Cannabis Product Review: Big Pete’s Vegan Strawberry Coconut Cookies

Effects

Big Pete’s packaging is decidedly approachable with the appeal of the Costco brand that your grandma buys that is secretly the best. The bag hits like the comfort of a hoodie with the unpretentious charm of showing up in a goofy button-down to an LA nightclub up its own ass about how exclusive it is. Beach culture shines through with holographic weed leaves and shaka symbols emblazoned on the black background.

With surprisingly low calories, vegan and gluten-free ingredients, and the friendly packaging drawing you in it is nearly impossible to resist digging in any longer than a few minutes. These are the type of edibles I intentionally hide from myself before I start dosing because I know once they set in I won’t be able to stop myself from eating more. Pro Tip: take out the dosage of edibles that is right for your body, hide the rest of the bag and prepare non-medicated snacks in advance if you don’t want to overdo it. 

I’ve been buying licensed edibles for years and the goddamn childproof packing still gets me every time. If you’re like me don’t give up! It’s worth the time it takes to get in. Coconut is heavy on the nose as soon as your minutes of effort and brainpower finally outsmart the packaging. The cookies smell really fresh and feel alive. None of the cannabis aromas comes thru on the bouquet but you get a whole lot of fruitiness. Big Pete’s vegan cookies pack all of the love and allure of home cooking into each bite. Keep your corporate cookies-I’ll take edibles from the heart.

The smell and flavor of the is the perfect blend of strawberry and coconut with the ripe red berries melting so effortlessly into the creamy, nuttiness of the coconut it seems like one fluid motion instead of the deftly maneuvered combination that it is.  The ingredients vibrate with a flavor much more robust than you’d imagine just looking at them.  Practice mindful eating for these treasures-close your eyes and focus on the flavors and sensations of the cookie as they melt effortlessly in your mouth. The cookies’ texture is incredible-creamy to the point of feeling fluid with consistent bursts of fruit throughout.

Even when searching diligently for the cannabis flavor it is hard to detect with only a faint aftertaste fingerprint of our beloved botanical friend remaining. These are remarkably easy to eat for flavor alone so be mindful of your tolerance before you open the bag-you can very easily finish these off in one fell swoop before you realize what you’ve done. I would gladly purchase these just as food without the weed supercharge because they are that tasty and comforting. Big Pete’s hits more like the Cool Mom’s with fun, colorful earrings and a hearty full-hearted laugh addition to the bake sale than a professionally manufactured product. 

I started with half of the 10 mg cookies because I didn’t want to miss any of the nuances that the Feurtado family so diligently poured into the batter. About a half-hour in a loving embodied physical sensation hits the surface of your skin like a raver’s favorite pill and somatic well-being settles in gently and naturally. If you save the second half of the cookie-like I did for the 30-minute mark you return to a treat that is now somehow more delicious and soothing than you remembered. 

Big Pete’s Vegan Strawberry Coconut Cookies prove to be a treat in the truest sense. Ease flows effortlessly into your experience and an ever-present but unobtrusive okay-ness pervades whatever else you’re doing. Like the release of really good exhale, these make everything more manageable and connect you to a deep well of equanimity for whatever you’re facing. Sometimes just being in the presence of other people can make you feel better even if you’re not interacting. Big Pete’s feel like a full house of jovial, effusive loved ones on their best night. 

Price

Cookies this good without weed rarely cost less than $20. $19 for 10 glittery bursts of well-being is truly shocking.