There are so many different ways to use cannabis — you can smoke it, eat it, drink it, rub it on your body — and Vermont dispensaries sell a dizzying array of THC products. A group of Seven Days staffers picked a few of their favorites to highlight here. They’re all available at multiple dispensaries. Think of this list as a jumping-off point for your own exploration.
Word to the wise: Products change often, and producers switch up their strains constantly. If you find something you like, it might be difficult to find it again. All the more reason to keep trying different things.
To treat aches and pains, try applying some of Highly Rooted‘s Whipped Body Butter. The Morristown manufacturer’s salve is made with coconut oil, jojoba oil, shea butter and cannabis oil. A jar, available at select dispensaries, contains equal parts THC and CBD. Founders Michelle and Troy Chapman have made it their mission to use cannabis to help cancer patients manage pain.
Some people prefer vaping cannabis to smoking it. Vapes have a rechargeable battery and universal threading, so all cartridges, or “carts,” are interchangeable. These devices travel well and are self-contained, discreet and mess-free. Some cartridges are called “distillates,” meaning the producer has distilled the cannabis down to THC alone. Staff writer Ken Picard prefers hash rosin cartridges, which contain not just THC but also terpenes and cannabinoids that together create what’s called the “entourage effect” of consuming the full plant. Another appeal of rosin or resin products is that many are made without chemical solvents. This Stone Leaf Cannabis Papaya Split vape cartridge came from Garcia’s Cannabis Collective in Burlington, but you can also visit the source — Stone Leaf’s dispensary is located next to Harpoon Brewery and SILO Distillery in Windsor.
We also enjoy: A strain called Candy Fumez by Sugarshack Melts, made by Rutland’s Ridgetop Botanicals. Picard called it “consistently nice.”
Another way to ingest cannabis that doesn’t involve inhaling: Squeeze a few drops of a tincture under your tongue. Geebees of Irasburg sells a solventless hash rosin oil tincture made with Strawberry Apricot and Pineapple Kush, available at select dispensaries. It contains 300 milligrams of THC.
Our reviewers are sweet on Winooski chocolatier Emma Rose’s creatively packaged confections. “They taste the most natural of any edibles — not too strong on the cannabis taste and not too much like a regular chocolate,” production manager John James said of Rosie’s Dark Chocolate & Peppermint cannabis-infused mini bars. They come in a box of four foil-wrapped bars segmented into five 5-milligram pieces. Rosie’s also makes caramels, peanut butter cups and bonbons.
We also enjoy: The full-spectrum gummy from Hyde Park’s Northern Craft Cannabis. Said Picard, “I like the Lemon Drop flavor, which comes in a jar of 20 5-milligram gummies. It punches above its weight.”
Burlington’s Bern Legacy has a lot of fans — Seven Days readers voted it best local cannabis grower in the 2024 Seven Daysies competition, and its Yellow Cab strain is popular with Seven Days employees, too. “It’s easily some of the best weed in the area,” music editor Chris Farnsworth said. “Just a great hybrid strain.” The Bern Gallery Smoke Shop & Cannabis in Burlington is also a great place to buy a pipe or bong to smoke it.
We also enjoy: Bern Legacy’s Pineapple Kush and Candy Chem. Also find great glass selection at Zenbarn Farms in Waterbury Center and Capital Cannabis in Montpelier.
It’s difficult to categorize Taunik’s Call of Peaks Plus, a THC-infused sparkling green tea beverage made in Hinesburg and available at dispensaries around the state. Said creative director and associate publisher Don Eggert: “I enjoy it because it’s a totally reimagined aromatic drink that I’ve never had before. It feels like I’m drinking an upscale canned cocktail. It’s not soda, tea or beer — it’s all of it, and it works.” Eggert recommends sipping your first slowly and making sure you don’t have to drive anywhere for a while. “I don’t really taste the weed so much, but I sure do feel it, and fast. Your mileage may vary, but even the CBD version leaves me in an altered state!”
Joints, aka pre-rolls, do still have fans. Farnsworth is partial to Nana Glue from Upstate Elevator operators, a company affiliated with Green State Dispensary in Burlington, where he purchased this one. “It’s an indica, so it has a nice body high,” he said. “Good for going to bed with a book.”
We also enjoy: Donny Bananas indica, also from Upstate Elevator, and Mango Haze from Hardwick’s High Altitude. Farnsworth also recommends shopping for pre-rolls at Green Leaf Central, located in downtown Burlington on Thorsen Way, named for the late Seven Days staff photographer Matthew Thorsen.
The original print version of this article was headlined “More Than Just Joints | Seven Vermont cannabis products we enjoy”
This article appears in Vermont Cannabiz Guide • 2025.
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