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Comparison

Ice Cream Cake vs Gelato

Ice Cream Cake’s Gelato side is one cut, Gelato #33, a numbered selection from the Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC cross.1,2 Leafly users call Gelato relaxed, aroused and euphoric and Ice Cream Cake sleepy, relaxed and hungry; in state labs Gelato tests about the same: 21.58% median THC against 22.17% for Ice Cream Cake.3,4,5

Side by side

Ice Cream CakeGelato
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid per Leafly; indica per Weedmaps4,6Hybrid, evenly balanced; mostly calming3
LineageWedding Cake × Gelato #33, Seed Junky Genetics4,7Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC; Gelato #33 is one of its cuts1,3
Median THC (state lab tests)22.17% (2,489 tests)21.58% (1,792 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.85%–24.70%18.91%–24.70%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (753 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (371 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry4Relaxed, aroused, euphoric3
FlavorVanilla, butter, pepper4Sweet, flowery, pepper3
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)48–9 weeks (Leafly)3

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

Lab-tested THC: Ice Cream Cake vs Gelato

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream Cake: median 22.17%, middle half 19.85%–24.70%, 2,489 tests 22.2% n=2,489 Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.5

Which Gelato

Ice Cream Cake’s parent is Gelato #33, also called Gelato Kush on Leafly and Larry Bird in Leafly’s 2023 best-seller list. After the 2014 pheno-hunt Mr. Sherbinski gave #33 away, and it went into wide production in 2015.1,2,8 Leafly describes #33 as uplifting and energetic, unlike its sleepy child.1,4 Our Gelato figures include products labelled Gelato 33, because our matching reads the number as a lot code.5 Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gelatostrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 69 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Ice Cream Cake flower on Weedmaps, against 202 stores for Gelato; around New York the counts were 84 and 125.9

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Gelato #33 (aka Gelato Kush) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Gelato (aka Gelato 42, Larry Bird, Zelato) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Ice Cream Cake 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, Ice Cream Cake (aka Cake’n Cream) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, Smoke the best-selling cannabis strains of 2023 (Amelia Williams) (2023-12-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. 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.