she left us with.
Thought she posted it here, but can't find it at the moment.
Was posted: https://cannapedia.me/Citric+Acid+Extraction
Site is providing a 404 at the moment.
Called for extract to be mixed with citric and apple cider vinegar prior to letting it sit for 3-4 days.
Countertop decarb at room temp.

Do you mean this one?

Citric acid extraction

 

[Gry]

Looks like it is her material, changed from the original site a bit, but the essence is the same,
and the process is described well. Glad to see it has been put back up, the process is
simple and effective.

 

[@peace]

I am curious about making tincture using the citric acid method. I currently just decarb in an oven. Do people find that there is a different effect with the citric acid mehtod vs. using heat or is the main benefit that it doesn't smell as much?

 

[Gry]

I am curious about making tincture using the citric acid method. I currently just decarb in an oven. Do people find that there is a different effect with the citric acid mehtod vs. using heat or is the main benefit that it doesn't smell as much?

I found it equally as effective as any other means, and enjoyed the fact that it was easier, that there is no smell is a nice benefit a well.
What I liked about it most, was how effective it was when being used.

 

[mr.brunch]

I have my next 6g of Gumby hash ready for the next lot of edibles- just got to decide what to make