Long before coffee giants popped the ingredients into a latte recipe, pumpkin spice was gracing Grandma’s pies and pound cakes worldwide. The coveted spice blend combines aromatic flavorings like cinnamon, all spice, clove, and ginger. As this flavoring seeps into baked treats, lattes, and even hummus, some are asking where else it might fit.
There are many rightful places for pumpkin spices, but is weed one of them?
The dawn of pumpkin spice-flavored cannabis
As the season of legal cannabis changes, brands have tried their hand at flavoring products with the “Christian girl autumn” delicacy. The most recent attempt comes from Colorado cannabis company Native Roots. The store started selling the Revel Pumpkin Spice vape cart earlier this week.
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“This is just something to add freshness, newness for our customers,” Native Roots spokesperson Buck Dutton said to Axios. “Everybody else is playing in the pumpkin spice world — why not let cannabis, too?”
The cartridge is made with a THC distillate and terpenes crafted using the same compounds found in nutmeg, ginger, and clove. This isn’t the dispensary’s first foray into fall flavors. The company also released the vapes in 2021.
This year, The Source has added to the inhalable offerings with a Resin8 vape pen from Cannavative. The vape is 0.8 grams of pumpkin spice flavor complete with 85 percent THC. The product is affordable at $35 each, and available at all four Source Nevada locations.
Pumpkin spice cannabis edibles
Those who prefer to eat their spices can check out Milk Barn Farm’s seasonal Pumpkin Spice CBD tincture. The farm crafts the tincture with its sun-grown hemp, pumpkin seed oil, and all the expected spices.
Tillman’s Tranquils also carries an edible pumpkin spice product, but this one contains THC. The brand’s Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Gummies come highly recommended by the product reviews.
Bubby’s Baked released Pumpkin Bread Bites as a limited edition fall offering. The made-from-scratch treats blend cinnamon, ginger, and all the girls into a few delectable mini muffins, complete with full-spectrum cannabis.
Sweater Weather Betty’s from Betty’s Eddies strays off of the pumpkin spice train but stays on the fall theme. The apple-flavored fruit chews are all natural, made with real fruit and spices. Both Bubby’s and Betty’s are available at MariMed stores in Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, and Delaware.
Pumpkin spice is not only for eating in the weed world, some have translated the seasonal flavor into inhalable products.
Have you tried Pumpkin Spice weed?
Not all of the pumpkin spice cannabis offerings are crafted in a lab. Sensi Seeds stabilized a strain called Pumpkin Spice from Sour Apple and Animal Cookies. The result is an even hybrid with cerebral qualities and an air of relaxation. The flavor notes of apple with an earthy nuttiness. It’s not an exact match to pumpkin spice, but it still sounds delicious.
Fall flavors aren’t just for food
There are options when it comes to pumpkin spice cannabis. It can be added to drinks using a tincture, enjoyed in a one-bite gummy, or, for a limited time, puffed through a vape cart. No matter how it’s going in, one thing is for sure: the arrival of pumpkin spice means that it is officially fall.
And what pairs better with leaf peeping, pumpkin patches, and comfy sweaters than a chill high? Aside from a seasonal latte, not much.