Thin Mint GSC

Family: <a href="https://www.lovetheplant.com/family/cookies">Cookies</a>
Parents: GSC phenotype / selection (OG Kush × Durban Poison model upstream)

# Thin Mint GSC

Thin Mint GSC is a celebrated phenotype selection within the Girl Scout Cookies family, associated with minty, sweet, earthy, and cookie-dough aromatics. Phenotype names such as Thin Mint and Forum Cut matter because Cookies is a dynasty of cuts, not one uniform plant that every bakery jar matches.

Upstream parents follow the commonly reported GSC model: OG Kush × Durban Poison. Thin Mint itself is a selection of that Cookies work rather than an unrelated dessert hybrid. Records conflict on how tightly every Thin Mint retail product matches the original clone; undocumented remakes should say so.

Why it mattered: Thin Mint became a documented parent in dessert breeding, notably in commonly reported Gelato parentage (Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC). Live descendants and relatives include [Gelato](/strain/gelato), [Gelato 33](/strain/gelato-33), [Runtz](/strain/runtz), [Animal Cookies](/strain/animal-cookies), [Do-Si-Dos](/strain/do-si-dos), and the anchor [GSC](/strain/gsc).

Terpene names often discussed include [Caryophyllene](/terpene/Caryophyllene), [Limonene](/terpene/Limonene), [Linalool](/terpene/Linalool), [Humulene](/terpene/Humulene), and [Myrcene](/terpene/Myrcene). See the Cookies family essay for the wider dessert tree.

Love The Plant keeps this entry educational: origin notes, published parent models, why the line mattered historically, linked relatives on the live strain list, and terpene names for aroma literacy. No medical claims, no invented lab percentages, and no forced pedigree where sources disagree—Unknown remains a valid and preferred label.

Read linked and terpene pages for aroma vocabulary and member lists. When two reputable tellings disagree on parents, this library includes a conflict note and refuses to invent lab figures or medical claims for any cut.