- Vanilla (39% of reported flavors)
- Sweet (31% of reported flavors)
- Woody (31% of reported flavors)
Cookies and Cream is the strain that helped launch Exotic Genetix into another league. Bred by Washington's Exotic Mike, the balanced hybrid crosses a Starfighter F2 with an undisclosed GSC phenotype. Mike had acquired Starfighter directly from Alien Genetics and already had a GSC cut in his garden when he brought the two together, creating one of the defining dessert strains of the early 2010s.
Sweet vanilla and cream dominate the aroma, backed by nutty cookie dough, earth, wood, and a little citrus around the edges. The flowers tend to grow dense and seriously frosted, with the Starfighter side showing up in the heavy trichome production. It's less straight sugar than the name suggests, with enough earthy funk underneath to keep the whole thing from smelling like somebody stuffed an Oreo into a grinder.
Those who've stuck with this strain describe a relaxed, happy high with euphoria and an upbeat cerebral streak showing up early before the experience settles into something heavier and more laid-back. Relaxed, happy, euphoric, uplifted, sleepy, and creative all appear among Weedmaps' reported effects.
Cookies and Cream didn't need long to prove it belonged. It took first place for Best U.S. Hybrid at the 2014 Denver Cannabis Cup, a breakout win for Exotic Genetix that helped turn the strain, and the breeder behind it, into major names in modern cannabis.
This aromatic strain reportedly grows medium-tall, producing moderate yields of trichome- frosted buds in a 56-to-63 day flowering period. Online sources recommend the strain for more advanced growers, as it typically requires a lot of training (especially lollipopping) during the first few weeks of the flowering cycle.
