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Comparison

Gushers vs GMO Cookies

GMO Cookies, also sold as Garlic Cookies, is Mamiko Seeds’ cross of Girl Scout Cookies and Chemdawg, with a garlic-forward taste that Leafly users tag chemical, pepper and pungent.1 It meets Gushers on menus through Grape Gushers, a GMO × Gelato cross that does not descend from Gushers, and it tests higher in state labs: 26.74% median THC against 20.95% for Gushers.2,3 GMO Cookies leads with limonene in state lab tests, Gushers with β-caryophyllene.3

Side by side

GushersGMO Cookies
TypeIndica-leaning hybrid; a hybrid per Leafly, 60% indica per AllBud4,5Indica-dominant hybrid1
LineageGelato #41 × Triangle Kush4,6Girl Scout Cookies × Chemdawg (Mamiko Seeds)1
Median THC (state lab tests)20.95% (177 tests)26.74% (2,159 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.77%–23.83%23.46%–29.83%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, Linalool (74 tests)Limonene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (456 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsTingly, relaxed, euphoric4Relaxed, sleepy, euphoric1
Flavor (Leafly)Tropical, sweet, berry4Chemical, pepper, pungent1
Flowering60–70 days (Weedmaps)68–9 weeks (Leafly)1

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

Lab-tested THC: Gushers vs GMO Cookies

16% 20% 24% 28% GMO Cookies GMO Cookies: median 26.74%, middle half 23.46%–29.83%, 2,159 tests 26.7% n=2,159 Gushers Gushers: median 20.95%, middle half 17.77%–23.83%, 177 tests 20.9% n=177 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

Grape Gushers

Leafly lists Grape Gushers as High Grade Farms’ GMO × Gelato, named for its grape aroma; it won Gold Indoor and Best in California Co-Dominant Terpene at the 2023 California State Fair Cannabis Awards. It shares a Gelato parent with Gushers but not Triangle Kush.2,4 GMO Cookies has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gmocookiesstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 70 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Gushers flower on Weedmaps, against 193 stores for GMO Cookies; around New York the counts were 17 and 93.7

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Sources

  1. Leafly, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Cookies, GMO Garlic Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Grape Gushers 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. Leafly, TK41 (aka White Gushers, White Gusherz) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Gushers marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Gushers (aka Gusherz) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.