As my budtender exclaimed while serving this bud up it’s easy to get “trop’d out” these days with all the hot crosses that the mega star success of the Tropicana Cookies cultivar from Harry Palms of Bloom Seed Co has had on the industry.
In this review we explore:
While search interest for “Tropicana Cookies” may have technically peaked in 2021, the sweet floral candy monster lives on as one of the parents for Leafly’s “Strain of 2024” in Super Boof (Tropicana Cookies x BCP).
I get the Trop burnout sentiment, I do. After all, the Tropicana Cookies tune has been repeating on the radio for a long time now, since early 2019 at least.
Personally I love it. I could never get enough of Tropicana. There is something about that ratio of terpenes and my own physiology that vibrate on a very similar plane.
Honeymoon Crasher Is The Tropicana “Heir Apparent”
Tropicana Cookies is a olfactory delight with taste to match that is a special cross of fan-favorite Girl Scout Cookies and citrus-queen Tangie.
While yes, these genetics have been riffed off a million times, nothing has come as close to the original Trop cut for me, until I tried this here Honeymoon Crasher flower.
Honeymoon Crasher takes that all-star Tropicana Cookies genetics and crosses them with one of the most popular strains of the last couple of years in Wedding Crasher (aka Wedding Crashers), which is itself a cross of Wedding Cake and Purple Punch.
This is doubly exciting knowing Purple Punch was a strain that helped put Symbiotic Genetics on the map.
Wedding Cake itself has established a cult following itself with it’s doubly-delicious pastry notes and big sedating powers, which compliment the GSC parent on the Trop Cookies side of Honeymoon Crasher’s lineage.
A Unique Twist On Trop Terps
Everyone and their uncle has been trying to amp up Trop Cookies “tropical-ness” by crossing it with all sorts of bright tropical fruit-forward genetics, which is cool, and completely logical.
After all, leaning into a plant’s dominant expressions is a proven way to turn the flavor dial up a few notches, inject a bit more power and intensity of flavor.
What The Village and Budologist have done here with Symbiotic Genetics in Honeymoon Crahser is impressive because they’ve chosen to “zig” while everyone else has been “zagging”.
They looked at the challenge of how to riff off a modern classic like Tropicana Cookies in a new and unique way and as a longtime Trop lover I think they hit it out of the park.
Instead of trying to up the fruit with grape, cherry, or Runtz-type crosses they said, “why don’t we level up that cookie component”, all while while also adding a bit more darker depth to the fruit side (think papaya and plum over say cherry and tangerine).
That is exactly what Wedding Crasher brings to the equation. Its Wedding Cake lineage is a perfect pairing to Tropicana Cookies GSC parent and then there’s the Purple Punch, the other half of Wedding Crasher that gets along well with the Tangie in the Trop Cooks.
The result being a Trop strain that surprises you with the power of the yeasty/pastry notes that often get drowned out with many Cookies crosses, while turning the bass up and treble down on the fruit side with the introduction of Purple Punch to add body to the Tangie side of Trop itself.
If you’re still looking for a pure Trop/Tangie-bomb I recommend checking out my Trop Fire Breath review too.
The crew at Symbiotic Genetics have knocked it out of the park with Honeymoon Crasher.
I suppose this should come as no surprise given they are the creators of the Mimosa strain and thus know a thing or two about breeding bright, refreshing, memorable strains.
Mimosa has taken top honors around the world because of its highly impressionable and unique bright clean citrus fruit profile and rather invigorating effects.
From a consumer that places flavor above most other cannabis evaluation criteria this level of puzzle piece matching is a joy to behold. Wedding Crasher and Tropicana Cookies go together like yin and yang.
So, having all of this run through my head I bought a quarter ounce and have been smoking on it the last couple of weeks, smiling each time I do.
Outside of the verifiably genius breeding work by Symbiotic this is fantastic cannabis to enjoy as well. It’s a treat to the eyes, nose, and cannabinoid system in equal measures, imparting fruity rays of happiness as you puff away in giddy pleasure.
Appearance: Bright Purples and Greens Abound Under Dense Trichome Coverage
If you’re a reader of this blog you can skip these next couple paragraphs because this is where I wax poetic about the elite levels of cultivation consistency Focus North Gardens is able to pump out year after year after year.
It was Focus North who introduced me to Tropicana Cookies and so seeing a full jar of this intriguing Honeymoon Crasher flower had the dollar bills jumping out of my pocket.
Nug Shape, Size & Density
The buds that comprised my quarter ounce were all pretty uniformly shaped and on the medium to medium-large side of things, at least comparative to what I’m generally getting on the recreational market these days.
The sizes were consistently around 1”+ in width and 1.5-2” in average length. The density would again fall in the middle of things.
They are not solid clay boogers but they aren’t fluffy and airy either. They break apart pretty easily but hold onto their stem structure. Trichome coverage is absolute and very well intact.
The colors are probably the highlight of the appearance category with a beautiful blending of dark purple and lighter hues stippled throughout smatterings of faded pea green hues.
You have to look quite closely to notice the distinct colors, from a few feet away they look a bit prismatic. The bright purples and greens are covered in beautifully matured white trichomes, blending the colors to create the entrancing effect.
I swear if I stared long enough into this weed a 3D dolphin would emerge, like a piece of stereogram art.
Overall bag appeal is high. 5/5 on the visual display of colors and trichome coverage, Honeymoon Crasher is well-balanced and builds strong anticipation to break out the grinder and blaze up.
But the accolades don’t stop there.
At the same time your eyes are feasting on the subtle complexity of colors, your nose will also be seduced by one of the most fragrant terpene profiles I’ve ever smelled..
The saying that “your noes knows” is as true of a stoner adage as could be and boy o boy does Honeymoon Crasher have something to say!
Smell: Straight Up Designer Perfume Notes
If you’ve never smelled a Tangie forward strain go seek some out right now and thank me later.
If you have tried Tangie and have also tried Tropicana Cookies I still think you should keep Honeymoon Crasher on your radar because it’s noticeably more nuanced IMO.
There is zero gas, zero fuel, zero chem. It’s all tropical breezes, rainbows and holographic dolphins here.
What you get with Honeymoon Crasher vs other Tangie strains is that very light soft citrus sweetness found in cheap canned fruit medley.
The pronounced Tropicana lineage gives me strong cotton candy machine notes, a spritz of Chanel Chance, with a zesty lemongrass sparkle that wakes the nose and perks the eyebrows.
I’d say that Honeymoon Crasher’s sweetness has slightly more darker fruit notes than those brighter sweeter fruits that dominate standard Trop Cookies.
There’s more body too behind the sweetness, like sweet cream, a melted vanilla shake, cheap white cake frosting.
There are zero offensive terpenes. No rankness, no pepper, no spice. Nothing to trigger a sneeze or have you reaching for an equally piney craft IPA to pair. Honeymoon Crasher is all unicorns and rainbows. White sand beaches. Palms blowing gently in the breeze.
Most people would dig the nose deep into this flower, of that I am certain, especially people who have yet to discover the pure joy of Tangie to whom this shit will be mind-blowing.
I didn’t know weed could smell this good before I smelled my first jar of Tropicana Cookies and Honeymoon Crashers is just the next logical progression of these genetics in a way that both re-enforces the strains historical credentials but builds upon them, beefing up the existing framework with the additive support of the Wedding Crasher genetics.
As I’ve worked my way through this quarter ounce and the buds dried a bit with the regular opening and closing of my Re:Stash jar the bright powdered sugar has tempered a bit.
There is an underlying soft shaved crayon smell. The sweetness has mellowed into that of a pineapple stand on a hot afternoon.
Perfume lingers and it’s designer. Elegant and playful, it keeps you coming back for more.
You could probably carry around a baggy of this and a lot of people, even those who have smoked weed before, would have no idea you’re holding, it’s just THAT light, floral, fragrant and sweet.
Definitely one of the best smelling strains I’ve laid my schnoz upon yet.
Sensation: Happy Hour at Flavor Town
Sometimes strains have a distinct smell that doesn’t translate into equally distinct flavor experiences when vaping or blazing.
I’ve noticed this mostly with cherry strains and some grape strains where they look and smell way more cherry/grapey than they actually taste.
Honeymoon Crasher on the other hand tastes exactly like it smells. It delivers on the flavor goods 100%, there is no doubt about it.
The classic Tangie sparkle is there from the Trop Cookies parent but there’s also the re-enforcing of the Trop sides Cookies with the cake’s Triangle Mints grandparent on the Wedding Cake Side.
Entering my nostrils it reminds me of opening a fresh bag of Frosted Flakes, but on steroids, dusted with ecstasy. Yes, steroid ecstasy flakes.
If you’ve got a vaporizer like a PAX or Storz & Bickel you owe it to yourself to give Honeymoon Crasher a vape for the flavor effect alone.
Without combustion the more delicate, most tastiest aspects of the classic Tangie twinkle brighter on the palette, I suspect assisted by the Purple Punch that Wedding Crasher is brining to this match made in heaven.
Wedding Crasher’s Purple Punch genetics hit it off like a couple of newly weds with Tropicana’s Tangie profile and well, you get a flavor that’s double what you get with either parent strains alone.
What Smoking Honeymoon Crasher Feels Like
It’s like smoking Tropicana Cookies in 4K.
The high is the first love kind of butterflies in your brain. I don’t think a session has gone by that I didn’t end up dancing around in the kitchen or living room after smoking Honeymoon Crasher.
It’s a sparkly glittery kind of high for me. It refracts my perception of sounds and sight like a fancy etched glass perfume bottle refracts light. It’s a vibrant prism of mind and body sensation.
If I were to pick a Leaflyism I’d say it’s an “uplifting” strain.
If I were to want to cause some gatekeeping nerd to lose their mind I’d say it’s way more sativa-leaning hybrid than I was expecting knowing its Wedding Crasher parent which I associate with more of a chiller loung-y kind of high.
I found myself listening to mostly house, progressive trance, and even a bit of lounge when I’m smoking Honeymoon Crasher.
I’m able to focus and cook delicious meals, although time seems to speed up with this strain so I’m always way slower cooking when smoking Honeymoon Crasher.
The onset is really smooth and doesn’t really “hit you” hard, it’s more of a slow, gradual acclimation that makes you talk more and more, kind of weed.
Before you know it you’re movin’ and groovin’. It makes cloudy days feel a little brighter. Sweet golden spring sunshine on the lungs.
For example, as I write this, we are on day #3 of a snow/ice storm and I’ve been out of the house twice for probably a grand total of 40 minutes of those 3 days but Honeymoon Crasher easily instantly makes me forget about the cold and aids me in focusing in on whatever I choose.
Cooking, listening to music, writing strain reviews, whatever your heart desires this weed is complimentary, not all-consuming. It get’s you “higher”, in a very real sense.
Summary: Flavor Chasers Rejoice
Overall I really enjoy this strain. I’d like to get some original Tropicana Cookies and Wedding Crasher and smoke them back to back to back with Honeymoon Crasher to get a deeper understanding, although the odds of finding all three at the dispo at the same time are slim.
If you’re a flavor chaser just go out and get this. I’d also recommend it if you’re averse to overpowering gas or not a fan of funky GMOs, if you like your smoke light, sweet, and sparkly.
Honeymoon Crasher is about as bright and fresh of a fruit-forward smoking experience you can get, with a solid cookies/cake backstop to round out the experience.
Great stuff all around from Symbiotic and Focus North and thanks to Oregrown for stocking it! Hope to see it back again before too long, would make a great spring strain 😉
I’m surprised I finished this whole writeup without a single Owen Wilson reference.
I’m apologize for that…
But I’m curious to hear what you think. Do you think Honeymoon Crasher will get lost in the torrent of Trop crosses or does it stand on its own, worthy of it’s own recognition?
Let us know in the comments below. Share your detailed opinions to help the community get a more nuanced understanding of these truly unique genetics!
