Since we opened our doors in 2020, people have walked into our dispensary with a pretty set idea of what they’ll find. THCA Flower. Gummies. Some vape carts. Perhaps a chocolate bar, if they’re feeling indulgent. That’s the baseline. But there’s a whole other section of the shelf that stops people in their tracks. The “wait, you sell that?” kind of stuff.
These are products that don’t scream cannabis at first glance. Sometimes they look like skincare. Sometimes, like gas station snacks. Sometimes, like something you’d expect to find at a health food store, not a dispensary. And yet, they’re infused, functional, and for a certain kind of customer, exactly what they came in looking for, even if they didn’t know it when they walked through the door.
It’s not that we are trying to be quirky for the sake of it. It’s about how much the cannabis world has shifted from one-dimensional to genuinely broad. Some people still want a high-dose edible and a Friday night on the couch. But others want something more. Some other way they can include cannabis in their lives. The products in this post reflect that shift. They’re real items we’ve carried. People buy them. People come back for them. And no, they don’t fit the stereotype. That’s kind of the point.
Blog Summary:
While plenty of customers come in for the usual, there’s a whole other side of our shop that makes people stop and ask questions. Because of these products, in this blog, we are focusing on:
- How customer needs and better technology have made space for stranger formats
- What makes something unusual in this space
- A look at the strangest cannabis products
- Why cannabis keeps evolving beyond the standard products people expect
- How changing laws could push us to come up with even more unusual options
- A reminder that sometimes the most useful products are the ones you didn’t plan to buy
Table of Contents:
- Why These Products Exist
- What Counts as Strange Cannabis Products
- Bath Bombs
- Face Masks
- Ashwagandha Gummies
- Cereal Treats and Baklava Sticks
- Making Room for the Unexpected
- What Could Come Next
- Exploring Beyond the Usual
Why These Products Exist
Our space has changed because the people using cannabis have changed. It’s not daily smokers or edible regulars anymore. People have been managing chronic discomfort, working through stress, recovering from injuries, and trying to sleep better for a long time, and not everyone is in the mood for gummies every day.
That shift in who’s buying has pushed a shift in what gets made. When more people started looking for cannabis without the high, products like CBD topicals and wellness blends started showing up. When people wanted better-tasting edibles or smaller, consistent doses, brands started treating food quality and portion control like serious design decisions. You also get the experimental side: producers trying out new ingredients, textures, or delivery formats just to see if there’s a better way to meet those needs.
It helps that extraction methods have improved. It’s easier now to isolate specific cannabinoids or infuse them into formats that didn’t used to make sense, without compromising stability or effect.
There’s also a regulatory layer. Legal markets have pushed brands to label, test, and dose more precisely. That creates space for products that feel more intentional. Now, a product can succeed because it’s more useful, more enjoyable, or fits into parts of life where cannabis didn’t used to belong.
What Counts as Strange Cannabis Products
Strange doesn’t mean flashy. It just means unexpected. Something most people wouldn’t think of looking for at a dispensary, even if it ends up making perfect sense once it’s explained. It could be the format. It could be the ingredients. It could be the context.
A product doesn’t have to be extreme to catch people off guard. Sometimes it’s the softer, quieter stuff that raises eyebrows. The kinds of things that lead to double-takes at the counter or follow-up questions from regulars who thought they’d seen everything.
The products that we will discuss in the next sections match this description because they live outside the default image of what cannabis is supposed to look like. Not necessarily because any of them are wild.
Bath Bombs
These don’t look like cannabis products. At all. They don’t smell like it either. But they’ve become a surprise seller on the topical side of our shelf.
Bath bombs combine cannabinoids (usually CBD, sometimes THC) with essential oils and other ingredients you’d expect to see in any self-care product. You drop one in the tub, it dissolves, and it turns the bath into a warm, scented soak that people use for muscle recovery, stress, or general body fatigue. No fog, just a way to wind down without having to consume anything.
They’re usually picked up by people dealing with tension or soreness. Sometimes by people who just like baths and want to try something new. More than a few are gifted. Most of the people who buy bath bombs weren’t looking for them. They’re browsing, they ask a question, we explain how they work, and it clicks. It’s one of those products that gets discovered, not sought out.
Face Masks
If bath bombs surprise people, face masks take it a step further in the list of strangest cannabis products. Skincare isn’t something most people associate with cannabis. But it’s part of the shelf for a reason.
These masks are usually infused with CBD, and sometimes other soothing ingredients like peppermint oil, green tea, or hyaluronic acid. They are meant to provide hydration, a calming sensation, and help out skin that’s irritated, dry, or puffy. They go on, stay for ten or fifteen minutes, and wash off like any other mask. The difference is what’s working underneath.
They’re not about long-term skin routines or replacing someone’s favorite brand. They’re usually a treat. Something added to a gift or a self-care weekend. We don’t keep a huge stock of these, but they move. Slowly, consistently.
Ashwagandha Gummies
This one crosses into the wellness aisle a bit. These gummies aren’t for “getting high”, they’re aimed at balance. Stress, mood, maybe focus, depending on the formula. They’re usually low-dose or non-psychoactive altogether. But some, like the CBD + Ashwagandha Gummies by MoonWlkr, are designed to have a noticeable effect
Ashwagandha is what puts these on the “strange” list for some people. It’s an adaptogen — a plant-based ingredient used to help regulate stress. It’s been around forever in herbal medicine, but not everyone expects to see it listed alongside CBD.
Still, these gummies are often picked up by people who want something to take during the day that won’t slow them down. Or people who’ve tried melatonin and didn’t like the side effects. Or just anyone looking for a gentler kind of support.
They’re less about effect and more about how people want to feel overall. And they make sense for someone who sees cannabis as one piece of a bigger wellness routine.
Cereal Treats and Baklava Sticks
Edibles gave (and continue to give) us a lot of options when it comes to producing the strangest cannabis products. Because edibles don’t have to look like candy or chocolate bars. The cannabis kitchen has branched out, and these are good examples of what that can mean.
Cereal treats, usually based on familiar rice or corn cereals, are dosed just like any other edible. Same with baklava sticks. What makes them stand out is the format. People don’t always expect to find something that looks like dessert in a dispensary. And when they do, they’re often drawn to it because it feels like something they’d already reach for at home.
The appeal here isn’t just taste. It’s also about texture, portion size, and how the edible fits into the person’s routine. Some people prefer this over a gummy because it feels more like having a snack. Others see it as a good option for splitting a dose or sharing with someone else.
Making Room for the Unexpected
Cannabis has always had room for more than one type of product. What’s changed is how much of that variety people see when they walk into a shop. THC and CBD aren’t limited to one format or one kind of experience. When you treat cannabinoids as ingredients, the possibilities open up. Edibles, topicals, drinks, patches, bath products. They all come from the same place: using cannabis in ways that fit into different parts of daily life.
A lot of this is driven by customers. Some want new ways to manage stress or discomfort. Some are looking for formats that feel easier to dose or more discreet. Some just want to try something that doesn’t look like what they’ve seen before. Producers meet those needs with products that don’t always look or feel like cannabis at first glance. And that’s where the strangest cannabis products come from.
What Could Come Next
SB3 has put a lot of pressure on this industry. If it moves forward as written, it’s going to limit what’s allowed on the shelves. But we are trying to find a hopeful perspective today.
Restrictions have a way of changing the kinds of products that get made. When certain options are taken off the table, we tend to look at what’s left and find new ways to work with it. That could mean a bigger focus on wellness-driven products, the kind that center on CBD or even hemp-derived ingredients that still fit within new rules.
It could mean more topicals, tinctures, patches, or other forms that don’t depend on THC content. And it could push innovation in categories that haven’t been explored as deeply yet, because attention was elsewhere.
That’s not to say SB3 is an opportunity. It’s a challenge. But it’s the kind of challenge that tends to shift how a market thinks about what’s possible. The strangest cannabis products we’ve seen so far came from this kind of thinking. And if the landscape changes, there’s every chance we’ll see that happen again.
Exploring Beyond the Usual
Like we mentioned before, a lot of people come into a dispensary with a clear idea of what they want. That’s normal. But sometimes the most useful or interesting products are the ones you weren’t looking for.
That’s really what makes these strangest cannabis products worth highlighting. They show how flexible cannabis can be. They give people new ways to try it or new reasons to keep it in their lives. And they’re a reminder that this isn’t a one-size-fits-all space. It never was.
It doesn’t matter if you are shopping for yourself or looking for a gift; it’s worth taking a minute to look past the usual shelf. We see it happen at our shop all the time. Somebody is picking a product that surprises them and ends up being what they come back for. So why not try something new today?
