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May 2023 Leafly HighLight: Oreoz strain

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3 weeks ago

May 5, 2023

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Hope you got milk.

When it’s time to fire up some late-night relaxation and munchies, America keeps turning to the indulgent, sweet, self-care strain Oreoz. On shelves nationwide, Oreoz is a Leafly Strain of the Year 2022 runner-up, as well as a top 150 strain on store menus, and a top 15 strain in search traffic. Oreoz reigns as part of the dessert strain dynasty that rules modern weed. The cross of Cookies and Cream and Secret Weapon goes great with some me-time snacks—eliciting hunger, relaxation, and smiles. That makes Oreoz our Leafly HighLight for May.

Premium Oreoz buds induce drool with this sweet, hashy, gassy vanilla taste, sometimes with tobacco and coffee notes. Oreoz has a 4.6 out of 5-star rating after 208 reviews on Leafly; our first review of Oreoz dates back to 2020. With its glacial, dark, dramatic look, Oreoz resets the bar for bag appeal; it’s highly Instagrammable weed. Notes of chocolate and diesel bloom from the best bags, and the high-THC effect can knock down even veteran smokers.

“Fire strain helps me see the field in Madden NFL better,” said one reviewer.

“Oreo’s is one of the most hard-hitting strains I’ve smoked.”

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A bud and branch shot of icy black and green Oreoz grown by CAM Photo by The High Red Beard (Photo Courtesy of CAM) — Oreoz, grown by C.A.M. in California in 2021. For 2023, check out CAM’s new Devil Driver.
(Photo by The High Red Beard, courtesy of CAM)

Medical patients like high-THC indica hybrids like Oreoz for stress, anxiety, and depression.

“It took my mood from bleak and shitty to a pleasant meadow of tranquility. I brood like Batman so that’s saying something,” said one reviewer.

“It helps calm down my brain and my neurological issues it causes, down to straight relief,” said another.

Oreoz is hella strong, so newbies should start slow to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the euphoria of THC.

How much does Oreoz cost?

looking down into glass jar full of light green weed nugs — Oreoz in Montana. (Max Savage Levenson / Leafly)

America’s cultivators are farming tons of Oreoz in 2023 coast to coast; call it a commodity crop with a top-shelf premium.

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Good Oreoz goes for just $30–$45 per eighth-ounce in LA. It’s in carts for $20–$25 a gram, or batter for $18 per gram.

Oregon has high-end 0.5 gram rosin pods for $37, $20 eighths, and $10 grams of flower or wax. Washington has $15 quarter-ounces of bargain Oreoz, but goes all the way up to $60 eighths of top-shelf; and $25 1-g carts.

Colorado had $50 ounces of it, as well as $30 eighths. Eighths go for $50 in Illinois, and Massachusetts loves its prerolls at $12.

	low-grade	mid-grade	top-shelf
Eighth-ounce of flower	$10	$30	$60
1-gram cartridges	$25	$35	$60

Average Oreoz prices in the US

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Oreoz seeds and clones

Get some Phinest+Cannarado Carbon Fiber in your diet. (David Downs/Leafly) — Rebooted Oreoz—Carbon Fiber. Indica hybrid. (David Downs/Leafly)

Michigan breeder 3rd Coast Genetics made Oreoz out of Cookies & Cream (Exotic Genetix) and Secret Weapon (In House Genetics). Both strains have lots of siblings and children—they’re some of the hottest pot in 2023. Many seed makers promise Oreoz flavors now, including Blimburn. Envy Genetics has OreoPopz, and Dr. Blaze has an Oreoz S1 on Seeds Here Now (where Oreoz is a top 5 hot strain of 2023). We’re also seeing clones of Oreoz and its crosses in recreational states like Michigan. Look out for the Oreoz analog, Carbon Fiber. Oreoz is also in the hyped Dante’s Inferno strain.

Oreoz strain awards

Dessert strains dominate cannabis competitions, and Oreoz is no slouch. In 2022, Oreoz took second in recreational hybrid flowers at the Colorado Connoisseur Cup, and second in Alaska that same year. It took home a first in Oklahoma in 2021.

Oreoz terpenes

The dessert strain Oreoz gets its best dank fuel notes from a mix of gassy caryophyllene, and pungent limonene and myrcene. Terpenes are the fragrant cannabis oils that power flavors and amplify effects.

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Similar highlights for May 2023

Did your friends consume all the Oreoz in town? No sweat—here are three more dessert cookie smokables for an equally tasty time.

Cookies and Cream

Go with the parent of Oreoz, Cookies and Cream. It’s vanilla, sweet, and nutty with similarly calming effects. Padlock the fridge.

Grease Monkey

For more fuel in your dessert, check out Grease Monkey—a cross of Original Glue and Cookies and Cream. It’s even more relaxing than Oreoz, for those who enjoy some rowdy diesel, funk, and skunk.

Kush Mints

(Courtesy Cookies)

Even more popular than Oreoz—check out Kush Mints for a similar indica hybrid effect, but a more minty take on a dessert strain; it’s Animal Mints x Bubba Kush.

And that’s your box of chocolate dessert strains for May. We hope you learned about a new flavor, and come back on June 1 for our next Leafly HighLight. If these picks are too basic for you, make sure to explore the cutting edge of cannabis with our Leafly Buzz columns.

So hey, what’s ‘Leafly HighLight’?

Cannabis dispensaries can sell more than 200 types of flower. It’s overwhelming. Leafly HighLight cures choice paralysis with a monthly deep dive into a popular national cannabis strain you should know. We combine:

Leafly Strain Database search data,
dispensary menu data,
dispensary visits,
and smoke sessions

to select one cultivar that pairs with the season and mood.
That’s Leafly HighLight.

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Top 8 marijuana strains of 2021

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1 year ago

December 8, 2021

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The Leafly Strain of the Year for 2021 had some seriously stiff competition! Here’s an in-depth look at eight other greats that were in the running.

Weed trends are fascinating to track as they rise and fall over time and move around the country. This year, sales of classic strains blossomed in newer legal states (what’s up, Oklahoma? You really love your White Widow!), while crowd-pleasers like Gelato and Purple Punch fell off in established markets. Other indomitable strains like Blue Dream, Zkittlez, and last year’s winner Runtz stayed strong across the board.

As always, the Leafly team used a combination of field research, editorial expertise, and data to sniff out what was trending around the nation this year. We looked at what people spent their money on, and sampled plenty of bud to come up with this comprehensive list. Our findings are independent and have not been influenced by any outside parties or the Leafly sales team.

Read on for our eight leading strains of 2021!

GMO Cookies

A strong contender for Strain of the Year, this heady strain originated by Mamiko Seeds is massively popular, and it’s easy to smell why. An indica-dominant hybrid made from crossing GSC with Chemdawg, GMO Cookies has a sweet stink of gas and garlic. The pungent smoke has a spicy, musty funk, kinda like your high school locker.

GMO provides a deep body high that feels like a classic indica, with the uplifting cerebral vibrancy of its Chemdawg parent. This strain can lock you to the couch, so plan accordingly—prep snacks, pour yourself a glass of water, and settle in for deep relaxation.

Peanut Butter Breath

East Coast heads smoked a ton of Peanut Butter Breath in 2021. A cross of Dosidos and Mendo Breath (hot in Florida this year!) developed by ThugPug Genetics, Peanut Butter Breath has a terrific nutty, earthy taste. (Dosidos is also the parent of a 2020 top strain, Slurricane.) PBB’s creamy, potent smoke offers an uplifting high with an enjoyable body stone.

It’s easy to see why PBB is so popular—it’s not going to take you anywhere you don’t want to go. Perfect for a daytime hang with good friends.

Cereal Milk

Dessert strains like Wedding Cake (the #1 most searched in the US this year) and Ice Cream Cake (a top seller, even in Ohio) continue to be wildly popular, and Cereal Milk is lining up next to them at the bud buffet. A hybrid from Cookies, Cereal Milk has GSC on both sides—its parents are Y Life (GSC x Cherry Pie) and a sativa-dominant GSC variety dubbed Snowman.

Cereal Milk lives up to its name, with frosty nugs and a creamy, gassy smoke. Its genetic lineage comes through in the sweet flavor and balanced, potent high, thanks in part due to its Durban Poison grandparent (the #5 strain in Colorado in 2021). A bowl of Cereal Milk makes a great start to a Saturday.

Apple Fritter

Apple Fritter made its way across the country from Northern California and is currently blowing up in Michigan. The closely guarded genetics behind this hybrid from Lumpy’s Flowers are thought to be a cross of Animal Cookies and Sour Apple. This strain has a fruity tartness reminiscent of an apple pastry, with notes of sugar and earth when you grind up a nug. The savory smoke is deliciously funky and herbal.

Apple Fritter is one of those hybrids that offer a perfectly balanced blend of relaxing and uplifting effects—great for working on a meditative project, like organizing under your kitchen sink. When’s the last time you really got under there?

Kush Mints

SoCal heavies Seed Junky Genetics are behind a ton of powerhouse strains—Leafly’s 2019 Strain of the Year Wedding Cake, Animal Cookies, LA Kush Cake—and Kush Mints is no exception. A cross of Animal Mints (the #1 strain in Florida in 2021) and Bubba Kush, Kush Mints has a delightfully sweet, minty flavor with the underlying earthiness familiar to kush lovers. It’s an easy smoke that won’t take you to the couch…unless that’s where you want to be, in which case it will do just that.

London Pound Cake

Another tasty offering from the Cookie fam, London Pound Cake a.k.a. Pound Cake has an interesting makeup. A cross of Sunset Sherbert (GSC x Pink Panties) with a potent unknown indica, London Pound Cake has a rich berry flavor cut with a zing of citrus. The seemingly ubiquitous GSC parent gives this flower a robust quality with a high THC level and deeply relaxing effects. This is a solid strain to lie down with for a blissful nap.

Grease Monkey

Industry stalwarts Exotic Genetix created Grease Monkey by crossing GG4 with Cookies and Cream (again with the GSC!). GG4 was 2020’s top-selling strain in the US, slipping to third place this year. Grease Monkey gets its sticky-ickiness from the Original Glue with major trichome density, while Cookies ‘n Cream shines through with sweet, earthy notes and a touch of diesel.

Grease Monkey sounds like a workhorse, but it’s really made for a day off—this potent bud has majorly sedating effects. Put on your PJs and grab the remote.

MAC

MAC weed strain nug — MAC1 from LOWD. (Photo by Resinated Lens; Courtesy of LOWD)

Miracle Alien Cookies a.k.a. MAC is a hybrid that originated with an elusive breeder named Capulator about a decade ago. MAC made Leafly’s list of top strains of 2020, and it’s still on top, blowing up in Florida this year. This flower is a terrific combo of genetics: the legendary Starfighter crossed with Colombian and Alien Cookies. Its dense, frosty nugs have an intense citrus aroma with a touch of gas, and the smoke is nice and spicy.

The high is happy and productive—crank your favorite album, and throw yourself a dance party!

We told you—Leafly Strain of the Year Dosidos is just the beginning. Celebrate another banner year for cannabis—and stay off that bammer weed—with these greats.

Mary Jane Gibson

Mary Jane Gibson is Leafly’s Product Specialist in Southern California. She wrote and edited for High Times for over a decade. Currently based in Los Angeles, she writes about cannabis culture, entertainment, products, and cutting-edge trends. Mary Jane also co-hosts a podcast, Weed + Grub, with comedian Mike Glazer.

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