The dog days of Summer are coming to a close as daylight gets shorter, nights get longer and, maybe, everything is just a tad bit spookier because Halloween is closing in like fog in that scary movie about, well, The Fog (1980).
You’ve probably started the process of converting your front yard into a graveyard and your party mix to seventeen repeats of “The Monster Mash.”
But what about your treats?
Edibles are an effective and discreet way to enjoy cannabis and can help mellow you out on these scary streets. You’re likely a bit wary due to their notorious potency, but have you considered microdosing?
Edible baking has evolved so well it’s easy to regulate how powerful your confectionary creations are. Now you don’t have to worry about never knowing how much to eat and how often.
In fact, we’ve put together five great recipes to help infuse and elevate your Halloween experience from good to great with the wonders of cannabis.
1. Canna-Caramels
You can skip trick-or-treating (and/or stay out of your kid’s candy stash) and make a batch of these grownup treats for yourself in about 15 minutes.
Ingredients:
– 1/2 cup sugar
– 1 1/2 sticks of canna-butter
– 3 Tbs. light corn syrup
– 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
Directions:
Line an 8×8 pan with wax paper. Combine all ingredients over medium heat in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 7-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Pour the caramel into your wax paper lined pan. Allow to cool for 1-2 hours before cutting into bite-sized pieces. Then top with chocolate or sea salt, or sandwich them between some pretzels, or eat them as is- whatever suits your fancy.
2. Caramel Apple Cider
Remember those caramels you just made? Grab a big handful or two and throw them into your Crock-Pot along with a gallon of good apple cider and a couple sticks of cinnamon. Heat until the caramel is melted and your cider is steaming.
3. Pumpkin Pie
Use your grandma’s secret recipe or just use the one off the back of the can, but add a quarter cup of a strong cannabis tincture to your pumpkin mixture before baking and increase your cooking temperature by ten degrees.
Be sure to wrap the edges of your crust in tinfoil, so that the increased temperature doesn’t fry your pasty.
4. Deviled Eggs
A classic party standby you can dress up for Halloween by topping with a slice of olive (for eyeballs) or plastic spider rings.
Use softened (not melted), salted canna-butter in place of half the mayo you ordinarily would have added.
Alternately, if you get ambitious you can infuse cannabis into some canola oil and make your mayo from scratch. Embrace the herbal flavors in your enhanced deviled eggs and top them with a little-chopped basil or cilantro.
5. Martinis with eyeballs
No Halloween party is complete without a spooky cocktail, and this cannabis-infused lychee martini will be sure to wow your party guest.
You can probably find the canned lychees in the Asian section of your grocery store. If your party guests ask you what the fleshy white fruit in their drink is, I highly recommend adopting your best deadpan voice and continuously insisting it’s an eyeball.
For the garnish
– 1/4 cup light corn syrup
– Red food coloring
– 1 can lychee fruit, drained, with the juice reserved
– Stir the red food coloring into the corn syrup until you achieve a blood-like color.
– Coat the lychees in the fake blood.
For the drink
– 3 oz vodka
– 1 oz dry vermouth
– 2 teaspoons of your favorite cannabis tincture
– 1/3 cup lychee juice, reserved from the can
– Shake over ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
– Garnish with one or two bloody “eyeballs.”
