One of the most exciting niches within the legal marijuana industry is the cannabis culinary movement that has come along with it. The plant is more accessible than ever before to experiment with in the kitchen and whether you are a chef by trade or a home cook by choice, there is no shortage of resources for making cannabis-infused meals. From the KitchenAid of cannabis to CBD caramel sauce to hemp honey, here are the nine best gifts for ganja-friendly gourmands.
Potli Gift Series: The Cannasseur & The Wellness Warrior
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Potli Gift Series
What began as batch of honey for its co-founders mom battling asthma has grown into a complete pantry of cannabis-infused ingredients. For the festive season, Potli is packaging its best-sellers together with The Wellness Warrior featuring a full-sized Potli Honey and Potli Apple Cider Vinegar (frosted shot glass included) and The Cannasseur coming complete with a full-sized Potli Honey and Potli Cold-Pressed EVOO. Both limited-edition sets also include resusable beeswax wrap and recipe cards. $65, $70, potlishop.com
Willie’s Remedy Limited Edition Gift Set
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Willie’s Remedy Limited Edition Gift Set
Warm up with Willie’s Remedy hemp-infused whole bean coffee and loose leaf tea–both infused with certified organic, full-spectrum hemp oil grown in Colorado. The result is a balancing effect to the natural lift of caffeine from cannabis. The limited-edition gift set includes one bag of coffee or one can of tea, a hemp tote bag, branded ceramic mug, and a vinyl imprint of Ride Me Back Home, Willie Nelson’s 2019 album release. $70, williesremedy.com
LEVO II
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Levo II
Since it first hit shelves in 2017, the Denver-based startup’s second generation DIY infusion device makes creating herbal oils and butters super simple and clean. With dishwasher-safe pieces, internal strain operation, touch screen control settings, and a wireless app, it’s so user-friendly, you’ll be cooking up craft cannabis infusions for every meal. $349.99, levooil.com
Goldleaf Cooking Journal & Recipe Cards
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Goldleaf Cooking Journal & Recipe Cards
With all of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the cannabis conversation, Goldleaf pairs high-minded graphic design with the latest peer-reviewed research resulting in gorgeous guided notebooks, educational wall art, accessories, and more. Track your cannabis culinary adventure in the Cooking Journal, which features blank templated recipe pages, a series of terpene flavor pairings (by Jamie Evans, The Herb Somm), and helpful dosing calculations for stress-free experimentation. Add-on a set of companion recipe cards with contributions from expert cannabis chefs Cat Cora, Kyrious, Brandon Allen, Jason Eisner, and Monica Lo to complete the gift. $18.99, $9.99, shopgoldleaf.com
Caliper CBD
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Caliper CBD
As the just-launched sister company of Stillwater Brands, the same water-soluble, dissolvable technology now comes in a pack of 30 to-go packets, each containing 20 milligrams of powdered CBD. A staple for every cannabis kitchen, Caliper is odorless, tasteless, THC-free, sugar-free, and calorie-free, making it the easiest CBD add-on ever, whether mixed into any recipe or dissolved into hot or cold beverages. $49.99, caliper.life
NOVA and Olive Oil Duo Infusion Kit
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NOVA Decarboxylator
Created by the biotech and medical cannabis device company Ardent, this laboratory-grade decarboxylator device makes home dosing more accurate and potent while fully activating THC and CBD in flower, kief, or concentrates while infusing butter and oil. Pair it with Ardent’s new Olive Oil ($40), Coconut Oil ($20) or Caramel ($25) Infusion Kits to whip up anything from infused meals to homemade lip balms to decadent desserts. $210, ardentcannabis.com
grön CBD sauces
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Grön CBD Sauces
Artfully handcrafted by Grön’s team of in-house chocolatiers from the highest quality ingredients and organic hemp extract, indulge in chocolate and caramel sauces straight from the jar, over your favorite ice cream, or drizzled on fresh fruit. Each batch is blended with 240 milligrams of CBD and includes 20 servings per container. $32, shopgron.com
Binske Cannabis-Infused Truffle Olive Oil
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Binske Cannabis-Infused Truffle Olive Oil
Known as the only cannabis brand in the world with access to Maranon cacao in Peru, which the New York Times called the rarest in the world, Binske’s flavored honeys and olive oils are just as delicious. And for the holiday season only, a limited run of cannabis-infused (10 milligrams per serving) truffle olive oil will be available in dispensaries across Colorado. $25, binske.com
Edibles
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Edibles
Written by the women behind popular gourmet edibles line, Mellows, and the event curation company, Cannaisseur Series, this collection of bite-sized, low-dose recipes will take bakers at any level to new heights. From Spiced Superfood Truffles to Strawberry Jam Pavlovas, 30 unique recipes come complete with instructions for creating master base ingredients like cannabutters, oils, honey, and maple syrup, as well as details on dosage and the science of cannabis. $19.95, chroniclebooks.com