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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 19No 19 · Forum Cookiesvs Girl Scout Cookies

Comparison

Forum Cookies vs Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)

Forum Cookies is one cut of GSC, while flower sold simply as GSC or Girl Scout Cookies can be any cut.1,2 In state labs the two labels test about the same: 18.75% median THC across only 81 Forum-labeled tests against 19.72% across 567 GSC-labeled ones.3 Leafly users call the Forum cut energetic and euphoric, and GSC relaxed and hungry.1,2

Side by side

Forum CookiesGirl Scout Cookies
What it isOne selected cut of GSC1,4The strain name; several cuts circulate under it2,5
LineageA cut of GSC, Jigga’s OG Kush × F1 Durb1,2OG Kush sub-type × F1 Durb, by Jigga2
Names counted in our lab data"Forum Cookies", "Forum Cut", "GSC Forum", "Forum Cut Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookies Forum", "Forum GSC", "Forum Girl Scout Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookies Forum Cut" and "GSC Forum Cut"3"Girl Scout Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookie" and "GSC"3
Median THC (state lab tests)18.75% (81 tests); small sample19.72% (567 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.71%–21.20%17.80%–21.92%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, Limonene (10 tests); all from Nevadaβ-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (158 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsEnergetic, euphoric, happy1Relaxed, hungry, happy2
Flavor (Leafly)Butter, sweet, citrus1Mint, sweet, earthy2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Forum Cookies vs Girl Scout Cookies

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 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.3

What each lab count includes

The Forum Cookies count takes only labels that name the cut, "Forum Cookies", "Forum Cut", "GSC Forum", "Forum Cut Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookies Forum", "Forum GSC", "Forum Girl Scout Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookies Forum Cut" and "GSC Forum Cut"; the GSC count takes "Girl Scout Cookies", "Girl Scout Cookie" and "GSC", names that do not say which cut.3 A few labels that name the Forum cut still fall in neither count, such as "Forum Cut Cookie Buds" (2) and "Forum Cut G.S.C." (1): at least 3 results across all product types before duplicates are removed.3 The 567 GSC tests are the better guide to Cookies flower in general, the 81 Forum tests to the cut itself.3

The other cuts

Leafly’s GSC page names Thin Mint and Platinum GSC among the variations, and Weedmaps says Thin Mint became the breakout cut; Leafly’s genealogy credits Ghost’s wide sharing of the Forum cut with making Cookies known (see genetics).2,5,6

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Forum Cut Cookies strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, GSC (aka Girl Scout Cookies, Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Forum Cookies (aka GSC Forum Cut) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, GSC (aka Girl Scout Cookies) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.