So, I like Chocolate. Especially Dark Chocolate.
With some help from a few in the know here at OG, I have improved on the gathering of Kief.
For this recipe, I used 1/2 oz of a mix of two of my less than delicious smoking crosses, which make good eating. My friends wife made this cleaning tray. Ceramic. Prized possession.
The Kief looks like this at varioius stages. Please refer to the attached PDF for the complete Kief Decarbing process. I summarized a wonderful recipe for this from ( http://www.badkatscannapharm.com/ ).
De-Carbing Kief.pdf (40.6 KB)
Unprocessed Kief
Browned Kief, ready to have Soy Lecithin and melted coconut oil added.
Kief & Coconut Frozen
Kief Cooked and Ready for blending with the Chocolate.
The product at this point is good for any type of baking where coconut oil is appropriate. Dosing is the same. This recipe should have made about 15 servings (not 8 dummy).
I don’t have a double boiler (are you listening Santa). The chocolate melts at around 175 f, so a low boil works well in a sauce pan. Being somewhat of a skinflint, I purchased chocolate bulk. about $60-$70 for 11 lbs from Belgium. They also sell it in morsel form, which would be very convenient. “Caution: Chocolate burns at low temperatures!”
This is an assembled pic for reference. The chocolate molds are readily available on line and very cheap. Chocolate is also very malleable as it cools, and can be poured on tin foil and cooled as a flat candy. I should note at this point that I add the flavoring to the Finished Kief, blend thoroughly and then blend that with the chocolate, all at about 150 - 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
I made a simple math error on this batch. I will only pull these out for friends who can tolerate heavy doses. Normally, I try to gauge my finished dose count by the weight of the raw material going in. This is not scientific to say the least.
Anyway, I was supposed to make 15, and I made 8.
Some last minute thoughts.
Minimize the amount of Coconut Oil. I used about 1 Tablespoon melted in this recipe. The more added, the colder the chocolates have to stay in order to not melt. Even with this amount, these are best stored in the refrigerator. Chocolate absorbs refrigerator and freezer odors very efficiently. Keep it well wrapped and in a container when storing.
I will probably grab my next recipe from the above referenced web site. Kat is bad, and that is good.
UPDATE: Looks like Bad Kat Pharma web page is down. No idea what is happening. Really hope it returns.
Some of the content of the site is here.