Cannabis Kitchen: How to Make Weed Gummy Bears?
Potheads with a sweet tooth, you don’t have to wait for Christmas to treat yourself with a bit of cannabis candy. Weed-infused gummy bears are increasingly popular edibles and can be easily found in most dispensaries. However, these weed sweets may come with a salty price tag sometimes, and making them at home can result in a gooey mess if you don’t have the right recipe. Luckily, we do! In this article, we show you how to make easy infused weed gummies at home. Keep reading.
While there is a pretty straightforward recipe to make cannabis gummies at home with a store-bought quality, there's still a little science behind the process that needs to be solved first. So, let's get familiar with how gummies are made and all the ingredients you need for the cooking process.
How Are Weed Gummy Bears Different from Regular Gummies?
The process for making regular, non-THC gummy bears requires cooking sugar with a little bit of water until it melts, adding gelatin, and waiting for the mixture to set in. Your first instinct when making the weed gummy snacks might be to just add THC concentrate and that’s it. Well, not exactly! The thing is, if you add any kind of oil or fat to the mixture, it will turn into a chewy soft caramel kind of texture. And THC concentrate is always oil, so if you add a cannabis concentrate to the mixture, the candy will not set properly. So the question remains how to make starchy cannabis gummy bears that don’t melt at room temperature? That's possible with what's called emulsification.
What is Emulsification?
Emulsification is a crucial part of the process to get the real gummy-like texture for gummy bears. Emulsification means to combine the cannabis concentrate with another ingredient while cooking the candy mixture. The usual emulsification agent is lecithin (either sunflower or soy lecithin). Lecithin is an extract made from fatty substances and oils and is what binds the THC concentrate and gelatin mixture together. You can find lecithin either in a liquid or powder form, and it can be made from a variety of ingredients. Sunflower and soy lecithin are actually the most common types.
How to Make Weed Gummy Bears?
Now that we’ve figured out the secret ingredient to make the perfect store-bought weed gummy bears at home, the rest of it is a “piece of candy.”
Before checking the recipe, first see what you’re going to need to make the yummy cannabis jello candy:
- Any kind of cooking pot
- Gummy bear mold or any sort of candy mold
- Spatula
- A kitchen syringe or a measuring cup with a spout
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Whisk
- Stove
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of gelatin (i.e., Jell-O). The flavor of your choice
- 2.5 tablespoons of unflavored gelatin powder
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/4th cup corn syrup
- 1/4th cup cannabis-infused oil (check out the recipe here)
- 2 teaspoons soy or sunflower lecithin
Method:
Step 1: Prepare the gelatin. Sprinkle the unflavored and flavored gelatin in the water and let it cook for minimum five minutes.
Step 2: Add the combined gelatin water and your corn syrup in a saucepan, and let it simmer over low heat.
Step 3: Whisk gently all the time to prevent the gelatin from boiling. In case white foam forms, remove it and reduce heat slightly.
Step 4: When the candy mixture is completely melted and combined, remove from the heat and let it cool.
Step 5: After that, add your cannabis-infused oil and soy/sunflower lecithin and stir to combine.
Step 6: Spray the candy molds with a cooking spray, and you can also set the molds onto baking trays to make them easier to move.
Step 7: Transfer the candy mixture in a kitchen syringe or use a plastic sandwich bag to pour in the blend inside of the molds. If things get messy around the edges, use a flat object like a bench scraper to go over the mold's surface and scrape away any spills.
Step 8: Store the weed gummy bears molds in a refrigerator for at least an hour. Avoid the freezer as gelatin doesn’t work with extreme cold.
Step 9: Once out of the fridge, remove your weed gummies from the mold (they should feel firm to touch).
Step 10: Place the candy on a piece of baking paper and let them air dry.
When all finished, it’s time to taste the jello fruits of your candy labor. Like other cannabis edibles, the infused bear gummies will take their time to work around your digestive system. The strength of the weed oil used while cooking will determine the strength of your weed gummies. Give it some time to feel the unique effects of your jello snacks before proceeding with munching more of them.
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