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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 21No 21 · Gelatovs Girl Scout Cookies

Comparison

Gelato vs Girl Scout Cookies

GSC is on both sides of Gelato’s pedigree: its Thin Mint phenotype is one parent, and Sunset Sherbert, the other, came from a male Pink Panties pollinating Cookies females.1,2,3 Leafly lists GSC at 25% THC against 21% for Gelato, but in state labs GSC tests lower: 19.72% median against 21.58% for Gelato.4,5,6

Side by side

GelatoGirl Scout Cookies
TypeHybrid; evenly balanced per Leafly, 55% indica per AllBud5,7Indica-dominant hybrid4
LineageSunset Sherbert × Thin Mint GSC5,8OG Kush × F1 Durban, by Jigga4
Median THC (state lab tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)19.72% (567 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.91%–24.70%17.80%–21.92%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (158 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, aroused, euphoric5Relaxed, hungry, happy4
FlavorSweet, flowery, pepper5Mint, sweet, earthy4
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)57–9 weeks4

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.6

Lab-tested THC: Gelato vs Girl Scout Cookies

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.6

The Cookies that started it

Leafly’s editors say GSC took the throne from OG Kush and ushered in the dessert-strain era; Jigga bred it in the late 2000s, and the Thin Mint and Forum cuts spread from there.2,9 The Forum cut has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at forumcookies.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Thin Mint (aka Thin Mint GSC) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. High Times, 4 minutes and 20 seconds with Sherbinski, iconic strain cultivator (T.H. Caeczar) (2018-12-28). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, GSC (aka Girl Scout Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Gelato (aka Larry Bird, Gelato #42) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. AllBud, Gelato marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Sherbinskis, Sherbinskis: home of the original Gelato. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.