Let me start out by saying that I am just a regular guy - I'm not a chef, nor a cook, nor an MJ expert by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm a new Medical Marijuana cardholder, and haven't smoked regularly since I was a teenager (many years ago). I'm experimenting with edibles for the first time in my life.

I had already tried making cannabutter with limited success (not very strong - I'm sure I did something wrong).

I then found a recipe online using nothing more than Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix. Again, limited success (slightly stronger than what I made with the cannabutter).

Then I learned about Firecrackers. I found MANY different recipes/instructions. At first, I didn't understand why regular PB won't work as well as Natural PB (then I found out it was because even though regular PB has as much (or more) FAT than natural PB, they also have HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL - this raises the overall fat content, but not fat that can extract the THC as efficiently as good ol' fat-infused peanuts.

Put another way...regular PB will probably work if prepared properly, just not as effectively as natural PB.

So...I followed the instructions - Spread the PB (I used Ritz crackers), sprinkled the ground-up bud, spread the PB on cracker #2, slightly smushed them together, wrapped in foil nice and snug (I went with 320 degrees for precisely 22 minutes on a cookie sheet), let them cool. I used between .5g and .7g of GOOD mids for each one.

They looked exactly how they should have - the crackers were dark golden brown, and the PB/MJ mixture was roughly the consistency of the middle of an Oreo.

Since I had experienced less-than-stellar results with my earlier attempts, I had set my expectations low.

I ate 1 - it was about 90 minutes after eating a plate of pasta, so my stomach wasn't empty nor full (this can make or break your edible experience - it's best not to have these right after eating a huge meal).

About 45 minutes later, it was starting to hit me. Much quicker than the failed cannabutter and PB cookies. A half hour after that, I was WAY toasted. I enjoyed it for a while, then went to sleep. I got up about 6 hours later, and was still close to being wasted.

It's a known fact that nobody could smoke enough weed to "overdose". However, there is such a thing as "overindulging"...sort of like doing a beer bong, or shots of liquor, or whatever. The only difference is that overindulging in booze CAN kill you relatively easily; overindulging in weed (which is what happened to me) will just keep you groggy for several hours, and can cause headaches (I had a major headache all day long), as well as nausea (yep - you guessed it).

The bottom line is that this recipe WORKS if you follow the instructions properly. Keep in mind that all ovens are different, and from what I've read, you need to keep your oven temperature ABOVE 280 and BELOW 350.

I've read that microwaving these will help. I've also read that microwaving MJ will diminish or completely destroy the THC. The way I see it....why take the chance? These worked VERY well for me without nuking them.

Here's a hint on trying to judge just how much weed to use, especially if you're using smaller crackers (Ritz). Spread on the PB, sprinkle on your ganj a little heavier than you think you need, then simply pick up the cracker and gently tap the edge of it on a hard surface, and the extra will fall off; that way you know you are covering all of the PB surface, but not stacking it up too deeply. Don't bother putting MJ on the top cracker - it's not necessary.

The more PB you put on them, the more of a chance you take of a bunch of it running out while cooking (or getting squished out when you cover them with foil).

They do have an "acquired" taste, and they are rather dry. Got Milk?

Oh...and one more thing....there was absolutely NO NO NO MJ smell in my house after baking these. None. Nada. Zilch. Zero odor. I guess there could have been a trace smell, but the smell of the PB overpowers it.