It’s Autumn. Can you feel it? The cold breeze sweeps in and freezes your face. Your fingertips feel the distant tingle of winter and your pace quickens, as you tighten your jacket around you just a little more snugly. Yes, summer has faded, leaving you with the annual seasonal dilemmas: What will you be for Halloween? Will you go home for Thanksgiving or travel to Bermuda instead? Is hot cider on the menu of your regular coffee joint? Is mulled wine being served at your favorite nightspot yet?
Here at High Times, we’re also considering some pressing fall predicaments. Namely, what cozy October comfort recipes would best be suited for CBD drops and tinctures? Move over, regular old pumpkin spice. Make room for a new generation of autumnal delights.
Whether you’re a sweet or savory person and whether you prefer to chew or sip, we’ve got you covered with these must-try seasonal CBD recipes. We’ve compiled a menu consisting of a beverage, an entrée, and two dessert options.
Mountain Elixirs’ Warm Up and Wind Down Cider
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This first recipe is a classic hot cider recipe with a new twist by Kyle West, an award winning bartender in the Denver area. He uses CBD-infused bitters by Strongwater Mountain Elixirs, and “makes enough to share or enough to not care.” Adding bourbon is optional, but highly encouraged.
Ingredients:
- 16 oz spiced apple cider
- Juice of 1 blood orange (1.5-2 oz)
- 10 (quarter-sized) slices of ginger
- 4 gooseberries (sliced)
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 2 oz Strongwater Old Fashioned Syrup (or mulling spice simple syrup)
- 3 oz Bourbon or rye whiskey (optional)
- 20 dashes of Mountain Elixirs Aromatic or Orange CBD Bitters
Directions:
In a small pot, add ingredients 1-6. Heat until it simmers. Let sit on low heat for 15 minutes. Strain out ingredients from cider. Add bourbon and bitters