Vermont Strain Guide: Jealousy Thin Mintz vs. Jealousy Mintz

Two different strains. Overlapping names. One shared parent. Different mints. If you have searched for Jealousy Thin Mintz and found Jealousy Mintz instead — or vice versa — you are not alone. The naming overlap produces persistent consumer confusion, and the difference between the two is real enough to affect what you will find at Vermont dispensaries and what it will smell like when you open the jar.

The shared parent: Jealousy

Both Jealousy Mintz and Jealousy Thin Mintz descend from the same foundation: Jealousy, bred by Seed Junky Genetics (JBeezy / Anthony Hart) from Gelato #41 × Sherbet BX1. Jealousy won Leafly's Strain of the Year in 2022 on the strength of a balanced 50/50 hybrid effect arc (Euphoric, Happy, Relaxed), a Caryophyllene-dominant terpene profile, and a dessert-cream aroma that set the modern benchmark for the craft cannabis tier. It is widely stocked at Vermont dispensaries. See the Jealousy strain spotlight for its full profile.

From Jealousy as a base, breeders have made crosses with different mints-family strains. Two of those crosses share the "Jealousy × [Mints]" structure and similar naming. The mints parents are different plants — and that difference is the whole story.

Jealousy Mintz: Jealousy × Kush Mints

Jealousy Mintz (also sold as Jealousy Mints and Jealousy Kush Mints) crosses Jealousy with Kush Mints — Animal Mints × Bubba Kush, bred by Seed Junky Genetics. Kush Mints contributes a distinctive cool, clean, fresh-herb-and-mint quality. The "mint" here reads as airy and cool — not warm or chocolatey. It comes from Limonene's citrus brightness combining with the cookie-dough sweetness of the Animal Mints parent (itself a GSC-family strain). Bubba Kush adds body weight and sedation.

The resulting Jealousy Mintz is 60/40 indica-leaning: Myrcene and Caryophyllene co-dominant, Linalool and Limonene supporting, 18–22% THC per Leafly (20–25% Vermont premium indoor). Effects are Relaxed, Happy, Euphoric — after-work to early-evening. The Kush Mints family guide covers its siblings: LA Kush Cake, Cap Junky, Gush Mints, and The Soap.

Jealousy Thin Mintz: Jealousy × Thin Mint GSC

Jealousy Thin Mintz crosses the same Jealousy parent with Thin Mint GSC — not Kush Mints. Thin Mint GSC is a phenotype of Girl Scout Cookies (OG Kush × F1 Durban Poison) selected by the Cookies family for its chocolatey-baked-mint character. The name is a direct reference to the Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie: the strain produces a combination of dark-sweet cocoa, baked dough, and mint that is distinct from the clean herbal freshness of Kush Mints. Where Kush Mints smells like fresh mint herb, Thin Mint GSC smells like a mint chocolate cookie fresh from the oven.

Crossed with Jealousy, the result layers Jealousy's rich dessert-cream sweetness with the chocolatey-cookie-mint character of Thin Mint GSC: expect a darker, richer aroma profile than Jealousy Mintz — more baked-goods depth, a chocolatey mint finish, less of the fresh-herb coolness that the Kush Mints version produces. The Thin Mint GSC parent is a genetically near-balanced GSC phenotype whose effects lean slightly sativa (per Leafly), which combined with Jealousy's balanced 50/50 character may produce a less indica-dominant effect lean than Jealousy Mintz's Kush Mints-weighted 60/40.

The double Thin Mint GSC genetics

There is a structural genetics feature in Jealousy Thin Mintz that makes it unusual: Thin Mint GSC appears twice in the family tree, not once.

Jealousy's first parent is Gelato #41. Gelato #41 — developed by Mario Guzman (Sherbinskis) — is a Thin Mint GSC × Sunset Sherbet cross. That pairing established the dessert-hybrid category that Seed Junky's entire catalog builds on. Thin Mint GSC is already a grandparent of Jealousy through the Gelato #41 chain.

When Jealousy is then crossed directly with Thin Mint GSC to create Jealousy Thin Mintz, Thin Mint GSC appears in the resulting strain's tree twice: as a direct parent (50% of genetics) and as a grandparent through Gelato #41 (contributing its share of Gelato #41's genetics inside Jealousy). The Cookies chocolate-mint signature is stacked in a way no single-crossing achieves.

Jealousy Mintz does not share this property. Kush Mints descends from Animal Mints and Bubba Kush — neither of which carries Thin Mint GSC ancestry. In Jealousy Mintz, Thin Mint GSC appears only as a grandparent through Gelato #41, not as a direct parent.

Side by side

Vermont availability

Jealousy Mintz is the version you are more likely to find at Vermont dispensaries. While neither strain is a permanent menu staple, Jealousy Mintz has an established Seed Junky lineage with published Leafly data and shows up at craft-tier shops including Float On Burlington, Upstate Elevator Supply Co., and Zenbarn Farms (Waterbury Center). Ask staff to confirm the Kush Mints cross when requesting it — staff shorthand for either Jealousy × Mints variant is sometimes just "Jealousy Mintz."

Jealousy Thin Mintz is not a consistent Vermont menu item. The most widely distributed version under that name is produced by 93 Boyz, a Chicago-based brand currently distributed primarily through Illinois dispensaries. A Vermont consumer who searches "Jealousy Thin Mintz" and lands on Illinois dispensary listings is seeing exactly this: the labeled product exists, it is a real Jealousy × Thin Mint GSC cross, and it is currently distributed in Illinois rather than Vermont.

If you see Jealousy Thin Mintz at a Vermont shop, verify before purchasing: ask staff to confirm the genetics are Jealousy × Thin Mint GSC (not Kush Mints), and request the COA. The two strains can be mislabeled given how similar the names are, and a COA showing Myrcene leading with Linalool and Limonene present — the Jealousy Mintz terpene signature — would indicate you have the Kush Mints cross, not Thin Mint GSC.

Reading the COA

Vermont dispensaries post COAs on request. What to look for:

• Jealousy Mintz (Kush Mints cross): Myrcene should lead or co-lead with Caryophyllene. Linalool and Limonene both present. Myrcene's prominence above both parents' profiles is the characteristic terpene recombination signature of this specific cross — it is elevated relative to what either Jealousy or Kush Mints produce individually.
• Jealousy Thin Mintz (Thin Mint GSC cross): Expect Caryophyllene and Limonene prominent, running through both Jealousy and the GSC lineage. Myrcene present as a supporting terpene. Published COA data is more limited for this cross — no single terpene ordering can be stated as definitively characteristic. The richer, baked-chocolate-mint aroma character is the more reliable sensory indicator than the terpene panel alone.

Who each strain is for

• Choose Jealousy Mintz if you want Jealousy's dessert-cream quality in a more indica-weighted package with a fresh, cool, herbal-mint finish — and if you want the option that Vermont dispensaries actually stock. More accessible THC ceiling than Jealousy itself; lighter in body effect than Kush Mints alone.
• Choose Jealousy Thin Mintz if you specifically want the Thin Mint GSC chocolate-cookie-mint character layered with Jealousy's cream sweetness — and if you are willing to verify the genetics carefully and track it down. The double Thin Mint GSC genetic stack makes it the most Cookies-forward of the two options. Harder to find in Vermont.

See also: Jealousy strain spotlight — the shared parent (Gelato #41 × Sherbet BX1, Seed Junky Genetics, Leafly SOTY 2022); the dessert-cream baseline both Mintz variants extend; Jealousy Mintz strain spotlight — full analysis of the Kush Mints cross; the Vermont-available version of the Jealousy × Mints family; Kush Mints strain spotlight — Animal Mints × Bubba Kush, the mints parent in Jealousy Mintz and progenitor of LA Kush Cake, Cap Junky, and Gush Mints; Kush Mints strain family guide — the full Kush Mints family tree compared side by side; GSC strain spotlight — Girl Scout Cookies, the root lineage of Thin Mint GSC; Gelato strain spotlight — Thin Mint GSC × Sunset Sherbet, the cross that produced Gelato #41 and is carried forward through Jealousy; Vermont Strain Match for a personalized recommendation based on your intent and tolerance; full Vermont dispensary directory.