Bakes · 5 mg per square

Fudgy brownies

Name: Fudgy brownies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 115 g (8 tbsp) low-dose cannabutter; 150 g dark chocolate (70%), chopped; 150 g caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 60 g plain flour; 20 g cocoa powder; ¼ tsp fine salt

The classic, done at about 5 mg a square. Cut on a 4 × 4 grid with a ruler.

Dose: 4.9 mg THC per square
Makes: 16 squares (20 cm tin)
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 25 min
Total: 40 min
Difficulty: Easy

Image slot · finished fudgy brownies · 2400 × 1200

The dose, worked

8 tbsp low-dose cannabutter × 9.87 mg per tbsp = 78.9 mg THC (theoretical) ÷ 16 portions = 4.93 mg per square.

Theoretical maximum: it assumes complete decarboxylation (THCA × 0.877) and that every milligram ends up in the food. Real yield is usually lower, which is why you start with one portion and wait. Re-run the maths for your flower →

per square

2.5510 mg

Start with one. Wait two hours.

Ingredients

115 g (8 tbsp) low-dose cannabutter
150 g dark chocolate (70%), chopped
150 g caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
60 g plain flour
20 g cocoa powder
¼ tsp fine salt

Uses low-dose cannabutter at 9.87 mg THC per tbsp (theoretical). Made it differently? Recalculate.

Method

Heat the oven to 170 °C (340 °F) and line a 20 cm square tin. Melt the cannabutter and chocolate together over a water bath; keep it under 60 °C.
Image slot · step 1: chocolate and butter melting over a water bath · 1200 × 800
Whisk in the sugar, then the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
Image slot · step 2: glossy brownie batter · 1200 × 800
Fold in the flour, cocoa and salt. Scrape into the tin and level carefully: even depth means even doses.
Image slot · step 3: batter levelled in the lined tin · 1200 × 800
Bake 22–25 minutes until the edges are set and the centre still soft. Cool completely in the tin.
Image slot · step 4: baked brownie slab cooling · 1200 × 800
Cut a 4 × 4 grid with a ruler. Label the box with the milligrams per square and the date.
Image slot · step 5: brownies cut on a 4 by 4 grid with a ruler · 1200 × 800

Dosing notes

The interior of a brownie stays far below the temperature that degrades THC, so a 170 °C oven is fine.
Brownies are the classic accidental-ingestion case. Label them and store out of reach of children and pets.

Can I make them 2.5 mg?

Cut a 4 × 8 grid for 32 small squares, or use 4 tbsp infused and 4 tbsp plain butter and keep 16 squares. Either way, re-label.

Educational content, not medical advice. Effects vary with body weight, tolerance and what else you have eaten. Label infused food with the milligrams per portion and the date, and keep it away from children and pets.

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