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Comparison

GMO Cookies vs Gelato

Both descend from Girl Scout Cookies, GMO through the Forum cut and Gelato through Thin Mint GSC, but they sit at opposite ends of the flavor scale: Leafly lists GMO as chemical, peppery and pungent and Gelato as sweet and flowery.1,2,3 GMO tests higher in state labs: 26.74% median THC against 21.58% for Gelato.4

Side by side

GMO CookiesGelato
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming per Leafly3Hybrid; balanced per Leafly2
LineageChemdawg (Chem D) × Girl Scout Cookies (Forum cut)1,3Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC2
Median THC (state lab tests)26.74% (2,159 tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)
Middle half of THC results23.46%–29.83%18.91%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (456 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, euphoric3Relaxed, aroused, euphoric2
FlavorChemical, pepper, pungent3Sweet, flowery, pepper2
Leafly THC listing28%321%2

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

Lab-tested THC: GMO Cookies vs Gelato

20% 24% 28% GMO Cookies GMO Cookies: median 26.74%, middle half 23.46%–29.83%, 2,159 tests 26.7% n=2,159 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

Dinner before dessert

Leafly headlined its 2024 profile of GMO "Dinner before dessert", and its editors recommend GMO to readers who get bored with dessert strains.5,6 Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gelatostrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 193 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed GMO Cookies flower on Weedmaps, against 202 stores for Gelato; around New York the counts were 93 and 125.7

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Sources

  1. Weedmaps, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Mushroom Onion) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Cookies, GMO Garlic Cookies) 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, Dinner before dessert: GMO Cookies is April’s Leafly HighLight (Matt Jackson) (2024-04-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.