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Comparison

Forum Cookies vs Gelato

Gelato descends from GSC through the other famous cut: Leafly lists it as Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies, and Leafly’s genealogy dates it to 2014.1,2 Leafly rates Gelato mostly calming and Forum Cut Cookies mostly energizing.1,3 Gelato tests higher in state labs: 21.58% median THC across 1,792 tests, against 18.75% for Forum Cookies from only 81 tests, a small sample.4

Side by side

Forum CookiesGelato
TypeHybrid per Leafly and Weedmaps; 60% indica per AllBud3,5,6Hybrid, evenly balanced per Leafly1
Leafly’s scaleMostly energizing3Mostly calming1
LineageA cut of GSC, Jigga’s OG Kush × F1 Durb3,7Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.75% (81 tests); small sample21.58% (1,792 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.71%–21.20%18.91%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, Limonene (10 tests); all from Nevadaβ-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsEnergetic, euphoric, happy3Relaxed, aroused, euphoric1
Flavor (Leafly)Butter, sweet, citrus3Sweet, flowery, pepper1

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

Lab-tested THC: Forum Cookies vs Gelato

14% 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 Forum Cookies Forum Cookies: median 18.75%, middle half 15.71%–21.20%, 81 tests 18.8% n=81 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Forum Cookies has only 81 tests.4

On the sales charts

Gelato is a fixture of the sales charts: #6 in Leafly’s national list of 2025 best sellers and #3 among California flower strains in 2024 and 2025, with $16 million in January–November sales each year.8,9,10

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 12 stores within 50 miles of Baltimore listed Forum Cookies flower on Weedmaps, against 29 stores for Gelato; around Chicago the counts were 10 and 40.11

Its own site

Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gelatostrain.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Gelato (aka Larry Bird, Gelato 42) 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. Leafly, Forum Cut 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. Weedmaps, Forum Cookies (aka GSC Forum Cut) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. AllBud, Forum Cookies marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, GSC (aka Girl Scout Cookies, Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Cannabis Business Times, The top 10 bestselling flower strains in California in 2024. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Cannabis Business Times, The top 10 bestselling flower strains in California in 2025. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.