Top 5 Candy Cannabis Strains in 2024

The world of funky flavors available to the connoisseur cannabis fan has never been wider. Some love Skunks, others love rich chem/fuel scented strains, many love fruity strains. But one of the most loved cannabis genres are those strains that greet the senses with sweet candy aromas and mouthwatering confectionary flavors. If that sounds like you then read on for the top 5 sweetest, candy-like cannabis seed varieties from Dutch Passion.

Best candy weed strains to grow from seeds

There’s no mistaking the best candy scented strains. Take in a good lungful of scent from your buds in late bloom and if you’re lucky you will enjoy a sweet symphony of candy, bubblegum, and sugary fruity aromas. Harvest, dry and cure your buds like a boss and the candy sweetness amplifies. You can enjoy candy-like buds when growing either feminized seeds or autoflower seeds. All you need are stable high-THC genetics fully loaded with the right terpenes. Here are the Dutch Passion Top-5 staff recommendations.

Lemon Z: Original Zkittlez genetics guarantee a sweet fruit-fest

Lemon Z is a hybrid strain with 20%+ THC levels (verified by independent labs). This killer citrus scented feminized seed variety comes from Lemon Tree, Lemon Skunk and of course the original Zkittlez (‘Z’) genetics. Careful breeding has retained XL yields alongside a relatively brisk 8-to-9-week bloom time. The buds are compact, blanketed in resin and come with pungent, sweet candy flavors and a refreshing lemon finish. Experienced growers will aim for 25% THC levels and can expect to enjoy some of their sweetest buds yet.

Melonade Runtz: Heavyweight effects with sweet candy flavors

Melonade Runtz is another hybrid strain from the Dutch Passion USA cannabis seed collection, known for their loud flavors, heavy yields and maxed-out THC levels. She was created by crossing a very special Melonade mother with a Runtz (Zkittlez x Gelato) father. The Runtz father was created by reversing an elite mother plant. The star-studded genetic lineage guarantees XL harvest of dense frosty buds with a pungent aroma and refined taste of lemon/tropical fruit with creamy & doughy notes.

With cannabis cup winning heritage, epic sweet, tropical candy aromas and a supremely enjoyable anti-anxiety effect you could discover your new favorite strain in Melonade Runtz. Note that the autoflower seed version, Auto Melonade Runtz is also available for those that prefer the speed, simplicity and ease of autoflowers. With an 11-week life cycle and the same 20%+ THC levels you are assured of a sick harvest.

Sugar Bomb Punch: Candy shop aromas with a powerful punch

Sugar Bomb Punch has a fruity-sweet candy taste with skunky kush undertones

Sugar Bomb Punch is a stress-busting indica with solid 20-25%+ THC levels and a powerfully soothing effect, popular with both medical cannabis growers as well as connoisseur recreational cultivators. Sugar Bomb Punch is one of those extraordinarily consistent strains, the Dutch Passion team were impressed when all 5 plants from a recent routine indoor test grow returned THC levels around 25%. Such levels of extreme consistency are rare and highly sought after, especially by the quality focussed home grower.

This is a compact strain with a 9-week boom time alongside branch-bending yields and a fruity-sweet candy taste with skunky kush undertones. Give her a slightly longer period than usual in the cannabis vegetative phase (this allows for her relatively modest growth rates in veg) and don’t be afraid to defoliate her several times later-on to get the heaviest harvests.

One of the strongest, most powerful feminized cannabis seed varieties in the Dutch Passion collection, highly recommended!

Mokum's Tulip: Gelato hybrid seed variety with 25%+ THC levels verified by independent labs

Mokum's Tulip has a very sweet, creamy and fruity aroma

With a truly pungent terpene profile, a flavor explosion and independently verified 25%+ THC levels Mokum’s Tulip is one of Dutch Passion’s all-time classics. Mokum's Tulip is a connoisseur Gelato hybrid. The aroma is pungent - very sweet, creamy and fruity. The intensely moreish flavors smell like a combined gelato parlour/confectionary shop, with forest-fruit ice cream & grapefruit/orange-like gelato flavors.

Mokum’s Tulip feminized seeds produce ample branch bending fun in bloom, with an 8-week flowering period and some autumnal blue/purple hues in the buds. Strongly recommended to those aiming for the very highest THC levels. Autoflower fans should check out Auto Mokum’s Tulip. She has the same great taste & terps, is easy to grow and the 12-week autoflower seed-to-harvest time ensures harvests that are somewhat heavier than average.

Auto Candy Bubatz XL: Versatile high-THC auto suited for indoors & guerrilla growing

Auto Candy Bubatz XL produces sweet candy-scented buds

Auto Candy Bubatz XL is one of the most impressive new autoflower seed varieties seen for a couple of years. As well as her trademark sweet-confectionary aromatic appeal, she comes with a fast 10-week indoor life cycle and exceptional yields. This is a high performance all-round autoflower strain, vigorous and versatile, with sweet candy-scented buds complemented by slamming effects and a blissfully enjoyable high.

Auto Candy Bubatz XL also delivers excellent results for outdoor/guerrilla growers. Her tough genetics have the resilience to make her a reliable choice for garden/greenhouse growers too. Those growing in mediterranean-style climates should be able to get 3 successive outdoor harvests each grow season.

How to get sweeter cannabis buds?

All experienced growers recognise the importance of a well-controlled, stable indoor grow environment in order to push cannabis seeds to their genetic limit. The more time your plants can focus their biochemical energy on optimised growth, the better. Likewise, the less time your plants must endure sub-optimised conditions, the less stress they will experience.

Maintaining your indoor grow conditions in the sweet spot produces better quality harvests with maximised terpenes, cannabinoids & yields from your chosen cannabis seeds.

Avoid extreme temperatures & humidities. This may require you to consider financially inconvenient air-con/heating adaptations if you are truly serious about harvesting genuinely top-shelf buds in all seasons.

Keeping your plants in the nutrient and optical sweet spot from seedling to harvest is easier said than done, but this has to be the goal of all committed indoor growers.

Here are three of the most useful tips for the average indoor grower seeking improved results:

1. Feeding with slow release organic nutrients (BioTabs are market leaders and highly recommended) all-but eliminates the problems seen by less experienced growers going back and forth between over & under feeding their plants with mineral nutrients.

2. Controlled use of quality LED grow lights and, if possible, UVA/UVB supplemental lighting during the cannabis flowering phase allows you to maximise the terpene and cannabinoid content.

3. Those that grow in soil, coco (or similar) will find large highly aerated grow containers such as felt sacks and airpots produce faster-growing, healthier plants & cannabis root systems.

Remember for maximum taste and aroma it pays to harvest, dry and cure your carefully grown buds like a pro. The golden rule for all serious growers is to grow the best cannabis seeds under stable, optimised and well controlled conditions.

The most dedicated cannabis growers routinely monitor (and expertly control!) temperature, humidity, air-flow and other key factors. At the same time, they have the experience to avoid under/over-feeding their plants and the judgement to use their LED grow lights at the correct intensities/distance at all stages of growth.

Enjoy your next grow!