My attempt at ABV Coconut Oil Brownies

[MagnusKain]

I am posting this to get any advice or tips to impove my experience with ABV. I have tried about a half dozen times to make an edible and each time it was a bust. I tried the firecracker thing with abv many many times and never felt even the slightest effects. (6g once even!) That was with a V2 pro series 7. I have since got myself an extreme q and I think it work x100 better but I haven't tried eating any abv from it yet. So here is my plan.

I saved up 30g of abv and put it in (about)1cup of coconut oil in a double boiler rig in a small crock pot on low. After 24hrs I am going to run it thru cheesecloth right into an instant brownie mix. (and I will remember to bake at 280°F) I will post a follow up after I get them out of the oven.

So far so good?

 

[Burken]

That is the exact method I use when making brownies and it has worked out great each time.
Hope it does the job for you!

 

[MagnusKain]

Do you use similar quantities of abv and oil? I would like them to be high potency. ^_^ Not sure what to expect really so I just went with what I thought was a lot.

Got home and my crock pot was a little low on water and I am worried my jar got too hot..... It's been on LOW the whole time with a washcloth folded twice between the jar and bottom of the crock pot.... does anyone know if that is still safe or could I have messed it up?

 

[MagnusKain]

Ended up with about 1/2 cup of oil after pressing thru a cheesecloth (next time I think I will leave it together and bake it I don't mind the flavor)...... brownies came out perfect (after baking and extra 30mins) cut them into 8 and smashed one whole one.... now we wait.....

 

[MagnusKain]

Well they work but not killer like I wanted them but pretty good.... a friend tried a half of one and should have only ate a quarter of one lol!

 

[momofthegoons]

One thing that has worked for me is to mix 1/2 and 1/2 fresh herb with abv. You get a little 'boost' from the fresh and the 'couch lock' effects from the abv. I try to find a recipe that calls for a good amount of butter and will often double it. I also grease the pan with the infused butter.

Another trick is to add some kief to your abv butter. That has resulted in some serious, white knuckle brownies.

 

[LetsAllMeltDownTogether]

Sunflower lecithin can also help increase potency.

 

[5Niner]

How long are you vaping? I pack my device and set it to the lowest setting (roughly 120*). I don't take any draws and it comes out with hints of green. I then take the ABV (equates to 1tsp the way I pack my vape) and impregnate a "ready to bake" peanut butter cookie from your local freezer lol. Surprisingly....it's worked well so far...for the amount of effort that's for sure! I doubled the dosage for comparison sake.....not so good

 

[zor]

@MagnusKain (love the avatar man, FF4 is my favorite), have you tried making a firecracker with fresh herb? It sounds like your last foray into edibles worked but it might be worth a shot to try to troubleshoot just in case there's some point of failure somewhere....6g firecracker should be plenty strong unless you're baking with completely spent ABV (in which case I salute your efficiency ).

It may also help to add a decarb step, even with the ABV, just as a point of control. I do this regardless as I see no harm but can't necessarily say, with conviction, that it helps...what I do is grind the abv in a coffee grinder to get as much surface area as possible (it turns into dust, which can be tricky to handle), encase it in a makeshift tinfoil envelope (just fold the sides over so it's a sealed pouch), and bake it at 240F for 20-30 min. Definitely do this with the fresh weed if you try the fresh herb firecracker.

 

[MagnusKain]

@zor Killer man. My favorite game too!! I have tried the firecrackers many many times. With and without abv. No effects. (up to 8g of abv and up to 1g of dank) I am going to try again soon.... same everything but I am going to leave it all together and just bake it all. No cheesecloth step. I lost 1/2 cup of finished oil in the soaked abv. So this time I am making two batches and leaving the abv and oil together. 2 batches cause I can't find a recipe that uses more than 1/2 cup of oil and they were crazy fudgy last time because of the oil.

I do vape the *poop* outta it..... I put it on 392ºF for whip and 410ºF for balloons. Sometimes with a full one pack(not an elbow but a full one) I will vape it for over an hour. Usually I will elbow pack it and use it for like 10mins and get like 4 good drags and then it seems spent but it looks really light brown or green even sometimes.....

 

[Melting Pot]

I am going to try again soon.... same everything but I am going to leave it all together and just bake it all. No cheesecloth step

Then just grind up AVB put right in mix don't mess with making oil.
I put in grinder add to milkshakes, PBJ,brownies with abv no need to decarb find proper dose enjoy.

 

[Nok21]

I do the same thing, only with an improvised double boiler (Metal bowl over a pot of water) for about 2 hours with constant stirring/ supervision. Never feel like im losing any potency and always have great results. May i suggest an unbleached coffee filter instead of cheesecloth? I normally filter through a funnel into a mason jar myself. Yes, it does take longer.. But you do lose less oil.

My standard brownie recipe is as follows:

-45ml of coconut oil (A little more than 1/6 cup, but not much!)
-1C Brownie mix (Your choice)
-1/2 of a beaten egg (Yeah, a bitch to measure)
-1 TBSP water

Bake @ 280-290* for 30-35 minutes. Let cool, slice, and enjoy. I find this small recipe yields about 8 small brownies, "Low dosage", or 4 large brownies that can easily over medicate someone. I use the smallest pyrex pan my local store carried, and most of the time the batter will fill half of the pan.

If i dont have enough oil for brownies, i simply use gelatin caps and use about 5-6ml of oil per dosage; which is about 6 or 7 size 00 Gelatin Capsules. Make sure not to use vegetarian capsules.

For me, using ABV from the PAX vaped from lo-high typically makes a strong dosage at about 10ml of oil or alcohol tincture. I mean eye-squinting strong too.


Anyway, thought this was a good place to share my experience with ABV brownies =D

 

[MagnusKain]

I used 25g of abv finely ground in coffee grinder, 1cup of cocunut oil, and use the crock pot on low for 24hrs. Then combined the whole thing into 1 box of Fudge Brownie mix. Left the 1/4 cup water out because I used 1/3 extra cup of oil (1 cup instead of 2/3 cup), and 3 eggs. At 290ºF for 1 hour. Came out pretty letting them cool and will eat a big one in the morning to test..... ^_^

 

[TeeJay1952]

I used 25g of abv finely ground in coffee grinder, 1cup of cocunut oil, and use the crock pot on low for 24hrs. Then combined the whole thing into 1 box of Fudge Brownie mix. Left the 1/4 cup water out because I used 1/3 extra cup of oil (1 cup instead of 2/3 cup), and 3 eggs. At 290ºF for 1 hour. Came out pretty letting them cool and will eat a big one in the morning to test..... ^_^

Report back. (When you are able.)

 

[MagnusKain]

@TeeJay1952 It's 11:44am I am two brownies deep. I think they are pretty nice.... I had one with my coffee at 9am and feelin' a bit I think. ... so I ate another....