What is weed butter and how can I use it?
What is weed butter?
Weed butter, also called marijuana butter and cannabis butter, is a butter based solution infused with cannabinoids. Weed butter is essentially a mixture of butter and cannabinoids, and not a “real” butter made from raw ingredients. Unlike similar ‘weed’ foods, weed butter is usually used as a condiment, sauce or ingredient, and not eaten by itself. Weed butter can be used with a variety of foods to give them a little cannabis kick, for example drizzled over meat for a sauce or in recipes where butter is used as an ingredient. It is not usually consumed on its own, unless you happen to be someone who enjoys a spoonful of raw butter every now and then.
How can I use weed butter?
Since weed butter is not typically eaten on its own, it is a popular staple among other “weed” recipes, such as pot brownies, pot cookies, pot bread, and even pot donuts. It can technically be used in any recipe that calls for butter! Some also use weed butter as a topping for their popcorn or a spread on their breakfast toast. If you enjoy the taste and the kick, why not even try melted weed butter as a lobster dip? (Hey, you only live once.)
Some weed connoisseurs report that using cannabis butter in recipes which call for 350+ degrees can lessen the effects of the weed, so if you are concerned about losing some potency you may want to stick to using it as a raw spread, or upping your initial potency in the recipe accordingly.