Massachusetts company cooks world's largest pot brownie


Massachusetts-based MariMed celebrated Wednesday's National Brownie Day and the launch of its new Bubby's Baked brand by cooking an 850-pound confection believed to be the world's largest marijuana-infused brownie. Photo courtesy of MariMed


Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts cooked what it claims to be the world's largest cannabis-infused brownie -- an 850-pound THC treat.

MariMed, based in Norwood, celebrated the launch of its new brand Bubby's Baked by cooking the brownie infused with 20,000 milligrams of TCH, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

The brownie measures 3 feet long on each side and 15 inches high. It dwarfs the Guinness World Record holder for largest brownie, a 234-pounder made by Alabama's Something Sweet Bake Shop in 2013.

But MariMed said the record-keeping agency told the company its brownie would not be considered.

"Unfortunately, Guinness World Records rejected our entry because they don't accept cannabis-related records," Ryan Crandall, MariMed's chief product officer, told McClatchy. "That was a disappointment, but we're still very proud of what we accomplished."

The brownie, which was unveiled to coincide with Wednesday's National Brownie Day, will be sold to a MariMed medical marijuana patient, Crandall said.

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Northern Ireland company cooks up world's largest vegan burger




Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Northern Ireland food company earned a Guinness World Record by serving up a vegan burger that weighed 358 pounds, 4 ounces.

Finnebrogue Artisan, based in Downpatrick, County Down, said a team of 10 employees used the company's Naked Evolution Burger recipe to create the patty, and local bakery Irwins was employed to bake the vegan bread bun.

The burger was topped with tomatoes, lettuce, vegan cheese, onions, gherkins, vegan bacon and the company's burger sauce.

Finnebrogue said the giant patty -- the equivalent of 1,274 of the company's standard-sized vegan burgers -- took 9 hours to cook.

A Guinness adjudicator was on hand to verify that the finished product was a new world record for the largest vegan burger.

The burger was sliced into portions and served to Finnebrogue employees for lunch, with the remainder being donated to local homelessness charity The Simon Community.