Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies is flower named for a cross of Girl Scout Cookies and Granddaddy Purple. Leafly calls it an indica cross and lists Cookie Monster as another name, while AllBud gives the strain’s makeup as 80% indica and 20% sativa and labels it an indica dominant hybrid. Anyone unsure what those type labels mean can turn to our guide, Indica vs Sativa vs Hybrid.

Popcorn nugs in neon green, purple and silver

AllBud describes very large, dense, bright neon-green popcorn-shaped nugs with amber hairs and a thick layer of bright orange hairs, coated in chunky white trichomes and sticky resin. It adds that the strain is known for an amped-up appearance.

Growers quoted by Leafly describe purple and green hues under a silvery coat of trichomes.

Grape, berry and earth

Leafly describes an aroma dominated by earthy notes, with a grape and berry scent. Its flavour tags are grape, earthy and sweet.

AllBud describes a smell of sweet, earthy grape and a taste of sweet berry, with a touch of savoury earthy grape when exhaling. Its flavour tags are berry, diesel, grape and sweet, while the aroma tags read earthy, grape, sweet and vanilla.

Caryophyllene, limonene and humulene

In Leafly’s terpene data caryophyllene (pepper) leads, with limonene (citrus) next and humulene (hoppy) after it. Our limonene guide explains the middle one.

The THC figure on Leafly is 18%, with CBG at 1%, and the potency scale there reads higher than average. AllBud gives THC as 21% and CBN as 1%.

A slow build, from head to body

AllBud describes a head effect that builds slowly and spreads through the body, leaving a stoney, spacey, distant feeling. It adds that the strain is known for sativa-heavy effects despite its 80% indica genetics, and its users tag euphoria, happy and hungry.

Leafly describes an abrupt, strong mix of euphoria and relaxation, and its effect tags are relaxed and hungry.