NEXT | Candyland | Live Resin

Ken Estes, the California grower behind Granddaddy Purple, went looking for a daytime version of his own famous plant - something sweeter, easier to grow and lighter on the head. He crossed a Granddaddy Purple male with a Bay Platinum Cookies female, and the selection he kept took gold at the 2012 KushCon in Denver. Estes has said the name was only meant to be temporary, and it stuck because it was the best plant of the run. Candyland is commonly described as sweet up front, with earthy, spicy and floral notes underneath, over a caryophyllene-led terpene profile. Its reported character is uplifted, energetic and happy rather than heavy. This live resin is extracted with butane from plant material frozen fresh at harvest. Candyland is worth picking for the balance Estes bred for: the sweetness of a legendary purple line, reworked into a sativa meant for the daytime. About NEXT: NEXT is the brand of Next Extracts LLC, a Rochester company formed in 2023 that holds both a processor and a distributor licence from the state's Office of Cannabis Management. The state registers it as a minority-owned business.