These NJ cannabis brands just won big at first-ever competition
High Times magazine honored winners of New Jersey’s first Cannabis Cup on May 1 at an awards ceremony at Steel Pier in Atlantic City.
“With the DOJ’s announcement to reclassify medical marijuana, it’s time to celebrate progress and federal movement of drug policy and honor the operators who have built a $860 million industry in the Garden State,” event organizers wrote.
Winners were chosen by New Jersey’s cannabis community.
Here are the first-, second- and third-place winners in the individual categories:
Indica Flower
1st: Clade9 — Diamond Bar
2nd: Niche. — Fatso
3rd: Neptune’s Garden — Black Cherry Punch
Category: Sativa Flower
1st: Niche. — Cutiez
2nd: Neptune’s Garden — Lemon Ice Cream
3rd: Illicit — Chembutter
Hybrid Flower
1st: Niche. — Lip Smackerz
2nd: Turtle Pie Co — X Rose
3rd: Bliss Co — Gruntz Flower
Pre-Rolls
1st: Magic Garden Botanicals — Loosie
2nd: Bliss Co — Gruntz Joint
3rd: Panda Farms — Super Boof
Infused Pre-Rolls — Indica
1st: The Growfather — Grandaddy Purp Berry Infused Preroll
2nd: Elyon Cannabis — Cushion Cut
3rd: Culture Craft Cannabis Collective (available at select New Jersey dispensaries) — Rule 34
Infused Pre-Rolls — Sativa
1st: Sun Extractions — Cherry Roll Hash Hole
2nd: The Growfather — White Widow x Strawberry Cough Moonrock Infused Preroll XL
3rd: Prolific Growhouse — Baja Lemonade Moonrock Pre-Roll
Infused Pre-Rolls — Hybrid
1st: Magic Garden Botanicals — Loosie Hash Hole HYB
2nd: Doinks — Grande Ricardo Diamond Dusted
3rd: Dank Diamonds — Mini Hemp Blunt Emerald Cut
Solvent Vape Pens & Cartridges
1st: The Growfather — Tropicana Cookies x Orange Creamsicle Cryo Liquid Diamond
2nd: Fernway — Mochi (LIVE) Traveler Pro Vape
3rd: Sun Extractions — Pomegranate Lime
Category: Solventless Vape Pens & Cartridges
1st: Rosin King — Spritzer Rosin Cartridge
2nd: ONYX — Mint Granita Live Rosin Vape Cart Disposable
3rd: Rosin King — Blueberry Octane Rosin Cartridge
Edibles — Gummies
1st: Good Times Flowers Co — Hokkaido Watermelon Gummies
2nd: Zoobies — Zoobies RSO Gummies
3rd: Elyon Cannabis — Sour Splash
Edibles — Non-Gummies
1st: Shnick’s Shnacks — Rainbow Cloud Bar Macro Dose
2nd: Shnick’s Shnacks — Highzelnut Spread
3rd: ONYX — Milk Chocolate Bites Solventless
Solvent Concentrates
1st: Sun Extractions — Sour Blueberry Cures Live Resin Badder
2nd: Illicit — Live Badder Lemon Tree Punch
3rd: ONYX — Z-Pie Live Resin Diamonds & Sauce
Solventless Concentrates
1st: ONYX — Maple Nectar Live Rosin Cold Cure
2nd: Rosin King — Blueberry Octane Rosin
3rd: Culture Craft — Bob Hope Rosin
“New Jersey has been a sleeper in this industry for too long. The talent is real, the quality is here, and the community is ready,” Jeffrey Miller, chief executive officer of HoneyProjects, said in a written statement.
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