The Best Cannabis Edibles of 2022
There are lots of reasons to choose edibles as your preferred form factor when getting high. They’re discreet with no inhalation necessary, precision dosed, and can lead to long-lasting mellow highs.
As always, there are a multitude of factors that make the edibles on this list great: consistency in cannabinoid content, accurate dosing (with a reliable THC:CBD ratio), freshness, flavor, onset, duration, and labeling/packaging.
If you’re looking for the best-in-class weed gummies, chocolates, and other munchies on the market to properly dial in your next infused afternoon, you’ve come to the right place.
Dose: 5mg CBD per pack
Availability: Nationwide
Red Belly’s honey sweets are created through a unique patented process in which free-range bees in California are offered organic hemp nectar and in return the bees’ enzymes break down the cannabinoids in the nectar and pass them directly into honey. The full-spectrum hemp honey aims to combine the functional benefits of CBD (sans THC, so no psychoactive buzz) along with pure, raw honey. One pack of Rbel gummies contains 5 milligrams of nano-dosed CBD, as well as citrus and cayenne to decrease inflammation and aid digestion.
Dose: 10mg THC per gummy (10 gummies per pack)
Availability: California, Nevada, and Arizona
Lost Farm is the latest line of highly potent edibles from the world-class candymakers at Kiva Confections. While the whole lineup (strawberry lemonade, peach, pineapple, passionfruit) is worth a tasting flight, the raspberry iteration comes with a pleasant punch of fruit flavor and aromatics. Made with classic sativa Blue Dream, the strain’s native sugary berry terpenes accentuate the gummy’s sweet and sour taste. The “Lost Farm” philos is to take a mythical quest for an seemingly unattainable-but-amazing experience.
Dose: 10mg THC per serving (10 servings per bag)
Availability: Arizona, California
Fun 420 fact: The first-ever recipe for a cannabis edible to appear in a cookbook was for “hashish fudge,” submitted by British painter Brion Gysin in the 1954 edition of The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook. The legacy of pot brownies stretches way back and, with THC Living’s cannabis-infused brownie mix, you easily try your hand making the iconic baked good. Just add hot water and an egg for brownies with a fudgy original flavor, bonus points for customizing the recipe with marshmallows, chocolate chips, crushed cookies, cereal, or anything else in your stoner pantry.
Dose: 10mg THC per peanut butter cup (10 peanut butter cups per package)
Availability: California
If you’re like me then you’re constantly battling the urge to eat Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. (Note to self: Stop grocery shopping while high.) So it’s high praise to say that Emerald Sky’s peanut butter cups are equally craveable—milk-chocolatey and sea salt sprinkled to boot. The Bay Area edibles manufacturer is helmed by president and co-founder Josh Taylor, who has spent three decades as a confectioner for major companies like Whole Foods, Newman’s Own, and, you guessed it, Trader Joe’s. Now if only we could get the weed wine equivalent of Two Buck Chuck.
Dose: 10mg THC per pouch
Availability: California
No, we haven’t veered into Sean’s Healing Crystal Corner, where I tell you how rose quartz can cure your adult acne with its stable energy frequency—we’re talking whimsical weed crystals from Sonder that are akin to THC Pop Rocks. The single-serve 10mg pouches will channel candy store and ice cream truck visits of your youth while mixing in some heady high euphoria to boot.
Having launched Space Crystals during quarantine, Sonder is an LGBTQ-led brand that aims to push back on one-dimensional stereotypes of queerness and invite the masses into their galactic discoteque fueled by full spectrum cannabis oil.
Dose: 10mg THC per cookie (10 cookies per bag)
Availability: California
Is there a more delicious ballgame/theme park impulse buy than a fresh, buttery, sugary churro? Big Pete’s Insane take on the classic Mexican dessert, made with Indica cannabutter, brown sugar and cinnamon, was designed for hip hop legend and cannabis evangelist B Real. If they’re hitting the sweet spot with Dr. Greenthumb himself, that’s all the seal of approval you need.
Dose: 10mg of THC per slip (10 slips per package)
Availability: California
Discretion and fast activation are a top draw for Kin Slips citrusy sublingual strips—taken under the tongue not unlike Listerine breath strips. The case for Kin Slips over some other forms of cannabis edibles is that they’re fast acting, precisely dosed (as each strip is homogenous and pre-cut to an exact dosage), and they’re zero-calorie, sugar-free, vegan, and non-GMO.
The paper-thin packets make for a travel-friendly edible that can easily be stashed in a purse, pocket, or wallet. While there is full product and dosing information on the main packaging, there’s no reference to cannabis or THC on the individually-packaged slips, so any nosy narcs who happen upon your stash will be none-the-wiser.
Dose: 5mg THC and 3mg CBD per gummy (20 gummies per pack)
Availability: California
Potent and portable, Highway’s trailblazing gummies are ideal for adventurous types looking to elevate a hot springs campout, beachside sunset, or hidden hiking path. Available at the Highway flagship dispensary in LA’s Marina Del Rey neighborhood as well as their sister Kindpeoples shops in Santa Cruz, the gummies are produced with occasion-based formulations. They range from highly active Day Tripper sativa gummies—which perfectly nail the wild cherry flavor—to nicely sedated blue raspberry Star Gazer indica gummies containing the cannabinoid CBN as a sleep aid.
Dose: 8mg THC per serving (12.5 servings per container)
Availability: California
Baking with the best baked ingredients means sourcing your EVOO from premium pantry goods company Potli in collaboration with the Northern California legacy cannabis farmers at Aster Farms. The Tuscan olive blend comes from the Aster family’s award-winning Campodonico organic farm where they’ve been cultivating and pressing olives over the past decade.
The olive oil is blended with a single strain of Aster Farm’s sun grown Watermelon OG, characterized with bold peppery notes, making for an ultimately relaxing cooking experience – just be vigilant to not lose track of time.
Dose: 5mg THC and 5mg CBD per gummie (20 gummies per pack)
Availability: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Michigan
“I want you to taste the best fucking edibles of your life”—those are Chicago Chef Mindy Segal’s swearwords, not mine. Punk vixen, seasoned chocolatier, James Beard Award winner, and a highly productive entrepreneur; Segal’s true calling was always to bring weed-infused confections to the masses. Her quest for the perfect infused sweet has led her to a partnership with multi-state operator Cresco Labs to produce Mindy’s Artisanal Edibles, a line of decadent gummies that are just *chef’s kiss*.
With options like glazed clementine orange and key lime kiwi, she works with food scientists to channel the intense, fresh fruit flavors of her desserts into the form of edibles. The lush black cherry variety is a complete knockout, having originated as a cobbler recipe where the sweet and tart cherries then poached in their own juice and topped with cream. The Artisanal gummies capture the peak of farmer’s market produce as you, yourself, are peaking as well.
Dose: 2mg THC and 4mg CBD per 7.5oz can
Availability: California, Nevada, and Rhode Island
Found in their distinctively Venice-cool pastel packaging, Cann has been a go-to fizzy drink throughout quarantine this year as they really nail the low-dose, social buzz cannabis beverage. The sessionable dosing lends itself really well to newcomers as the “strength” of one serving is comparable to that of a light beer or a glass of wine. If you’re interested in a San Pellegrino that can take the edge off, you’ve found it with Cann’s blood orange flavor.
With seamless alcohol alternatives like this on the market, it’s easy to see why cannabis beverages are expected to rake in an estimated $1.8 billion this year.
Dose: 5mg THC per serving (2 servings per pack)
Availability: California
There is perhaps no greater synergy on Earth than that of a stoner at a stovetop with a fresh pot of mac and cheese. LastLeaf is a gourmet cannabis-infused mac curated by celebrity chef Todd English. The pasta shells and cheddar cheese contain 10mg of THC isolate and can be made the traditional way with butter and milk or with some James Beard-inspired upgrades if you follow English’s recipes for a mac and cheese street taco or chicken and waffle mac.
Dose: 3mg THC, 6mg CBD per can
Availability: California
Green Monké puts out a delightful low-dose cannabis soda that’s crisp and refreshing with an effervescent coconut flavor. Sweet and sippable, the Tropical Citrus beverage has a distinct piña colada vibe that’d be right at home in a tiki-themed hang. The dosing makes cans innately sessionable, as do the 5 grams of sugar and 25 calories per 12 ounces.
Dose: 2mg THC per capful (50 capfuls per bottle)
Availability: California
If you’re in the business of making mocktails, you’d struggle to find a better baseline mixer than the tonics from Good Stuff Beverages. Each 100mg bottle is made with all-natural ingredients, including strain-specific terpene profiles, meant to be micro-dosed by the capful. Heighten an Arnold Palmer or hot toddy with a few splashes of infused Honey Lemonade and turn your quiet dinner party loose.
Dose: 10mg CBD per 12oz bottle
Availability: Nationally (except for Alaska and Hawaii)
Sweet Reason’s lineup of canna-bevs range from lower dose light sips—in flavors like lemon and rhubarb or strawberry and lavender—on up to their 30mg dose Evening Blends sporting a powerful combo of calming herbs and stress-reducing adaptogens, all of which made with broad spectrum hemp CBD. The grapefruit flavor is easily a permanent replacement for whichever sparkling water brand you’ve been hooked on since working at that one cool startup that had the stocked office fridge up until the whole company went under. Made with top-quality Colorado hemp extract, it’s a crisp, effervescent drink with very little sweetness and a nice dry finish.
Dose: 2mg or 4mg THC and CBD per chocolate (11 chocolates per tin)
Availability: California
Los Angeles-based cannabis-infused confections brand Cloud11 is the brainchild of Chef Nick Pritzker and Eleven Madison Park alum Chef Mauela Sanin who set out to incorporate gastronomy and advanced infusion technology into their edibles. The result is a line of meticulously hand-painted microdosed deserts that are an ideal fit for any decadent holiday or party occasion. The Strawberry Pink Peppercorn variety features strawberries from LA farmers’ market mainstay Harry’s Berries with a creamy filling that has a pleasant peppercorn tinge to it.
Dose: 10mg THC per bag
Availability: California
Tsumo’s line of salty, savory snacks has combined two of life’s great pleasures of getting high and feasting on Doritos/Cheetos into one glorious bag. The familiar flavors are all here: Classic Cheese Puffs, Fiery Hot Cheese Crunchers, Zesty Ranch, Hint of Lime, and Salsa Verde.
The zip on the Salsa Verde Tsumo chips in particular is nearly indistinguishable from it’s Frito-Lay counterpart (source: stoner food writer who’s eaten from an unconscionable number of office vending machines). The one-ounce bags are filling enough to both jumpstart and satisfy a munchies craving.
Dose: 5mg per gummy (20 gummies per pack)
Availability: California
Los Angeles-based Kanha holds their own in the pantheon of infused sweets with their cran-pomegranate punch gummies, energizing edibles that are sweet and gumdrop-ish in texture. This line utilizes a patented nanomolecular technology, which I can only assume involves the transmitter that shrinks Mike Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The payoff of having a “nano” gummie is that it has a quicker onset of effects than your average edible of the same dosage, so instead of having to wait 30-40 minutes to begin feeling blissed out, Kanha approximately cuts that time in half. Pop one and in no time you’ll be relaxing more than that “bed-ridden” grifter Grandpa Joe.
Dose: 5mg THC and 5mg CBD per cup (2 cups per package)
Availability: Colorado, Illinois Oklahoma
Colorado edibles maker 1906 is the leader of the pack when it comes to out-of-this-world infused peanut butter cups. Their Bliss Cups are aimed at providing a euphoric and relaxing high that brings out your extroverted happiness. It evokes a mood that I self-describe as charming whereas my friends would describe it as “irrational confidence” and “Sean, why are you rambling about why so few animals have lips?” Available in milk chocolate and dark chocolate, the cups also contain some healthy mix-ins like kanna, magnolia bark extract, and theobromine.
Dose: 5mg THC per gummy (20 gummies per pack)
Availability: California
Any brand that launches a new line of edibles with a Hazy party at an urban homestead that has both a dab bar and a pen of adorable goats has properly set the bar for chill vibes. Well-known for their Releaf balms and tinctures, Papa & Barkley has reinvented their edibles line with P&B Kitchen. The vegan-friendly artisanal gummies are made in small batches with solvent-less hash, coming in innately delicious flavor combos such as pineapple and spicy ginger and a watermelon and chili varietal that packs just the right punch with its Tajin coating.
Dose: 10mg THC, 5mg CBD per cake (2 cakes per tin)
Availability: California
Born in Italy, baked in LA, Mammamia’s Capri Collection of edibles is inspired by one of The Boot’s signature desserts—the Torta Caprese, a flourless cake made with chocolate and either almonds and hazelnuts, named after the eponymous island. The simple execution on these edibles results in a rich, dense bite with almond or lemon overtones, an idyllic beachside picnic companion.
Dose: 10mg THC per truffle (6 truffles per pack)
Availability: California
If you’re trying to picture the type of edibles that would find their way into swanky Oscar nominee swag bags, you’re thinking of Coda Signature’s truffles. The haute truffles are trippily hand-painted and the latest flavor is filled with rich and smooth burnt caramel with a hint of smokiness and a dusting of English Maldon sea salt. Some of you who think luxury and cannabis can’t coincide haven’t had the pleasure of eating a weed truffle and ripping a ceramic Chongo bong, and IT SHOWS.
Dose: 5mg THC and 5mg CBD per 12oz bottle
Availability: California, Colorado
The brainchild of Lagunitas brewmaster Jeremy Marshall and Absolute Xtracts budmaster Patrick Anderson, Hi-Fi is a citrusy sparkling water that, while sporting a hoppy taste, is non-alcoholic and instead draws its buzz from an infusion of sun-grown cannabis oil. It’s no surprise coming from the circus freaks over at Lagunitas who’ve spent decades cultivating a 420-friendly brand, from their collaborations with The Waldos to having endured a sting operation that shut down their Petaluma brewery over a single joint back in 2005. The Tuner varietal, with an even balance of THC and CBD, provides a clear, relaxed hangover-free headspace primed for your next high happy hour.
Dose: 10mg THC and 5mg CBD per tea bag (10 tea bags per package)
Availability: California
Kikoko is a women-founded, women-run botanical wellness company that puts out one of the top-selling infused beverages on the market. Formulated to address specific ailments, Kikoko’s offerings include Tranquili-Tea for insomnia, Sympa-Tea for pain relief, Sensuali-Tea to enhance sex, and a brisk minty Positivi-Tea for mood elevation. Taken with one of their antioxidant HoneyShots, it’s an idyllic option for a high tea gathering complete with scones, finger sandwiches, and some cheddar cheese Combos.
