Missouri chefs get creative with cannabis-infused food
Corinne Ruff, St. Louis Public Radio
May 13, 2021
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Cannabis-infused food has come a long way from dorm room pot brownies.
The options are growing for Missouri’s nearly 100,000 medical marijuana card holders who prefer to take in cannabis by eating rather than smoking. More dispensaries are popping up in the St. Louis region offering infused soda, gumdrops and cookies.
As other companies ramp up production, a team led by Dave Owens, director of culinary at Proper Brands, is one of the few producers of cannabis-infused chocolate bars in the state, St. Louis Public Radio reports.
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Cannabis-infused food has come a long way from dorm room pot brownies.
The options are growing for Missouri’s nearly 100,000 medical marijuana card holders who prefer to take in cannabis by eating rather than smoking. More dispensaries are popping up in the St. Louis region offering infused soda, gumdrops and cookies.
As other companies ramp up production, a team led by Dave Owens, director of culinary at Proper Brands, is one of the few producers of cannabis-infused chocolate bars in the state.
Owens has been making sweets for more than a decade, most recently as the head chocolatier at local confectioner Bissinger’s.