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Were you hesitant to try making cannabis lollipop recipe despite your curiosity about how to do it?Creating homemade edibles need not be a complex or anxiety-inducing task. In reality, producing do-it-yourself infusions can be cost-effective and offer home cooks the opportunity to personalize flavors, sugar levels, and THC potency to their liking.
Pro tip: Check out our Edible lollipops dosing chart for guidance on how to achieve your preferred THC:CBD ratio and perfect your homemade edible creations.
A thermometer is a must for making this recipe, or any hard candy, successfully. When selecting a thermometer for cooking, you’ll have a few different choices including: glass, digital, and glass/metal hybrid.
Glass thermometers (recommended)
Glass deep fry/candy thermometers are designed for making candy. Made completely of glass they hook onto the side of any pot to monitor the temperature.
Using a flat-sided pot will allow the tip of the thermometer to be directly immersed in the cooking mixture. Do not allow the tip to touch the bottom of the pot. They are incredibly delicate and do break easily.
Also, remember to allow glass thermometers to cool fully before immersing them in water (I have broken my fair share by learning the hard way).
Metal and glass thermometers
Metal and glass candy thermometers are a more durable option. They hook onto the side of the pot with the tip immersed in the cooking liquid.
The metal edge lists the different stages of temperatures of cooking candy. These thermometers are safe and easy to use.
Digital thermometers
Another option is digital thermometers with removable temperature probes. They are inexpensive and are very versatile in the kitchen. The probe is attached by a heat-proof wire. Holding the probe in the mixture, but not touching the bottom, will give the most accurate temperature reading.
Technically, you could do this recipe without a mold but we highly recommend one while working with hot liquid sugar.
You can pick any shape that excites you, just be sure to grab the silicone molds instead of cheap plastic ones. You don’t want melted plastic in your pot.
If you want to skip the molds, buy a box of parchment paper. Using a spoon you can create delicate artisan weed lollipops using just parchment.
We use a pastry brush to wash down the inside of the pot while cooking the sugar. They can come in silicone or natural bristle brushes. Pastry brushes are available for a few dollars in any store that sells kitchen utensils. Afterward, they are great for applying bbq sauce when grilling.
Lollipop sticks are available in the candy-making department of any craft store. Most dollar stores and Walmart now carry a large assortment of candy-making supplies.
You can find a variety of flavourings in the grocery store, Bulk Barn, or any center with a baking section. It’s cool if you want weed-flavoured suckers, but a dash of mint or citrus really kicks it up a notch.
Pro tip: Use caution when adding flavouring to the hot sugar mixture. Most flavourings will create a burst of hot steam when added.
Food colouring has come a long way since those four packs of squeeze bottles of red, green blue, and yellow. Those colour kits can be found in the grocery store, but we recommend gel food colouring for more colour variety.
When using gel food colouring it’s wise to have a few butter knives on hand. Use them to dip into the food colouring then we swirl the utensil through the hot candy mixture. Use a fresh knife each time you want to add colour.
Pro tip: Assemble all of the ingredients and tools before you get started. Cooking sugar to make candy is a hot sticky process. Oven mitts are a smart safety precaution to have on hand.
This recipe makes up to 16 servings* and takes 15 minutes of prep, plus 30 minutes of cook time, for a total time of 45 minutes.
*For molded treats like the ones pictured, you will get approximately 8 lollipops. For freeform lollipops you will get up to 16 as they will spread out and be quite thin.
Important: For candy such as weed lollipops, or any hard candy, the mixture must reach 300°F. In candy-making, this is the “Hard Crack” stage, it assures the mixture will set correctly into a hard candy. It will take about ten minutes to reach this temperature.
Store your weed candy in a dry location. Humidity will cause the lollipops to become sticky. And most importantly, have fun! This is cannabis after all. Leafly’s simple yet versatile lollipop edibles recipe has endless flavour, potency, and colour combinations, so don’t be afraid to make your own tasty iterations and tell us in the comments below.
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