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Comparison

Sherbet vs Rainbow Runtz

Leafly describes Rainbow Runtz as a Zkittlez × DoSiDos double cross that by 2024 was also Wizard Trees’ Runtz × RS11, and it lists RS11 as Pink Guava × Sunset Sherbert, which puts Sherbet two generations back in that version.1,2 Its lab sample is small: 21.73% median THC across 77 tests, against 20.52% for Sherbet (768).3

Side by side

SherbetRainbow Runtz
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming4Indica; mostly calming1
LineageGirl Scout Cookies × Pink Panties4Zkittlez × DoSiDos; also Runtz × RS11 (Wizard Trees)1
Median THC (state lab tests)20.52% (768 tests)21.73% (77 tests); small sample
Middle half of THC results17.60%–22.79%17.89%–25.33%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (193 tests)Too few tests report individual terpenes
Leafly’s top effectsRelaxed, tingly, happy4Relaxed, sleepy, hungry1
Flavor (Leafly)Citrus, sweet, tropical4Pear, rose, flowery1
Leafly THC listing18%425%1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Sherbet vs Rainbow Runtz

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Rainbow Runtz Rainbow Runtz: median 21.73%, middle half 17.89%–25.33%, 77 tests 21.7% n=77 Sherbet Sherbet: median 20.52%, middle half 17.60%–22.79%, 768 tests 20.5% n=768 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Rainbow Runtz has only 77 tests.3

Three rainbows

Rainbow Sherbet, RS11 and Rainbow Runtz are three different strains: Rainbow Sherbet is Champagne × Blackberry, RS11 (Rainbow Sherbert #11) comes from Deo Farms and Wizard Trees, and Rainbow Runtz has RS11 as one parent in Wizard Trees’ version.1,2,5 Weedmaps gives RS11’s parents as OZK × Pink Guava instead, with no Sunset Sherbert.6 Rainbow Runtz has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at rainbowruntz.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 38 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Sherbet flower on Weedmaps, against 95 stores for Rainbow Runtz; around New York the counts were 61 and 27.7

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Rainbow Runtz (aka Rainbow Runts) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, RS11 (aka RS-11, Rainbow Sherbert #11) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Sherbert (aka Sherbet, Sunset Sherbet, Sunset Sherbert) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Rainbow Sherbet strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, RS11 (aka Rainbow Sherbert #11) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.