Category:  Edible Guides

This confectioners’ sugar lollipop mold tutorial from King Arthur Flour is one of those great ideas that will stop you in your tracks with how simple it is. Instead of getting hard cannabis candy stuck in molds, why not just use confectioners’ sugar to make your own? Plus, depending on what object you use to make the indentations, you can get really creative with shapes and color layering! What an amazing idea!

The word “migraine” is one of the most frequently searched terms here at EdibleMJ — and if you suffer from migraines then you already know why. Debilitating and demoralizing, migraines can instantly turn an awesome day into an awful day. There is hope, however: with a proper cannadiet and a little science, you can help prevent migraines before they have a chance to develop.

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This is a very complicated question. The strength of an edible depends on a great many variables: the recipe and what you are making, the strength/quality of the cannabis used, which part of the plant you are using, the amount of plant material used, method(s) of extraction, the recipes and its portion size, etc. Obviously this leaves room for lots of variation among these elements, so as you can probably guess there is no easy scale for potency when it comes to cannacooking. So how do you figure out how to dose your medical marijuana edibles? We decided to do some science and find out.

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If you are reading this then you are obviously already curious about marijuana edibles — definitely a great start! But where from here? Chances are you’ve been smoking or vaporizing for a while. Maybe you haven’t gotten around to making delicious edible marijuana treats because of how complicated and time consuming people make cooking with cannabis out to be. Maybe you’ve tried looking up marijuana recipes in the past only to became confused or by all the conflicting information. We’re here to arm you with the latest and greatest of proven methods for making cannabis and, more importantly, teach you how to be an awesome cannachef. When everything is said and done, a great chef is part artist and part chemist — and a great cannachef is no different.

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If you’ve never consumed cannabis before, you might be curious as to how the high is different when compared to smoking or vaporizing. Most people describe it as a “heavier” or “deeper” high — slow to kick in, slow to wear off, and affecting the body way more than the head. Honestly, though, everyone is different and there is only one way to really understand the difference between smoking and eating: try both yourself (just read this article first).

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If you’ve grown up in the United States you may be pretty surprised to find out that the use of marijuana has quite a long and illustrious history when it comes to edibles. Many anti-marijuana “activists” in the US might have you believe that cannabis-use — especially when it comes to things like “pot brownies” and “weed cookies” — is a vice limited to hippies, deadbeats or liberal-arts college kids; yet some of the world’s oldest — and some would argue most successful — cultures have a rich history filled with smoking and cooking cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use. Cannacooking is certainly nothing new.

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You should always put forth the effort to properly prepare your marijuana before cooking it — this will ensure that your doses are even and consistent and that you don’t waste any money or marijuana. The cornerstone of preparation is being organized, and by putting in a little work now you can save a lot of wasted time spent fixing mistakes later. To help, we’ve created this list of rules to follow.

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By now every medical marijuana patient should be aware of the existence of vaporizers and the benefits of vaporizing marijuana as compared to smoking it. Did you know that the plant matter left over in the vaporizer can be extracted and used to make edibles with? If you own a vaporizer you should be saving your vaped weed as it’s a great low-cost way to “practice” making your favorite cannafoods! Depending on the temperature you vaporize the material at, medical marijuana edibles made with vaporized weed can turn out pretty strong!

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An (almost) complete list of cooking terms.

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