Another Tincture Thread - Try it, You'll like it

The white chocolate seems to have turned out well. I'm working on the video for it. Today I may make the fudge.

 

I took in the 4 month sample of the Dark Star Genesis project and should have the results tomorrow sometime. This will be the last of the Dark Star and in a couple of weeks we'll get the results from the Pakistani Chitral Kush project's 3 month mark. I have been using the Dark Star since the 3 month mark and it is working well. I expect it to be at least 90% converted which is good enough for me.

By the way, the white chocolate video will be up shortly.

 

Infused White Chocolate from Scratch

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Well, as is the P'Sam tradition, here is my guide for making white chocolate from scratch which was made on the maiden journey and for whatever it's worth. I will admit to only having made white chocolate from scratch once a couple of weeks ago and it was okay but was lacking as a munchie. I had never made anything other than topicals with cocoa butter and didn't really know what to expect. There's not a lot of tips for using it or visual clues. a lot of the butter had risen to the top. It was okay but nothing to write home about. It worked well in the fudge I made and that's what I was trying to do.

As usual, my edibles aren't real pretty due to a lack of fine motor skills, equipment and practice but they work really well and that's what counts, heh? I'm making this because I had bought a pound of food grade cocoa butter for $25 and didn't want to use it for topicals but I did want to use it since it cost so much. You know, there's not a lot of simple things to use it for and white chocolate was the only easy one that I could maybe do.

I'm not a big white chocolate fan except as a novelty but I do like fudge and vanilla almond fudge is really nice for a more elite dessert. I made a half recipe and will link that recipe at the bottom of the post. Other than the concentrate infusion everything is the same and you should have the benefit of the commentary there as well. As with all things, I'm just showing it can be done and hope for others to take it from there and refine it for themselves and others.

This infused batch has actually turned out better than the virgin version. I heated it long enough to incorporate everything into the fudge and it tastes like cannabis flowers, the same as the fragrance the bho gave off while decarbing, even over the vanilla.

BHO is very easy to use and because it's becoming more available, I plan to make a couple of other things and videos. The guides aren't really about the stuff I make but more a visual guide on how to use and adapt concentrates to whichever thing you want to infuse. A gram of concentrate averages about 700mg of cannabinoids and an ounce of GD made to a 4g/oz ratio, like mine, has about 450mg which is then transferred to the medium with heat. Concentrates allow you to avoid the tedium of making the GD and then the transfer.

I'll have the fudge soon.

How to Make White Chocolate: Home Made Sweet Treats

 

I just got the results from month 4 of the Dark Star project and it is absolutely beautiful and illustrates why a natural decarb is preferred to a heated one. I'll try to get it edited and posted by tomorrow but right now I have some fudge to make.

 

Cloning is a great way to keep your garden growing and takes away a lot of the guesswork that comes from seed germination and you already know the genetics of them.

I definitely recommend waiting before you try to cut back on those meds. There's no need to suffer needlessly which you will do without a substitute. Cannabis has allowed me to go from a hefty dose down to once every couple of months for those really bad times and those are very rare these days. Just take it slow and easy.

I trust that those co-workers were aware of your actions. Must have been a fun day.

 

I'm afraid that I have to report that the fudge turned out......fantastic!!!

More later. Right now I'm just going to sit back and enjoy it. Mazar Kush and Vietnamese Black....Whoo!

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I think I have better things to waste money on.

 

I don't see why not, Dave. That's how I make mine. In the early guide here I used other things but I've discovered GD works really well. The "ranchers" should retain the same properties as the tincture whether active or not. And hard candy is a great way to dose because it's a sublingual absorption and the effects come on pretty quickly for fast relief

I can see how Afgoo may have been a bit much for someone like you. Your Northern Lights should be about the same so maybe reserve that for night time and heavy pain although you will get acclimated to the effects before long.

 

Infused
Vanilla Almond Fudge


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Ingredients

1 cup of white chocolate chips or 6 oz slab broken up
1/3 cup of sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup of coarsely chopped toasted slivered almonds
2 tsp vanilla
1g decarbed shatter/concentrate

Directions

Place your white chocolate in a thick saucepan along with the sweetened condensed milk over low heat until it's fully melted and the mixture is smooth.

Have your decarbed shatter warmed and fluid. Once your mixture is smooth, take it off the heat and mix in your concentrate, stirring well. Your mixture should not be too hot to degrade the cannabinoids since chocolate doesn't get close to 260° but if you have an IR thermometer, you can check it.

Now add the vanilla and the almonds and mix it all up.

Line a mold or pan with aluminum foil then pour your fudge mixture into the prepared mold and place it in the refrigerator for 2 hours to set up.

For this guide I infused the white chocolate at the time that I made it from scratch but I imagine most folks would use commercial chips instead. As long as your concentrate is decarbed and fluid you can put it in at any time during the process.

This recipe makes about 20 servings with 35mg per serving. This can easily be done with chocolate fudge as well.