CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · MANDARIN COOKIES
Mandarin Cookies
4 independent sources put THC at 19%; 1,096 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 15.4 to 28.4%; 9 recorded parents; 50 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF), Harvest Cup and THC Classic (Rooster Magazine).
Mandarin Cookies is a sativa dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Just A Handful. Lab tests put its THC between 15.4 and 28.4% (the middle 80% of 1,096 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are β-caryophyllene, limonene, β-ocimene. Recorded parents: Cookies × Forum Cookies × Forum Cut Cookies × Girl Scout Cookies × Gsc × Gsc Thin Mints × Mandarin Sunset × Mandarine Sunset × Tangerine Power. Stated flowering time 63 days. 9 cup placings on record, 2 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 4 independent sources
● type: sativa dominant hybrid
19%
THC, most-agreed claim
4 independent sources
15.4–28.4%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,096 samples
9
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
50
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
2/9
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
14
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 19% | 4 | or_prr00150, allbud, leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects, master |
| 15.4% | 3 | or_prr00150, cannlytics_lab, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 15.9% | 3 | or_prr00150, nv_ccb_lab_library, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 22% | 3 | cannareviews, cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 25% | 3 | bank_blim-burn-seeds, bank_azarius_seeds, seedfinder |
| 13.4% | 2 | nv_ccb_lab_library, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 15.7% | 2 | cannlytics_lab, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 17.1% | 2 | or_prr00150, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 18% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, cannlytics_lab |
| 18.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 18.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 18.7% | 2 | cannlytics_lab, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
Lab range 15.4 to 28.4% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,096 flower lab samples, median 21.2%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 667 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: β-caryophyllene, limonene, β-ocimene, linalool, α-humulene, β-pinene
1,128 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 82 non flower, 145 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 63 days | 3 | bank_azarius_seeds, seedfinder, alchimia |
| 56 to 63 days | 2 | cropking, seedfinder |
| 55 to 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 56 to 70 days | 1 | bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Forum Cookies | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Forum Cut Cookies | 1 | leafly_parent_slugs:leafly_flat_enrich |
| Girl Scout Cookies | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,bank_blim-burn-seeds,master |
| Gsc | 1 | summary:lineage |
| Gsc Thin Mints | 1 | strain_fact:hytiva |
| Mandarin Sunset | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,seedfinder |
| Mandarine Sunset | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Tangerine Power | 1 | strain_fact:hytiva |
50 descendants through recorded links, including Headband Cookies, Blue Mandarin Mints, Citrus Mistress, Ethos Apex, Ethos Cookies, Crescendo Rbx1 Feminized Seeds, Ethos Apex R1 Feminized Seeds, Fanta Sea Rbx Feminized Seeds.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards | Home Grow: CBGa | Gold | unverified |
| 2026 | California State Fair Cannabis Awards / California Cannabis Awards | Home Grow: Myrcene | Bronze | unverified |
| 2021 | Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF) | Resin | Winner | verified |
| 2020 | Harvest Cup | Sativa Flower | 2nd | unverified |
| 2020 | Connoisseur Cup | BEST OVERALL REC SATIVA FLOWER | 3rd | unverified |
| 2019 | Harvest Cup | Sativa Flower | winner | verified |
| 2019 | THC Classic (Rooster Magazine) | Cured | 2nd | unverified |
| 2019 | THC Classic (Rooster Magazine) | Indica | 3rd | unverified |
| 2017 | High 95 Cup | Sun Grown | 9th place | unverified |
Award claims checked 0 confirmed · 2 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | hytiva | event_ambiguous |
| Top 10 Strains of 2018 | 2018 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
14 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: alchimiaweb.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: Mandarin Cookies, mandarin cookies feminized seeds bulk seeds, mandarin cookies feminized seeds canuk seeds, mandarin cookies feminized seeds merica seeds, ethos-genetics/mandarin-cookies, Mandarin Cookie
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dossier mandarin-cookies · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Mandarin Cookies strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/mandarin-cookies/