What is the Biscotti strain?

Biscotti is a modern dessert strain from the Cookies family, bred by Cookies Fam Genetics as a cross of Gelato #25 and South Florida OG. It's known for a sweet, doughy cookie-and-nut aroma with a gassy, spicy exhale, and it's usually described as an indica-leaning hybrid. We currently carry it as a Florist Farms 1g pre-roll in Richmond Hill, Queens.

What is Biscotti a cross of?

The widely cited lineage is Gelato #25 crossed with South Florida OG, bred by Cookies Fam Genetics. That puts it in the extended Girl Scout Cookies and Gelato dessert-strain family, with an OG Kush branch that gives it its gassy undertone. Many menu strains that borrow the name — Biscotti Jealousy, Apple Biscotti, Biscotti Mintz — are descendants or crosses, not the exact same plant.

Do you carry Biscotti in Richmond Hill?

As of October 2026 we stock it as a Florist Farms Biscotti 1g pre-roll, with Cookies-family and Biscotti-cross cousins usually nearby. A dispensary menu changes daily, though, so check the live menu to confirm it's on the shelf before you come, and if it's sold out the team can suggest a close cousin in the same sweet, gassy Cookies family.

Do you need a medical card to buy Biscotti in New York?

No. Adult-use cannabis is legal in New York, so you only need to be 21 or older with a valid, unexpired government-issued photo ID and to buy from a licensed dispensary. No medical card is required. Remember that public consumption is not permitted in New York, so plan to enjoy your purchase later in a legal private setting.

Biscotti, Explained: The Sweet, Gassy Cookies Hybrid We Carry

Q: Is Biscotti an indica or a sativa?

It's generally considered an indica-leaning hybrid. That said, indica, sativa and hybrid are rough shorthand, not reliable predictors of how a strain affects a given person. How it lands depends on the full mix of cannabinoids and terpenes in that batch, your tolerance, and how much you use, so treat the indica tag as a loose hint rather than a promise.

Q: What does Biscotti smell and taste like?

Sweet and doughy up front — cookie, nutty, a little creamy, sometimes with a dark-chocolate or coffee note — followed by a gassy, spicy, slightly peppery exhale. That sweet-meets-gas contrast is its signature. Those smells come from the plant's terpenes; Biscotti usually reads caryophyllene-forward (peppery, spicy), often with limonene and humulene in support. The terpene percentages on a licensed label describe what's actually in that specific jar, since the mix shifts batch to batch.

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The short version

Biscotti is a modern dessert strain from the Cookies family — bred by Cookies Fam Genetics as a cross of Gelato #25 and South Florida OG. It's one of the more-searched "cookie" names on today's shelf, prized for a sweet, bakery-ish smell with a surprising gassy kick.
The aroma lives up to the name: sweet, doughy, cookie-and-nut up front, with a gassy, spicy, slightly peppery exhale underneath. On the terpene side it typically reads caryophyllene-forward (that peppery, spicy note), often with limonene and humulene in support. These are aroma notes, not a promise about how it will make you feel.
It's usually described as an indica-leaning hybrid — but "indica-leaning" is a loose tradition and a smell family, not a guarantee. How any strain lands is individual, shaped by its full chemistry (cannabinoids and terpenes) and by how much you take.
We carry it right now as a Florist Farms Biscotti 1g pre-roll on the shelf, with Cookies-family and Biscotti-cross cousins usually nearby. Check the live menu — stock changes daily.
Cannabis Cowboy is a licensed adult-use dispensary (NY OCM-RETL-24-000068) on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens. 21+ with valid ID; public consumption is illegal in New York, so enjoy it later in a legal private setting.

7 min read · Updated October 12, 2026

If the diesel strains are the loud, savory end of the shelf, Biscotti sits at the sweet, dessert end — and it's one of the names new and returning shoppers ask for by far. It's a Cookies-family strain with a smell that genuinely reads like its name: warm, doughy, bakery-sweet, with a gassy twist that keeps it from being one-note. If you've spotted it on our Richmond Hill pre-roll shelf, here's the plain-English tour.

One ground rule first, the same one we put on every strain guide: we're describing aroma, flavor, and heritage — the things you can smell in the jar and trace in the lineage — not telling you how it will make you feel. The indica / sativa / hybrid split is a loose old tradition, not a spec sheet, and the same flower can land differently on two people. Read this as a tasting-and-history note, not a prescription.

This is product education for adults 21+, not health, medical, or dosing advice. A strain's name or indica label tells you nothing about its strength — potency is a separate, lab-tested number printed on every licensed New York label. Cannabis affects everyone differently. Questions about your health belong with a doctor or pharmacist.

Where does Biscotti come from?

Unlike the murky old-school classics, Biscotti has a reasonably well-documented pedigree. It's a modern cross from Cookies Fam Genetics — the breeding crew behind the whole Cookies / Gelato dessert-strain wave — and the widely cited lineage is Gelato #25 crossed with South Florida OG. In other words, it sits squarely in the extended Girl Scout Cookies → Gelato family tree, with an OG Kush branch mixed in for that gassy backbone.

That heritage is the key to understanding it. From the Gelato / Cookies side it inherits the sweet, creamy, dessert character; from the South Florida OG side it picks up the fuel-and-earth undertone that gives it its "gas" edge. If you've enjoyed our Gelato or the broader sweet, candy-leaning strains on the shelf, Biscotti is a close relative — a touch richer and gassier than a pure candy strain.

You'll see a lot of Biscotti spin-offs on modern menus — Biscotti Jealousy, Apple Biscotti, Biscotti Mintz and more. They're descendants or crosses that borrow the Biscotti name and part of its cookie character; they aren't the exact same plant. If you liked one, ask the team which cousins are in stock.

What does Biscotti smell and taste like?

Pretty much what the name promises, with a twist. The front of the profile is sweet and doughy — think cookie, nutty, a little creamy, with some people picking up a dark-chocolate or coffee note. Then comes the twist: a gassy, spicy, slightly peppery exhale that keeps it from reading like pure candy. That sweet-meets-gas contrast is exactly why Biscotti stands out from the plainer dessert strains — it's a bakery smell with a fuel chaser.

Those smells aren't added — they come from the plant's own aromatic oils, called terpenes. Biscotti typically reads caryophyllene-forward; caryophyllene is the peppery, spicy, slightly gassy terpene that explains that savory exhale, and it's the same note that anchors a lot of the "gas" strains. The supporting cast often includes limonene (a citrus-sweet lift) and humulene (an earthy, hoppy note). We break the whole family down in our terpene explainer and the deeper myrcene, limonene and caryophyllene guide. Treat the sweet-cookie-and-gas profile as the strain's signature, not a guaranteed lab result on any one jar — the terpene percentages on a licensed label describe what's actually in that specific batch.

Is Biscotti an indica or a sativa?

Biscotti is usually filed as an indica-leaning hybrid — the dessert-and-gas corner of the shelf that people have traditionally reached for in the evening or a wind-down setting rather than first thing in the morning. If you shop by vibe, that's the neighborhood it lives in. Its Cookies/Gelato relatives tend to get described the same way.

But reputation isn't a promise. Modern understanding leans on a plant's specific chemistry — its cannabinoids and terpenes — far more than the word "indica" on the label, and two people can have completely different evenings on the same flower. Set and setting (who you're with, what you're doing, how much you've had) matter as much as the strain. For the full version of why the label is a starting point and not an answer, our indica vs. sativa vs. hybrid explainer unpacks it. Nothing here is a health, medical, or effects claim.

Read "indica-leaning" the way you'd read a coffee-menu description — a helpful hint about the style, not a spec for the outcome. If a sweet, gassy profile is what you're after, ask the team about the aroma family and terpene notes, not just the indica word.

How can you buy Biscotti at Cannabis Cowboy?

Right now the straightforward way to meet it is on our pre-roll shelf — it was in stock as of October 2026, though a menu changes daily, so always check the live menu before you come in:

Florist Farms — Biscotti, 1g pre-roll. On the shelf now: a single ready-to-go joint of the real thing. No grinding, no rolling — the low-fuss way to taste that sweet-cookie-and-gas profile for yourself. (New to pre-rolls? Here's our infused vs. regular pre-rolls guide.)
Synergy — Apple Biscotti, flower. A Biscotti cross that leans the cookie character toward a sweeter, fruitier side — a close cousin if you want to taste where the family goes.
Ruby Farms — Biscotti Jealousy, hash-infused pre-roll pack. A Biscotti descendant in an infused multi-pack, for when you want the family flavor with more punch per pull than a standard joint.

If the Biscotti pre-roll has sold out or you're after something adjacent, the shelf usually keeps other Cookies-family dessert strains in the same neighborhood — things like Alter's Garlic Cookies, Leal's Thin Mint GSC, Bodega Boyz's Thin Mintz flower and the Mac Pharms Kush Mints pre-roll all live in that sweet-cookie-with-an-edge corner. It all rotates, so the live menu is the only real-time source of truth — and for a broader tour of the sweet end, see our sweet & candy strains flavor guide.

Formats behave differently: a standard pre-roll is the easiest low-key way in, while an infused pre-roll comes on stronger and faster. Whichever you pick, start low if the strain is new to you. Under New York rules, cannabis is for private adult-use consumption, not out in public.

Is Biscotti always in stock?

No — that's the honest catch with any single-strain guide. A dispensary menu is a living thing: batches sell through, new drops land, and the Biscotti pre-roll on the shelf this week might be a different grower's cut next month. It was in stock as of October 2026, but the only truly current list is the live menu itself.

So treat this as background on the strain, then browse the live menu to see what's actually on the shelf right now. If it's sold out, the team can almost always point you to a close cousin in the same sweet, gassy Cookies family.

Where to come try it

Cannabis Cowboy is a licensed adult-use dispensary on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens (NY OCM-RETL-24-000068), serving Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Jamaica and Kew Gardens. Every product on the shelf comes through New York's regulated, lab-tested supply chain, and New York's 13% cannabis tax is already built into the menu price — no surprise at the register. Check the live menu before you come, or walk in with a valid 21+ photo ID and ask the team about the Biscotti.