Sugar is an essential ingredient for countless recipes, and it is also incredibly easy to infuse cannabinoids into. Unlike other infused ingredients like cannabutter or infused coconut oil, cannabis infused sugar is water soluble. This makes it a go-to infusion ingredient for those who enjoy cannabis infused drinks. Our cannabis sugar recipe is ridiculously easy to make and you can make some within a few hours to a couple days depending on your evaporation method.
Today, we will be teaching you how to make cannabis sugar at home – quick and easy.
What do you need to make cannabis sugar?
You don’t need any special equipment to make cannabis infused sugar at home, however you will need some high proof alcohol (like everclear) or a pre-made cannabis alcohol tincture. If you do not have a pre-made tincture to use for this recipe, check out our guide on how to make it (link is below).
Apart from the tincture, the only other ingredient you need is sugar. You can use any kind you like. If you want that nice greenish coloured sugar, use white sugar.
What Can I Do With CannaSugar?
Weed infused sugar is one of my favourite infusion ingredients because it is extremely versatile. You can infuse cannabinoids into so many different recipes with it. Certain recipes like drinks will not allow you to use an infused oil without them separating and leaving you with a blob of oil on top of your drink. But that is not an issue for weed sugar because it is water soluble!
Here are a few recipes that you could use weed sugar in:
- Infused Raspberry Lemonade
- Double Infused Vinaigrette (infused olive oil + cannasugar)
- Infused Sweet Crepes
- Infused Sugar Dip (strawberries are delicious dipped in cannasugar)
- Weedy Hot Chocolate
You could even put the cannasugar into ice cube moulds to make cannabis infused sugar cubes. Simply fill the ice cube tray with cannasugar then put a couple drops of water on each cube. Allow to dry overnight then pop them out of the tray and store in an airtight jar.
How To Make Cannasugar
Before we get started – make sure you have the 2 ingredients ready. Alcohol cannabis tincture and a dry sugar of your choice. If you don’t have the tincture yet, check out our quick guide on how to make cannabis alcohol tincture. Cannabis tincture is very easy to make – it is pretty much just letting decarboxylated weed soak in alcohol for a while.
Once you’ve got your cannabis tincture, proceed to the cannabis sugar recipe below.
BEWARE: NO FIRE OR FLAMES!
The alcohol in the cannabis tincture is highly flammable. Making cannabis infused sugar involves evaporating off the alcohol so proper ventilation and precautions are required.
There are 2 methods you can use for drying & evaporation – air drying, or assisted heat drying. Using the heat drying method is much quicker but you need to do it in a well ventilated area, away from any fire or open flames. Air drying without using any heat or warmth to speed up the evaporation can take a few days to fully evaporate all the alcohol from your cannasugar.
Easy Cannabis Infused Sugar Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Sugar (any type of sugar will work)
- 1 Cup Cannabis Tincture (alcohol based)
Instructions
- Place the sugar into a glass or ceramic baking dish.
- Pour the cannabis alcohol tincture onto the sugar.
- Mix the sugar and tincture together, making sure that the sugar is well coated.
- Move the baking dish to a safe location for air drying. It can take anywhere from 12-72 hours for the alcohol to fully evaporate. Stir the mixture frequently while it dries. To speed up evaporation, you can use heat. Read the recipe notes for tips on speeding up evaporation using heat.
- Your cannabis infused sugar is ready once all of the alcohol has evaporated and the mixture no longer looks wet. By the time it is done it should look like dry sugar again.
- Put your newly made weed infused sugar into an air tight container and store in a cool, dry spot.
Notes
Nutrition
What Should My Cannabis Sugar Look Like When It’s Done?
The colour of your cannabis sugar can depend on many factors. The type of sugar you used, the strength and concentration of your tincture, and even the weed you used to make your tincture/cannasugar. The bottom line is, once it is fully dry (alcohol tincture fully evaporated and no wet patches), then your cannasugar is done and ready to use. If your weed sugar is still slightly wet or damp, it is not ready yet.
The colour of your cannasugar can range from light green to yellow or golden brown. The colour is not an indicator of potency so do not think your sugar is not strong just because it didn’t change colour much during the infusion process.
If you have any questions about this cannabis sugar recipe, please use the comment section below.
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- Cannabis Infused Milk Recipe (Cannamilk)
- Cannabutter Recipe (Quick, Easy, & Potent)
- Cannabis Syrup Recipe (Essential for infused drinks)
easier than i was expecting, thank you for the easy to follow recipe!
I used dispo bought tincture with this recipe and it turned out very good.. would recommend making cannasugar to all
that ice cube tray trick works a treat! got a jar of some nice looking cannasugar cubes sitting in front of me now
My husband said it’s very good thanks! I am making a bigger batch tomorrow to last a while
Wow this cannasugar came out much stronger than I thought it would be! 2 teaspoons in my coffee rocked me hard. I used afghan kush tincture (homemade with everclear) which is indica dominant and really really good for chronic pain
Cannasugar is good for coating gummies with
How can I make this with hash?
decarb the hash first then just follow the instructions as usual. very easy to do and you can make some really nice sugar with hash
I know this says any sugar will do…how about sugar substitutes like erythritol, stevia or xylitol for the diabetics amongst us? Thinkn
itll work?
I haven’t tested this myself but I would imagine it would work. Please do let us know the results if you try it!
I am thinking of giving this a try! But won’t the alcohol melt the sugar? I mean of course it will. But what form does it take after evaporation? Surely not the nice crystals in the pic.
you can follow this recipe and replace the bud with a concentrate like distillate to make super strength canna-sugar. THC distillate is already decarboxylated but if you are using a concentrate like shatter or wax, you will need to decarb it first before infusing it into the sugar
tip for quick evaporation: you can use a hot plate on low setting or a reptile heating mat (very cheap on ebay) to speed up the evap process but make sure you do this OUTSIDE or in a VERY well ventilated area
happy cooking!!
Can I use vodka to make cannabis sugar or no
No, I would not recommend trying to use vodka for this infusion. The alcohol percentage is not high enough unfortunately
Will this work with non alcohol based tincture?
Can I use delta 8 tincture (delta 8 and PGA) to make a water soluble sugar?
You can indeed! I have personally made D8 infused sugar using the same process and steps in this guide.
I made both white sugar and brown sugar. Used them and cannabutter to make cookies. Wow, awesome edibles
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2 spoons of this infused sugar into my bedtime hot chocos puts me in heaven 😀
Lovely stuff