Cannabis Infused Chocolate Citrus Nut Bark

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It's the only non-renewable resource that we don't get back , so spend it wisely . And , of course , spending wisely can include listening to Bite Me , the Show about edibles . Now , this episode is special .

I received some permission a little while back to share this recipe from Anne , and Anne is the author of a new cookbook called Stoned , with biographies celebrating 100 years of counterculture , and Anne Alchim has been a guest on this show . If you haven't already heard that episode , I will be sure to link to it in the show notes so you can find it .

It was a fantastic episode led to a friendship through cannabis .

Anne is a wonderful human being and she's also written another cookbook that's also equally as fantastic , called Butter and Flour , and she's also written another cookbook that's also equally as fantastic , called Butter and Flour , and if you haven't checked that book out as well , I recommend that you do . I did for this particular podcast .

Well , what other podcast would it be but for this podcast ? I did the Canadian Snowballs , which is quite timely as I record this in December Another great recipe to try if you haven't tried already , and I recommend both of her books .

The Stoned Book is a beautiful coffee table style cookbook that is interspersed with stories , and it wasn't that long ago that I actually did an excerpt from the book on the show as well and I'll link to that too so you can check that out , so you can learn about all things Anne through Bite Me the Show about edibles because she's doing some great work in the

world and I love talking about other cannabis enthusiasts , edibles enthusiasts in particular . They're doing cool shit in the world and Anne is definitely one of those people and I got to meet Anne in person at Camp Canna earlier this year and what a great experience it was . She was just as lovely in person as she was online .

The dark chocolate citrus nut bark stood out in this book and I really liked the idea of the blend of chocolate and citrus . I know oftentimes , especially this time of year , chocolate and peppermint can be a nice combination , but citrus to me it's sophisticated and it's a nice sort of twist on a classic recipe .

I guess I mean chocolate bark is one of these recipes that looks beautiful and impressive . It's actually pretty simple to make and the one thing I really do like about Anne's recipes that she does in her books is how approachable they are and how most of them I mean .

There's , of course , more challenging recipes , as there should be in any cannabis cookbook or cookbook in general , because sometimes you want to try things that are a little more creative . That will help stretch your skills , that will help you learn more about your process and it can be really satisfying .

But sometimes , when it gets really busy , like it does this time of year , you want something simple , and a lot of the recipes in this book are approachable and simple and they don't require any specialty ingredients or tools , and this particular recipe and a lot of the recipes in Anne's book are no exception . This recipe stood out .

It's festive , it's easy , it's perfect for holiday gifting or personal indulgence , and I can already tell you that I had a special someone . My daughter had a birthday this month . As part of a little gift package I put together for her , it did include some of this bark , so it looks beautiful and sophisticated when you package it up nicely .

So the dark chocolate citrus nut bark . Now , at the top of the page it says difficulty level , and I love how , throughout the book , the difficulty level isn't sort of a scale like you might expect to find , but it is rather a commentary from our dear author , and this particular one says my dog could make these and she's not very bright .

So there you have it , my friends . This is a simple recipe that you can put together relatively quickly . Now , what are you going to need for this particular recipe ? Well , first of all , you're going to need some of your favorite dark chocolate .

Now , I have to admit , when I made this particular one , for whatever reason , I think I was making it and perhaps I did what I often do best , which is skim the recipe . It's right in the name , so I'm not sure how I pulled this one off , but I think I had it in my mind . I knew I was going to be doing this .

I talked to Ann about it a while ago and I don't remember the dark chocolate part . So I had a lot of semi-sweet chocolate chips on hand , so I ended up using semi-sweet . It still worked out quite nicely . If you're a dark chocolate lover , this is going to the best quality dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate that you can .

The quality of the chocolate is really going to make this particular recipe , because it is the recipe essentially . You're going to need your can of coconut oil in this particular instance , so you want a bit of infused coconut oil and , of course , depending on your audience . You can make this THC CBD a ratio . I have made it with and without .

It's beautiful either way . I prefer it infused because well , I don't think I need to explain myself any further You're going to need almonds , pistachios and pecans . You could probably also use a blend of particular nuts that you have on hand as well . I tend to often buy nuts in larger bags at Costco , so I just use whatever I happen to have on hand .

A little while ago they had Brazil nuts and those are delicious and work really well in a lot of these types of recipes . So , whatever you have on hand , walnuts would be nice in this .

So the pistachios are good because they're salted , but I do realize that when I went out and bought the pistachios for what I was using these for , they were not salted , so I didn't get that salt factor . But I think that would be preferable in this particular instance , because the chocolate and the salt together would chef's kiss would be delicious .

You're going to need also mixed citrus peel . Now she says in the notes here that you can get these mixed citrus peels in your in your favorite bulk food store . But I actually used actual peel and I'm not sure if that's incorrect or not , but that's what I ended up doing . I just peeled a little bit like with a with a vegetable peeler .

I peeled off and then I chopped it up pretty small and use that . You could probably also use a zester if you wanted . You need an eighth of a cup , so it's not like you need a whole ton . That's what I ended up doing . It was pretty good .

So that's all you need for this particular recipe and , as you can see , you need the chocolate , you need some nuts , you need some some citrus zest and , of course , your infusion fat , your infused coconut oil , and that's about it . Now . She did have some notes as well about what you might need . As far as tools go .

She recommends using a double broiler or a heatproof bowl over boiling water , which is essentially the same thing . You're just sort of creating your own little double boiler system and that's how you're melting all of these ingredients together . And she suggests a citrus punch strain , which is an uplifting sativa , promoting happiness and good vibes cultivar .

And I used what I had on hand , which was a , I think , for this particular one .

I had made some coconut oil with some already vaped cannabis , because I have been using that quite a bit because of course , as we all know , if you're using the spent cannabis out of your dry herb vaporizer , that is already decarbed , so it's ready to go and I have a big jar of that in my pantry and I just keep that for when I need to make something

quick . I usually do have some decarbed cannabis in the pantry as well , but I think in this particular instance I had used it up for something else already . So I use the already vaped cannabis because it's already good to go and that's a little fun fact If you're going to be inhaling cannabis .

That's one of the reasons , one of the many reasons I like to recommend a dry herb vaporizer , because you're kind of stretching your cannabis even further . You get to vaporize it , inhale it , enjoy those beautiful terpenes in the high and then you can save the spent cannabis and use it directly in your edibles later .

So you buy once , use twice , like brilliant , isn't it ? And of course there's some health benefits to using a dry herb vaporizer over your typical combustion , which I think a lot of people really enjoy .

And if I'm being completely honest , I dry herb vape in my house , where I would never smoke a joint in my house and as an ex-smoker I have a lot of reasons for that . I'm not really a big fan of the lingering smoke smell that tends to cling to clothing and curtains and all these things .

And I know cannabis smoke is very different than cigarette smoke , but I said I have that association with it , so that's . And I'm asthmatic as well . So these are all reasons why really joints are not my preferred way to consume if I'm inhaling cannabis , but a dry herb vaporizer also . This smell doesn't really linger the same way and it dissipates very quickly .

So I will use those inside and use them often , and my roommate never seems to notice . Now I tend to keep it in one area of the house , which would be my own private quarters , but I've never gotten any complaints .

So that's another reason why I like it , because it's December now , it's cold , it's snowy , it's shitty out and going outside to consume cannabis really doesn't appeal to me , which is another reason why I love edibles as well , because I can eat one and just ride that . Come up in the nice cozy living room in front of the warm fire .

You don't have to go anywhere , it's just beautiful , doesn't that sound nice ? So anyway , that's a bit of an aggression , but those are the ingredients that you're going to need . Now the preparation steps . Of course , if , when it comes to the infusion , if you already have and a lot of people really do like coconut oil as an infusion you need eight tablespoons .

So it's not a lot , but a lot of people will make larger batches . So you know , having infused coconut oil on hand , it's useful for so many different recipes . So you're going to , of course , if you don't have this on hand already , you're going to have to decarb and infuse your coconut oil first .

And , of course , if you need a refresher on decarbing or infusing your cannabis , I'll link to some resources in the show notes for that as well . It's pretty simple to do . If you're new to making edibles , then by all means check them out . It seems intimidating at first , but eventually you get sort of a process going .

And then you next thing , you know you have a little pantry or section of your kitchen where you store some of the things that you need for making your edibles , and that may or may not include devices or fancy equipment . It doesn't have to . The one thing I love about edibles is that you can get as fancy as you want .

You want to buy yourself an expensive tea check device where you can figure out the potency of your edibles with a margin of error of like 3% . I think it was . That may have changed with the new device , but you by all means go ahead and buy one of those things . But can you also figure it out with a certain degree of accuracy by using an

online calculator or the math and a pen and paper ? Yes , you can . Can you decarb using a device like an Ardent or a Levo 2 and spend the money that way ? Of course you can .

But you can also use your oven , which you already own , and can you infuse in a magical butter machine or some other pricey gadget that will infuse your oils and fats and butters and other things . Of course you can spend all you want .

But if you don't want to , if it's not your budget , if you're not interested , if you're , you don't have the kitchen space for another another gadget , then you can do it right on your stove with a pot , some water and a jar . I mean , this is what I love about edibles . You can .

It's taking control of your high life , and I know I've talked about this so many times on this show , but it really gets me excited , because I sometimes feel like things are weird .

Right now there's it's just a weird time to be alive and a lot of the times I think people are maybe getting a little consumption fatigue , and I love the radical self-reliance that comes along with making your own edibles and taking control of these things and having control over the whole process , and that control starts right from how you want to spend your

money when it comes to edibles . I will tell you , of course , making your own edibles is far less expensive than buying them at the store , and this comes from someone who interviews lots of people on this show who are making beautiful edibles and beverages for people to buy , and I have no qualms with that .

I have tried many lovely beverages and edibles and I do like to see what's new out there , what's innovative , what's interesting to see what's going on in the industry .

I love all of that stuff and there are some really cool brands out there doing some very interesting things and pushing the envelope a little bit and trying to bring quality products to the market that you would be proud to share with your friends or your family , because , I mean , it's quite easy to also get really cheap edibles out there as well , but the more

interesting ones are the ones that are using super high quality ingredients , because if you're going to spend the money on it , you might as well get the best that you can afford , because you can make it for far less , far less money . But I do love to see what's out there and of course , I still go to my dispensary .

I actually buy quite a few beverages when I go to the dispensary because I'm often using those in social settings as well , so I do like those quite a bit and I buy edibles . Typically , when I'm going to a dispensary I'm buying primarily beverages , sometimes edibles , occasionally weed , because also beverages , sometimes edibles , occasionally weed .

Because also , if you're a grower and you know growers , then you also have the benefit of being able to supply your own medicine for whatever it is that you're making . Now I didn't mean for this to go , for me to go on such a rant , so apologies .

We'll get back to the regularly scheduled programming where you are preparing a double broiler but you're also preheating the oven because you're going to line a baking sheet with parchment paper or one of those silicone baking mats .

I just got one of those silicone baking mats recently it was a specialty one for making sourdough bread , and it actually is fantastic , and I'll probably save money on parchment paper because I can reuse this over and over and over again , and it does help the bottom crust of my bread not get really hard from being right against the pan .

The baking pan , anyway , that's a whole other thing , but the silicone baking mats are fantastic . Either way , whatever works , you're going to toast your nuts until fragrant for about five to 10 minutes . So that's a little extra step that adds a nice little sophistication to this particular recipe .

You're going to melt most of the chocolate with the cannabis infused coconut oil in your double broiler . You stir it really well and then you're going to remove it from the heat .

You're going to toss in the remaining chocolate , stirring it again until that melts as well , and then you're going to put in your nuts , the toasted nuts that you had in the oven , and also the citrus peel .

And you're going to put in your nuts , the toasted nuts that you had in the oven , and also the citrus peel , and you're going to make sure they're completely covered , and then you're going to pour the chocolate nut mixture onto the still prepared baking sheet that you got out earlier , yes , the prepared baking sheet that you had for toasting the nuts , so you're

able to sort of use the pan twice instead of having to get something else dirty , and you're going to put it on the pan and let it refrigerate until solid in a few hours . That's it . That's it . It's so easy , so easy and it looks so nice .

Now , the real secret , I think sometimes to making it look even more sophisticated is to slice it into triangular shapes or pretty triangular shapes , and that's what I did , and that really gives it a nice look to it and you can see sort of the bumps from the nuts , and it's delicious .

I have eaten a god awful amount of this chocolate bark , and I know I've said that about fudge as well . I have made , I think , three batches of fudge so far this holiday season . Yeah , I don't think I'll be stepping on a scale until 2025 , because I just don't want to know . And who cares ? Life is too short , isn't it ?

I'm making delicious edibles , I'm going to eat them and , yes , I have a sweet tooth . I am going a little overdrive because I like to make a lot of things and give them to friends and family over the holiday season , but this chocolate bark . If you want something simple and beautiful that you can make , then this is the recipe for you .

Now , as far as calculating the dosage of your infused oil or butter , it is something that you should probably do , in particular if you're going to be gifting this to anybody or sharing it with anyone , and what I would recommend is head over to buybepodcastcom . I have a calculator over there somewhere . I'll link to it in the show notes .

You can find it easily , but that'll allow you to calculate approximately how much cannabis or how much THC or CBD is going to be in your recipe . Bear in mind , this isn't foolproof .

Of course , you need to know , like , how potent your cannabis is that you're starting out with , and depending on where you got that cannabis from , like maybe it's already vaped bud , which means it's a mixture of different cultivars and you don't really know .

I mean , you might be able to guess or guesstimate , but that also means , right off the bat , your potency results are going to be not a hundred percent accurate , for obvious reasons . Now , if you bought your cannabis at a dispensary and it's labeled right on the package , then you have a much better idea .

But I think you should do it anyway , because this way you get to the habit of calculating the dosage and it becomes less intimidating the more you do it .

And of course , even just that framework or that range when you're gifting an edible to somebody makes people more aware of what they're consuming , even if it's not 100% accurate , and I think that's really important .

So if you gift somebody a piece of this chocolate bark and you're saying , well , it's approximately 20 milligrams per piece , that person then has the information they need to make an informed decision .

If it's a little off ideally it's a little higher rather than too low but you can always recommend that they cut it into smaller pieces if they're unsure of their own tolerance .

But at least it gives them a framework because they're not going , they're not eating it blind , if you will , without any idea of how strong this piece of chocolate is that you're giving them and I've had I know I've mentioned this before .

I'm probably I'm sure if you've been listening to this show for a while , you've heard me mention it as well that I've been gifted edibles before and , you know , wrapped in tinfoil , with good intentions no doubt , because people know that I like edibles . But if they don't have any idea how potent they are . I really don't want to take them .

I have funny stories about when I have over consumed on edibles and I can laugh about them now because it happened a while ago . I'm not in it at the moment , but any of you who have ever overdosed on cannabis knows all too well what a painful , painful experience it is to over consume edibles .

This stuff is not for the faint of heart , but in the right dose it's beautiful and we all know this . This is why we're making edibles . This is why we're talking about edibles . So do some of the calculations . If you don't like the calculators , if you scroll right down to the bottom of the page , it shows you the math .

So you can actually try doing the math on your own as well . It's not that difficult once you know the steps and just try and cut the bark into portions . That will make it easier to figure out the potency . And , of course , don't forget to label .

Even if you're gifting it , be able to make sure that it's clearly labeled that this is infused with cannabis , if that's what you're going to do , and putting it in a little festive container or tin will really up the ante when it comes to presentation , and presentation is everything .

So the dark chocolate citrus nut bark is a beautiful edible that you can make easily , relatively quickly . I mean , if you don't factor in the time that it takes to solidify in the freezer , this comes together relatively quickly . I mean , I think you're probably 10 , 15 minutes hands-on time in the kitchen and that's it and you're not making a huge mess .

I would love to hear your experience about making this particular recipe , how it turned out , any fun tweaks or personal touches that you added , because I love to hear about this stuff . This dark chocolate citrus nut bark would pair beautifully with maybe what would go nice with this ? A spiked holiday cocktail perhaps , or some hot chocolate .

If you really like the chocolate , you could double down on the chocolate a little bit . I'm thinking eggnog if you really want to go super rich and I do admit I love making eggnog every single year . I don't buy it .

I make it in all its full creamy , fat glory , with way too much sugar and egg , and it is delectable and I could see this being very nice even with that little

, that little twist of citrus . But what would you pair with it ? I would love to hear that . I encourage you to try this recipe , share your results on social media and tag me if you want , or also you can come on over to the Bite Me Cannabis Club if you're making something festive .

I do have a December challenge going on over there that is open to everyone , even if you're not a member of the club , and you could post some of your images over there as well and how you made this recipe your own too . I would love to see it . I invite you to check out Stoned and Butter and Flour by Anne , and I'll link to those in the show notes .

Like I said , if you know somebody that would enjoy this episode , I encourage you right now to get out your phone and text them this episode right away , because that helps people discover the show . With that , my friends , I think that's it for this week . I'm your host , margaret , and until next time , stay high .