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Comparison

Gelato vs Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake is not a relative: it is Triangle Kush × Animal Mints, also sold as Triangle Mints #23 and, in Canada, Pink Cookies.1 The two meet on the shelf and in their children, Gelato Cake and Ice Cream Cake, and Wedding Cake tests higher in state labs: 23.01% median THC against 21.58% for Gelato.2,3,4

Side by side

GelatoWedding Cake
TypeHybrid; evenly balanced per Leafly, 55% indica per AllBud5,6Indica-leaning hybrid1
LineageSunset Sherbert × Thin Mint GSC5,7Triangle Kush × Animal Mints1
Median THC (state lab tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)23.01% (3,090 tests)
Middle half of THC results18.91%–24.70%20.25%–25.72%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (1,388 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, aroused, euphoric5Relaxed, aroused, hungry1
FlavorSweet, flowery, pepper5Vanilla, pepper, butter1
Leafly Strain of the Year2018820198
California flower sales, Jan–Nov 2024#3, $16 million9#4, $15.7 million9

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Gelato vs Wedding Cake

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.25%–25.72%, 3,090 tests 23.0% n=3,090 Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Their shared children

Gelato Cake is Gelato #33 × Wedding Cake and Ice Cream Cake is Wedding Cake × Gelato #33, both indica-dominant per Leafly.2,3 Gelato Cake is the single most common near-miss name our matching excluded from Gelato’s lab count (1,331 results).4 Wedding Cake has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at weddingcakestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, at least 202 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Gelato flower on Weedmaps, against 207 stores for Wedding Cake; around New York the counts were 125 and 56. “At least” marks a market where the search hit its page limit.10

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Gelato (aka Larry Bird, Gelato #42) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. AllBud, Gelato marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Sherbinskis, Sherbinskis: home of the original Gelato. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, A look back at past Leafly Strain of the Year winners (2026-02-27). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Cannabis Business Times, The top 10 bestselling flower strains in California in 2024 (2024-12-30). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.