Everyone loves a gummy sweet treat and double the fun when it is concentrated with THC. If you have been taking cannabis for a while, you will know that this kind of candy is expensive to buy at any local dispensary. But, do not worry because you can make these yummy edible gummies at home. You will find many recipes online, and simple that teaches you how to make edible gummies. These soft, jelly, gummy bears will make your tongue dance happily and help your lifestyle in many ways.
If you want to make weed gummies with the same quality as store-bought, this article got you. After this recipe, you will have a chewy and soft gummy that even your visitors will love. Before that, you need to be familiar with weed gummy and how they are related to marijuana.
What Are Edible Gummies?
Weed gummies look similar to the regular gummies except that weed gummies have THC. Gummies are very tempting and a favorite snack of kids. But, this particular one is not to be taken by kids. Also, you need to understand that adding concentrate on a regular gummy is not how edible weed gummy works. To help you understand, here is a brief explanation.
Making edible gummies includes sugar and cooking it until it melts. When the sugar becomes brittle hard, you will add the gelatin, turning into a spongy and jelly-like form. Add any fat or oil like butter, and you will achieve that soft, chewy caramel. But, for edible gummies, this is a struggle.
Any THC concentrate products always involve oil and even THC shatter, which is meant to be hard to turn into oil when placed in heat. If you add oil to the candy, it will not correctly set. It isn’t effortless to mix oil with a firm candy structure, which is why emulsification is essential. Without the correct way to emulsification, you will not achieve the desired texture of your edible gummy.
How will you achieve chewy and stretchy cannabis gummies with the same quality as those sold in a local dispensary? The critical element is proper emulsification. To achieve the gummy texture, you have to mix your weed concentrate with an ingredient that is usually used to make candy like sunflower or soy lecithin. If you do not have this emulsification ingredient, you will never achieve the gummy-THC concentrated snack you wanted for a long time.
How to Make Edible Gummies
This recipe is easy and simple to make. You will need pre-packed gelatin just like every other recipe, making you achieve the edible gummies. Here are the ingredients and tools that you will need:
Ingredients
You will need the following:
½ cup of cold water
1/4th cup marijuana-infused coconut oil
1/4th cup corn syrup
2.5 tablespoons of unflavored gelatin
3 oz. pre-packed flavored gelatin
2 teaspoons soy or sunflower lecithin
Tools
Spatula
Saucepan
Whisk
Non-stick Cooking Spray
Silicone Molds (You can choose whatever shapes you like)
Measuring Cup
Steps:
1. The very first thing to prepare is your gelatin. If you are using powdered gelatin, let it bloom on the water for about 5 minutes. But, if you use gelatin sheets, soak them in water for 10 minutes.
2. When the gelatin already blooms, mix it with water and corn syrup in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whish your mixture gently and never let it boil. If you notice white foam appearing, slowly decrease your heat. Boiling your gelatin will prevent the candy from setting it into a particular form.
3. Let the mixture thoroughly combine and melt with each other, remove from heat, and let it cool. After it has cool down, you can now add your cannabis-infused coconut oil and lecithin of your choice.
4. Prepare your silicone molds and spray them well with cooking spray. It is also best to add baking paper on your trays, which will help you remove them easier later. Note that it is best to use silicone molds as they are very flexible and easy to remove.
5. You can now put your mixture into a measuring cup. If you do not have a measuring cup, use a plastic sandwich bag, pour your mixture, and cut the edge to mimic a piping bag.
6. Now, fill each of your molds. Use a scraper or any flat tool to remove the messy edges. It will be perfectly molded and clean. After you filled everything, put the molds in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Never use the freezer because too much cold can turn your gelatin into ice and not edible gummy texture.
7. After an hour, you can now remove your edible gummies and get them out of molds. The gummies must be firm and slightly tacky like the regular gummy bears you can buy in a candy store. Aly down the edible gummies in a baking paper and let air dry.
Just a reminder that this recipe is prone to molds. So before you store them, make sure they are dried thoroughly. The cannabis gummies can last for one week when the outside refrigerator, and if inside, it takes about a month.
Wrapping Up
Making this cannabis-infused candy recipe at home is easy. The steps are simple, and you can indeed create one at home. This guide is a starting point in creating different weed snacks in your kitchen. Note that these gummies can help not only for recreational use but for medical use. Many use this for their pain, anxieties, stress, and difficulties in sleeping.
Also, taking gummies can deliver less effect, less potency, on the body than when it is topically applied, vaped, smoked, inhaled, and sublingually. If you want a more potent gummy, increase your doses slowly to see the effects. It does not make you high compared to other methods of taking weed. Some feel like they are just eating regular gummies with a hint of marijuana.
Finally, it is essential to know if it is legal in your state to consume and take cannabis. There are still many states and countries that are not open to the use of marijuana and still debates up to now.
