True to the iconic Girl Scout cookie, Thin Mint Cookies is a balanced hybrid with an august lineage thanks to an artful cross between two other beloved strains: and . It also happens to be a close relative of another popular strain, . Both GSC and Thin Mint Cookies have their origins in San Francisco with well-known breeder Jigga.

Thin Mint Cookies gets its name from a minty sweet aroma that quickly presages the positive medicinal effects associated with it and its Durban Poison ancestor, especially, namely, a high-clarity buzz and body-melting physical reaction. Though the flavor is distinctly minty, some can also find earthier notes, touches of citrus, and a pleasant dessert quality that ties it back to the award-winning Girl Scout Cookies family.