A MycroChips chocolate bar carrying four grams, built to be broken into portions rather than eaten whole. It sits neatly between rigid capsules and raw material.

A more palatable format

Chocolate remains the easiest way to take mushrooms without the taste of raw material. If you have found capsules too rigid and dried mushroom too unpleasant, this is the middle ground.

What you get

One 4 gram bar
Scored into squares for portioning
You decide the dose rather than the packaging

Sharing or stepping down

Because you set the portion, the same bar works for starting below a full dose or for splitting across an evening with someone else. Decide the split before you open it rather than during.

Onset and timing

Allow a full 45 to 90 minutes before you consider taking more. Topping up because the first dose seems slow is the single most common way people end up further out than they intended. The experience typically runs four to six hours from onset, with a long gentle tail after that.

Set and setting

Where you are and what frame of mind you are in shape the experience more than the exact figure on the scales does. Somewhere familiar and comfortable, a clear day with nothing you need to be sharp for, and ideally someone sober around the first few times. Plan the landing as well as the take off.

Who should avoid this

Anyone with a personal or family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder, anyone pregnant or breastfeeding, and anyone taking SSRIs, MAOIs, lithium or tramadol should not take psilocybin without speaking to a doctor first. If you are unsure how something you take interacts, ask before rather than after.

Storage

Keep sealed, cool, dry and out of direct light. Psilocybin degrades with heat, light and moisture. Store where children and pets cannot reach, which matters especially for anything that looks like confectionery.