title: "Cookies (GSC Backcross) - Effects, Terpenes & Queens Availability | Terp Bros NYC" description: "Cookies (GSC Backcross) strain: balanced hybrid, 19-27% THC, caryophyllene-led. Live availability on the Terp Bros NYC Queens menu. Lab-tested, 21+ with valid ID." strain_type: "hybrid" thc_range: "19-27%" cbd_range: "<1%" dominant_terpenes: ["caryophyllene", "limonene", "humulene"] parent_strains: ["Girl Scout Cookies F1", "Girl Scout Cookies phenotype"] flowering_time: "8-9 weeks" date: "2026-05-23"
Cookies (GSC Backcross) is a balanced hybrid at 19-27% THC, with sweet cookie dough, mint and light earthy spice over a caryophyllene-led stack. Onset is a medium 5 minutes, and the peak is strong and euphoric with body relaxation. It is a San Francisco Cookies Family backcross of the original GSC line.
A Backcross of the Original GSC Line
Both listed parents come from the Girl Scout Cookies line, an F1 and a phenotype, and the Cookies Family markets the result as the modern definitive Cookies expression.
It comes out of San Francisco, from the Cookies Family. Flowering takes 8-9 weeks.
Long Friday Night Energy
The reported experience is social euphoria and evening unwind. Onset is medium, about 5 minutes, and the peak is strong. Plan on 2 to 4 hours inhaled and longer from edibles. The exact percentage varies by batch within the 19-27% THC range.
The Cookie Dough Terpene Set
Caryophyllene
Caryophyllene leads the stack with peppery, warm, body-grounding descriptors, next to the cookie dough.
Limonene
Limonene follows caryophyllene, uplifting and clear-headed, a daytime-friendly note near the mint.
Humulene
Third in line is humulene, earthy and hoppy, with a light earthy spice already in the aroma.
Where Cookies Sits in the Family
Girl Scout Cookies is the parent line, at 19-28% THC with the same terpene trio. Platinum Cookies lists 21-27% THC with light vanilla in place of mint. Gelato lists sweet berry, vanilla cream and light citrus at 20-25% THC, and Sherbet lists sweet citrus sorbet, creamy berry and light floral spice at 18-24% THC.