At a glance
Camino is Kiva Confections’ cannabis-gummy line, launched in 2018 as a California-inspired alternative to Kiva’s original chocolate products. The brand pairs fruit flavors with labeled cannabinoid formulas and occasion names such as Bliss, Chill, Social, Focus, Recover and Sleep. Camino is a Kiva sub-brand—not a separate company—and its history begins with Kiva founders Scott Palmer and Kristi Palmer.
Kiva founders and Camino’s 2018 launch
Scott and Kristi Palmer founded Kiva in 2010 after experimenting with cannabis chocolate in their home kitchen. Eight years later, Kiva introduced Camino as its effect-positioned gummy collection. The name and visual world reference El Camino Real, the historic route running along California’s coast, and the original design work was created with San Francisco agency Stout.
Camino therefore does not have a separate pair of founders. The Palmers founded the parent company; Kiva’s product and brand teams created Camino within that business. Its California imagery and “state of mind” framing are design concepts, not claims that every gummy sold nationally is manufactured in California.
Current THC and cannabinoid range
The live Kiva catalog includes 5 mg THC gummies, 30 mg high-dose gummies, and multi-cannabinoid formulas that combine THC with CBD, CBN, CBG, THCV or CBC. Examples include Mango Serenity “Balance” at 5 mg THC and 5 mg CBD; Sparkling Pear “Social” at 2 mg THC and 6 mg CBD; Midnight Blueberry “Sleep” at 5 mg THC and 1 mg CBN; Green Apple “Focus” at 5 mg THC and 2 mg THCV; and Freshly Squeezed “Recover” at 5 mg THC and 10 mg CBG.
These are labeled formulation facts, not proof that an occasion name will produce a consistent result. Cannabinoid response varies, and research on minor cannabinoids is still developing. The exact package, market and batch should control over a national catalog page.
Flavors, formats and formulas
Camino’s range includes standard gummies, sour gummies and, in some markets, fruit-chew or hemp-derived variants. Current flavors include Watermelon Lemonade, Wild Berry, Pineapple Habanero, Wild Cherry, Midnight Blueberry, Mango, Yuzu Lemon, Green Apple, Freshly Squeezed and seasonal releases. Kiva describes Camino as plant-based and made without animal by-products, but shoppers should still read the specific ingredient and allergen panel.
The 2020 CBN milestone
In January 2020 Kiva launched Midnight Blueberry as its first CBN-infused product. The company called it the first CBN edible, a category-first claim that should remain attributed to Kiva rather than treated as independently settled. The more durable fact is that Camino added a 5 mg THC and 1 mg CBN formula in 2020 and helped make CBN a visible ingredient in licensed edibles.
Awards and design recognition
Camino’s packaging redesign received a Silver Clio Cannabis Award for Brand Design in 2020, one of six Clio awards announced by Kiva that year. That is a marketing and design award, not a blind product-quality competition. Broad phrases such as “award-winning gummies” are less useful than the named award, discipline and year.
Packaging and sustainability
Kiva says it updated Camino packaging in 2021 and replaced tins containing plastic inserts with fully recyclable metal tins. Child-resistant packaging supports compliance but does not make the contents child-safe; all cannabinoid products still require secure storage away from children and pets.
Hemp and state-licensed versions
Kiva now sells hemp-derived Camino gummies online to many states and also licenses or manufactures marijuana-derived Camino products within regulated state markets. The same branding can therefore appear on products made by different licensed partners under different rules. Kiva publishes certificates of analysis for its hemp-derived products, searchable by product and batch ID.
How to evaluate Camino
Read the cannabinoid ratio, milligrams per piece and package, ingredient list, producer, batch code and legal channel. Do not treat “Sleep,” “Focus,” “Recover” or “Exhilarate” as medical promises. Camino belongs within Kiva’s larger edibles portfolio, alongside Kiva Bars, Terra, Petra and Lost Farm.