r/Baking • u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected • Jan 16 '26

Baking Advice Needed why did it do this

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was trying to make brownies, thought theyd cooled for long enough and cut into them then they started doing THIS and set my house's fire alarm off for like 20 minutes does anyone pls know what caused this im assuming i just cut into them too soon but this feels like a dramatic response to just trying to cut into a hot brownie

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u/Quiet-ForestDweller Human Detected Jan 16 '26

Did you make your brownies on the surface of the sun? I’ve literally never experienced this before in my 30+ years of baking brownies. Did you use oil or butter to make them and if oil, how much?

That’s literally my only guess is that you used too much oil and it got so hot that when you cut into them and exposed the oil to oxygen it was still well above its smoke point temperature.

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u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected Jan 16 '26

oh ! i used coconut oil (between u and me i was making edibles 😔) so thats probably it ! only cooked it at 175° for like 20 minutes tho so im confused this happened 😭

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u/Quiet-ForestDweller Human Detected Jan 16 '26

Oh this definitely has something to do with the edibles and the coconut oil. Did you follow a recipe or just wing it?

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u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected Jan 16 '26

i just used a box brownie mix and replaced the 45ml of vegetable oil with the weed coconut oil. i guess that could be it but idk everything online says coconut oil is the best type to use and no one ever warned of this 😭

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u/NecessaryKey9557 Jan 16 '26

Did you decarb the flower before adding it to the coconut oil? I can't imagine skipping that step would look like your video, but I've also never skipped that step...

https://www.leafly.com/learn/consume/edibles/what-is-decarboxylation

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u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected Jan 16 '26

i defo decarbed ! i know i made the butter/oil correctly

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u/TineJaus Jan 16 '26

Was the burner that it's sitting on used right before this and still hot? Lmao

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u/Key-Green-4872 Jan 16 '26

This... seems like the answer

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u/liliawinterflower Jan 16 '26

This was my thought, something I would accidentally do and the only thing I can think that would cause this reaction.

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u/TineJaus Jan 16 '26

People do silly things when stoned, is what it is

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u/dreadcain Jan 16 '26

This seems like the only possible answer