title: "Girl Scout Cookies - Effects, Terpenes & Queens Availability | Terp Bros NYC" description: "Girl Scout Cookies is a hybrid (balanced) strain with sweet cookie dough, mint, light earthy spice, 19-28% THC, and caryophyllene + limonene + humulene terpen" strain_type: "hybrid" thc_range: "19-28%" cbd_range: "<1%" dominant_terpenes: ["caryophyllene", "limonene", "humulene"] parent_strains: ["OG Kush", "Durban Poison"] flowering_time: "8-10 weeks" date: "2026-05-23"
Girl Scout Cookies is a hybrid (balanced) cannabis strain with a sweet cookie dough, mint, light earthy spice profile, 19-28% THC range, and a dominant terpene blend of caryophyllene, limonene, humulene. It is best known for social euphoria, mood lift, the long Friday night, with effects setting in medium-fast, 4 minutes, strong euphoric peak with body relaxation. Terp Bros NYC stocks Girl Scout Cookies-family cuts and similar terpene profiles across both our Astoria and Ozone Park CAURD-licensed locations, lab-tested under NY OCM Part 113 standards.
Effects + Reported Use Cases
Girl Scout Cookies is typically reported as a hybrid (balanced) experience: social euphoria, mood lift, the long Friday night. Onset is medium-fast, 4 minutes, strong euphoric peak with body relaxation. Duration runs 2 to 4 hours when inhaled, longer when consumed as edibles or rosin gummies. The cannabinoid + terpene profile drives the felt experience, not just the THC number on the label.
Terp Bros sells adult-use cannabis for adults 21 and older, and nothing here is medical advice or a treatment claim. What our budtenders will do is explain the terpene and cannabinoid profile, talk through the aroma and the reported feel, and help match a product format and dose to the kind of session you have in mind. Every product is lab-tested with a certificate of analysis on the package and on the Dutchie product page.
Terpene Profile
What each terpene is and how it behaves is covered in our terpene guide. Below is what they do in this cultivar.
Girl Scout Cookies is built on a dominant terpene stack of caryophyllene, limonene, humulene, which together produce the sweet cookie dough, mint, light earthy spice aroma profile customers recognize across batches. Terpene-led recommendations are how our budtenders walk new customers off "biggest THC number wins" thinking and into picking a strain that actually matches the feeling they want.
Caryophyllene
In Girl Scout Cookies specifically, caryophyllene contributes peppery, warm, grounding on the body.
Limonene
In Girl Scout Cookies specifically, limonene contributes mood-elevating, clear-headed euphoria, daytime-friendly.
Humulene
In Girl Scout Cookies specifically, humulene contributes earthy, hoppy, body-grounding.
Lineage + Genetics
Girl Scout Cookies traces back to OG Kush crossed with Durban Poison, with a documented origin story rooted in San Francisco Bay Area, 2010 by Cookie Family (Berner and Jigga), redefined modern cannabis flavor. The flowering time runs 8-10 weeks, which puts it in the standard commercial-cultivar window most NY indoor growers are working with.
Budtender Notes, Queens-Specific Observations
GSC genetics are in 60% of the modern menu, we explain to first-timers that "Cookies" anything traces back to this OG Kush x Durban cross. That observation is the kind of pattern only a store with foot traffic in a specific neighborhood can identify. The Astoria walk-in crowd is different from the Ozone Park walk-in crowd, and both are different from a Manhattan dispensary's customer base.
How to Try Girl Scout Cookies in Queens
Ask at either counter for the current batch and its certificate of analysis: Astoria, 36-10 Ditmars Blvd or Ozone Park, 135-26 Cross Bay Blvd. Same-day delivery covers most of Queens. Formats: flower, pre-rolls, vapes, concentrates, edibles (NY OCM caps edibles at 10mg THC per serving, 100mg per package). When a cultivar is out of stock we say so and point to the closest terpene profile on the live menu.
Is Girl Scout Cookies a daytime or evening strain? Daytime-leaning. Girl Scout Cookies's terpene profile (caryophyllene + limonene) reads more alert than restful. For a quieter, heavier evening profile, ask the budtender about myrcene + linalool indica options.
Does Girl Scout Cookies cause anxiety? Less likely than high-terpinolene sativas. Girl Scout Cookies contains caryophyllene (peppery, grounding), limonene (mood-elevating) which tend to read calmer than racy. Start with a small dose if you are sensitive to cannabis, and ask a budtender if 1:1 THC:CBD versions of this strain family are in stock.
What is the THC percentage of Girl Scout Cookies? Girl Scout Cookies typically tests in the 19-28% THC range across NY-licensed cultivators. The exact percentage varies by batch and cultivator, every Terp Bros NYC flower jar has the certificate of analysis on the package and on the Dutchie product page. CBD is typically less than 1% in this cultivar.
Is Girl Scout Cookies safe for first-time cannabis customers? Girl Scout Cookies is a balanced hybrid that works for first-time customers as long as the dose is conservative. Start with a single inhale or a 2.5mg edible, and ask a budtender about the current batch's THC percentage before deciding on format.
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