Hey guys, perfect thread here.. I was about to post one along the same considerations. I'm having lung issues, so I have to refrain from smoking / vaping now.. indefinitely :surrender:
But moving on, I found this site a few weeks ago, and did my research on baking ideas. I zoomed in on Firecrackers, specially with Nutella, since I love that stuff.. here's the recipe / post that I used for my baking experimentation:
Nutella Firecrackers
I ended up purchasing Graham crackers (maintaining a 'sweet' theme.. Ritz, etc.: too salty for me) and using Nutella.
I've done 3 sessions (4th will be tonight) and here's my results:
1) first batch: 1.5g across 3 crackers / sandwiches (0.5g per cracker batch); I used ONLY Nutella and Graham crackers; baked them for exactly 15 minutes @ 350F, and ended up face-planting into the couch at about the 2 hour mark
having my wife wonder if she should evict me for the night, since I was absolutely comatose.. -- completely destroyed me, and loved every second of it.. NOTE: I used very light / moderate amounts of Nutella on either side of the sandwich..
2) being curious for the Peanut Butter / Olive Oil considerations within a few recipes on the site here, I did the same as above, with with the following differences: a) I placed weed on Nutella, then layered a light coat of oily Peanut Butter over the weed (to enhance the oil / fat availability for the THC absorption,) only to cap with the cracker and Nutella on the topside; b) I baked for 20 minutes @ 350F instead of 15, due to the extra Peanut Butter additon / material (would take longer to penetrate with more product mass, etc.) RESULT: just as good as the above.. only with a bit more 'taste' to the product, with a nice light, slightly burnt Peanut Butter overtone..
3) Got greedy on this session: I opted to not use any Peanut Butter for this time, but instead amp the amount of weed I used. I don't have a very sensitive scale, but I probably used 3 grams across 4 crackers. I finely chopped my bud (almost into powder this time), and placed in the oven for 25 mintues, @ 350F (again much more mass for each sandwich this time)..
NOW: per session 3 above: the results were mediocre, and here are my thoughts on the possible reasons why:
i) too much weed; I suspect the too-much mass (weed and Nutella) might not have been penetrated by the heat and thus only produced mild THC extraction into the Nutella..
ii) I didn't use Peanut Butter on these ones, and thus not enough fat to absorb all the THC available.. but the amount of THC should have been enough to produce more wasted-ness than I experienced on this session.. so that leads me to think not enough heat might have been the issue; still with my first session I only used Nutella and that worked fine.. so I'm stuck for ideas past the 'no Peanut Butter' consideation here..
iii) my wife closed the (open) oven door during the cool-down process, and thus baked them further still, past 25 minutes.. the oven was probably at about 285-325F when she closed the door, so that would have equated into about another 5-10 minutes baking time, @ 350F.. these units tatsed 'burnt' when I ate them, so thus I think I over-cooked the THC, and thus only about half as high as previous attempts.
So with that in mind, I'm nervy about trying to bake tonight @ 350F.. unless I revert back to attempts 1 & 2 (above).
I know the release point of THC starts at about 250F or so, and maxes out about 400F.. so I think 350F is a bit on the high end of the temperature range. I've seen the other recipes here that call for 325F or 330F, and I can imagine that temperature range is safer, to prevent over-cooking. But I do also think that the amount of mass (food product) and the amount of weed added (per unit) do play into the equation as well..
I'm starting to wonder if too much weed in the recipe works against the goal.. the first 2 times I followed the recipe exactly, and had wonderful results.. only when I got greedy did I seemingly fail.
Lastly, my other consideration into the equation is how finely ground or chopped the bud is.. the first couple of times I used medium to medium-fine grade-busted bud.. The third session I used extremely fine (almost powder) grade-busted bud, and am wondering if that allowed too easily, the weed to be overcooked (wish wifey hadn't closed over door -- would have eliminate that variable).
NOTE: the gag (reflex) factor on my session 3 edibles was terrible.. the taste was soooooo bad, I urched with every bite, had to use about half a gallon of milk to wash down 4 sandwiches.. that's one other reason that using too much weed might want to be avoided, so you don't have to 'taste' huge amount of week, per bite / morcel / sandwich.. using 0.5g per unit serves well for taste considerations..
So the only part left that I really don't have much insight into, is how finely chopped bud plays into the equation.. can someone knowledgeable comment there?
Anways, I'm off to do baking now
I'm going to stick to 0.5g per sandwich, layer with Peanut butter as well, keeping the food mass light, and baking for strictly 15 - 20 minutes MAX.
If I want to get higher, I'm just going to eat more sandwiches vs. adding more bud to each sandwich..
NOTE: I'm using good - very good grade bud for my baking (don't know what type, but it's a solid 8/10).
I'll let you know how this turns out. (and yes, I actually will let you know.. LOL.. so many posters indicate: ~'I'll let you know..' and they never post their restuls.. so I can only imagine it worked out well for them.. for obvious reasons..)
Great site here.
Cheers, The Honk.
. :focus:, I already went to the store and got some Ritz, Nutella, and my fav oily PB. I will make some with nutella, some with PB, and let everyone know of the results. I'm also going to do some experimenting with oil, The wrapping, Quanity of PB Etc. I will post my results, Thanks everyone for the help.
