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Comparison

GMO Cookies vs Grease Monkey

Grease Monkey, Exotic Genetix’s GG4 × Cookies and Cream, shared High Times’ list of the 10 best strains of 2018 with GMO Cookies, and Leafly users report two of the same top effects for both, relaxed and sleepy.1,2,3,4 GMO tests higher in state labs: 26.74% median THC against 22.84% for Grease Monkey.5

Side by side

GMO CookiesGrease Monkey
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming per Leafly4Hybrid; calming per Leafly1
LineageChemdawg (Chem D) × Girl Scout Cookies (Forum cut)4,6GG4 × Cookies and Cream; Exotic Genetix1
Median THC (state lab tests)26.74% (2,159 tests)22.84% (576 tests)
Middle half of THC results23.46%–29.83%19.39%–27.08%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (456 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (55 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, euphoric4Relaxed, sleepy, hungry1
FlavorChemical, pepper, pungent4Skunk, earthy, pungent1
2017 Midwest Cannabis Cup1st, indica flower74th, hybrid concentrate (Maze Floriculture × Moxie Michigan)7

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.5

Lab-tested THC: GMO Cookies vs Grease Monkey

20% 24% 28% GMO Cookies GMO Cookies: median 26.74%, middle half 23.46%–29.83%, 2,159 tests 26.7% n=2,159 Grease Monkey Grease Monkey: median 22.84%, middle half 19.39%–27.08%, 576 tests 22.8% n=576 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.5

Its own site

Grease Monkey has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at greasemonkeystrain.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 24 stores for Grease Monkey; around New York the counts were 93 and 24.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Grease Monkey strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. High Times, The 10 best weed strains of 2018: Grease Monkey (Danny Danko and T.H. Caeczar) (2017-12-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. High Times, The 10 best weed strains of 2018: GMO Cookies (Danny Danko and T.H. Caeczar) (2017-12-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Cookies, GMO Garlic Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Mushroom Onion) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. High Times, All of the top 10 entries from the 2017 Midwest Cannabis Cup (2017-06-25). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.