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Comparison

Grease Monkey vs GMO Cookies

GMO Cookies, a Chemdawg × Girl Scout Cookies cross from Mamiko Seeds, shared High Times’ list of the 10 best strains of 2018 with Grease Monkey, and Leafly users report two of the same top effects for both, relaxed and sleepy.1,2,3,4 Grease Monkey tests lower in state labs: 22.84% median THC against 26.74% for GMO Cookies.5

Side by side

Grease MonkeyGMO Cookies
TypeHybrid; mostly calming per Leafly4Indica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming per Leafly1
LineageGG4 × Cookies and Cream; Exotic Genetix4Girl Scout Cookies × Chemdawg; Mamiko Seeds1
Median THC (state lab tests)22.84% (576 tests)26.74% (2,159 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.39%–27.08%23.46%–29.83%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (55 tests)Limonene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (456 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, sleepy, hungry4Relaxed, sleepy, euphoric1
FlavorSkunk, earthy, pungent4Chemical, pepper, pungent1
Leafly THC listing22%428%1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.5

Lab-tested THC: Grease Monkey vs GMO Cookies

20% 24% 28% GMO Cookies GMO Cookies: median 26.74%, middle half 23.46%–29.83%, 2,159 tests 26.7% n=2,159 Grease Monkey Grease Monkey: median 22.84%, middle half 19.39%–27.08%, 576 tests 22.8% n=576 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.5

Grease Bucket and Garlic Cookies

The two names meet on Weedmaps, which files Grease Monkey under Grease Bucket; Leafly lists Grease Bucket as a Garlic Cookies × Banana Punch cross, and Garlic Cookies as another name for GMO Cookies. A menu item sold as Grease Bucket may therefore be a GMO descendant rather than Grease Monkey.1,6,7 GMO Cookies has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gmocookiesstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 24 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Grease Monkey flower on Weedmaps, against 193 stores for GMO Cookies; around New York the counts were 24 and 93.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Cookies, GMO Garlic Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. High Times, The 10 best weed strains of 2018: GMO Cookies (Danny Danko and T.H. Caeczar) (2017-12-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. High Times, The 10 best weed strains of 2018: Grease Monkey (Danny Danko and T.H. Caeczar) (2017-12-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Grease Monkey strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Grease Bucket (aka Grease Monkey) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Grease Bucket strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.