Candy Fumes
Candy Fumes Strain
The Candy Fumes strain is exactly the collision the name promises: a candy shop crashing into a gas station. An indica-leaning hybrid (40/60) from Zkittlez and Sherbanger, it runs a heavy 27 to 30% THC and pairs sweet berry candy with a funky diesel undertone. This is an evening strain with a serious body load and the munchies to match. Bring snacks.
Candy Fumes turns up in a couple of forms on our menu. Jump to where to find Candy Fumes.
The Candy Fumes Strain Story
Candy Fumes is a Bloom Seed Co project, made in collaboration with Boston Roots. The idea was to take the Zkittlez “Z” line, all that loud candy sweetness, and give it a stronger backbone by crossing in Sherbanger, a Sunset Sherbet and Headbanger hybrid known for structure, yield, and heavy trichome coverage. The cross keeps the Zkittlez candy on the nose while the Sherbanger side brings the diesel funk and the dense, frosty bag appeal.
What you end up with is a strain that smells sweet but hits heavy, with just enough Zkittlez lift to keep the high from being a complete knockout.
The Nose
The name does the describing. Up front it is pure candy, sweet berry and a touch of tropical fruit straight off the Zkittlez side, with a bright citrus edge. Then the gas arrives: a funky diesel undertone from Sherbanger that gives it real depth, all wrapped in an overall sweet heaviness. The terpenes lean Limonene and Caryophyllene over a musky Myrcene base that explains a lot of the body weight. The nugs come dense and purple-tinged, caked in frost.
The High
Candy Fumes is a heavyweight. It opens euphoric and clear enough, with a focused head from the Zkittlez side, but the 27 to 30% THC and the indica structure pull it down fast into a heavy, calming body high. Expect the munchies to land hard. This is firmly an evening or after-work strain, a 4 out of 5 that newer smokers should respect, with a medium anxiety risk that rewards a slower pace. For stress, pain, insomnia, or a missing appetite, it does the job and then some.
Where to Find Candy Fumes at How High
The same Candy Fumes genetic shows up in more than one form on our menu. Here is what we carry right now:
| Product | Format |
| Candy Fumes by Blueprint | Cali Weed |
| Candy Fumes Live Rosin by Hella Hashish | Live Rosin |
Candy Fumes Strain Card
| Strain | Candy Fumes |
| Original Breeder | Bloom Seed Co |
| Genetics | Indica-Leaning Hybrid (40% Sativa / 60% Indica) |
| Lineage | Zkittlez x Sherbanger |
| THC | 27 to 30% |
| Dominant Terpenes | Limonene, Caryophyllene, Myrcene |
| Flavours | Candy, Sweet, Berry, Citrus, Diesel |
| Effects | Heavy, Hungry, Calming, Body High, Euphoric, Focused |
| Best Time | Night |
| Intensity | 4/5 |
| Anxiety Risk | Medium |
| Sleepiness | Medium |
Strains Related to Candy Fumes
Candy Fumes leans hard on its Zkittlez parent for all that candy sweetness, so the obvious next stop is Zkittlez itself, the original taste-the-rainbow genetic that kicked off the whole candy line.