CBD cookies: the home recipe for personal use

CBD degrades significantly above 70 °C, a temperature widely exceeded when baking a cookie (175-180 °C). Stirring CBD oil straight into the dough therefore amounts to losing a good part of it in the oven, in a barely predictable way. The most reliable method is to bake classic cookies, then add the CBD to an icing prepared cold, once the cookies have thoroughly cooled. This recipe falls under personal use: it is not intended for sale, nor to be offered without full information given to the recipient.

Dough ingredients

• 115 g soft butter
• 100 g brown sugar
• 50 g white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 200 g flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• A pinch of salt
• 120 g dark chocolate chips

CBD icing ingredients

• 80 g icing sugar
• 2 to 3 teaspoons warm water
• CBD oil, quantity adjusted to your personal use

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Mix the soft butter with the two sugars until you obtain a creamy texture.
2. Add the egg and the vanilla, then fold in the flour, the bicarbonate of soda and the salt. Finish with the chocolate chips.
3. Shape balls of dough and space them out on a tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden and the centre still soft.
4. Leave to cool completely on a rack, at least 30 minutes: it is this step that guarantees the CBD added afterwards will not be exposed to heat.
5. Prepare the icing by mixing the icing sugar and the warm water until you obtain a fluid texture, then stir in the CBD oil away from any heat source.
6. Coat each cooled cookie with a thin layer of icing and leave to set for 15 minutes before eating.

An oil at 5 % (50 mg/ml) spread at a rate of 3 ml across the whole icing brings around 150 mg of CBD for 12 cookies, that is around 12.5 mg per cookie, a level well above the provisionally safe daily dose set by the EFSA in February 2026 at around 2 mg/day for a 70 kg adult. Reduce the quantity of oil or the portion consumed accordingly. Always check the certificate of analysis of your oil and the absence of synthetic cannabinoids banned since 2024. Ingested CBD is not advised for pregnant or breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age, minors and people on medical treatment.

• Never ice a cookie that is still warm: the CBD would degrade on contact with residual heat.
• Set aside a share of cookies without icing for guests who do not consume CBD.
• Label the iced cookies clearly and keep them out of reach of children and animals.
• Prefer a lightly dosed oil so as to spread the CBD more finely across the whole batch.

CBD is not a medicine. In the event of stress or persistent insomnia, consult a healthcare professional.

Can CBD oil be stirred straight into the dough?

It is not recommended: baking at 175 °C degrades a significant share of the CBD in an unpredictable way. An icing added after cooling gives a more reliable result.

How long do these cookies keep?

Three to four days in an airtight tin at room temperature, or a week in the fridge once the icing has set.

Can the dark chocolate be replaced with milk chocolate?

Yes, with no bearing on the CBD part of the recipe. The choice of chocolate remains a matter of taste.

Can this recipe be sold in a shop?

No. Since 15 May 2026, food products containing CBD have been withdrawn from the French market without Novel Food validation. This recipe is reserved for personal use.

• Conseil d'État, interim order, 24 Jan. 2022, no. 460055 — primary
• EFSA Journal 2026 — Update statement CBD novel food — primary
• ANSES — Press release 19 June 2025 on the reprotoxic classification of CBD (PDF) — primary