Emerald Sky is an Oakland cannabis confectioner run by CEO and master confectioner Josh Taylor, who co-founded it with Nathan Wyss. It makes peanut butter cups, gummies, Fruit Drops and the GrooveBar candy bar for California dispensaries. In July 2026 its Blue Dream Live Rosin GrooveBar won Gold and the Golden Bear in baked goods and chocolates at the California Cannabis Awards.
The company dates itself to 2016 and shipped its first products in 2018. Headset ranked it No. 8 in California edibles for August 2026, carried in 379 dispensaries.
A candy maker with 800 products behind him
Taylor came to cannabis from the mainstream candy aisle. He told Eaze he had spent more than 30 years making sweets and roughly 800 products, working with Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Newman's Own. Headset's brand profile sums it up as three decades of traditional candy making paired with cannabis extract.
"I've probably done at least 800 products in my career," Taylor told Eaze in April 2019. Wyss carried the title of confection engineer when the company announced its Nabis deal in 2021.
Cirrus, the bear, and the licorice start
The brand's mascot is Cirrus, which Taylor described to Eaze as the mythical "enlightened California bear," drawn with four arms. "Cirrus actually helped me give birth to the company," he said.
Licorice came first. The 2018 launch on Eaze ran four products: Grape Noir, Alpine Strawberry, Mountain Black and Ruby Fruits, the last a 1:1 THC and CBD version. Licorice is a rare skill in candy. "There are four licorice manufacturers – of which we're one," Taylor told Eaze. Petalfast credited Emerald Sky in 2021 with the first infused licorice in cannabis.
Peanut butter cups, Weedcon and the Nabis deal
The peanut butter cups built the reputation. They took Best Confection at Weedcon 2019, and by October 2021 the catalog also carried gummies, hard fruit drops and creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies. That month Emerald Sky joined Petalfast's sales accelerator program, with products in more than 400 California dispensaries.
Distribution followed on November 30, 2021. Nabis became the exclusive California distributor, with the deal expected to move $500,000 to $750,000 in wholesale product a month. The goal was to double that run rate in the first half of 2022. The announcement also cited a patent-pending process the company calls E-Sky Infusion Technology.
Classic, live resin and live rosin gummies
The gummy shelf has grown into several tiers. Classic gummies come 10 to a 100mg pack in names like Sparkling Pear, Sour Watermelon, California Orange and Wild Berry. Live resin gummies follow the same count, including Blackberry Lime and Spicy Chili Mango.
Live rosin gummies launched on June 2, 2025. They are pectin-based and vegan, 10mg each in 10-packs, and each batch uses a different live rosin strain named on the package. The lineup covers Galactic Grape, Orange Orbit, Stellar Strawberry and Watermelon Wonder.
Then there are the 100mg singles. Grape Quake, Berry Blaze, Citrus Burst, Melon Thunder and Strawberry Slam put the whole pack's dose in one distillate gummy. Berry Bolt, Orange Octane and Strawberry Storm do the same with live rosin. Melon Thunder was the top-selling Emerald Sky product in August 2026, according to Headset.
GrooveBar and the 2025–2026 medal run
The GrooveBar arrived on September 27, 2025. It stacks roasted peanuts, caramel and nougat in milk chocolate, in a distillate build at 10mg per piece and a live rosin build at 100mg per pack. Both GrooveBar lines add a THC, CBD and CBN ratio version. The peanut butter cups run in dark and milk chocolate, in 10- and 20-count packs.
The chocolate has been winning. Emerald Sky took Gold in baked goods and chocolates at the 2025 California State Fair Cannabis Awards, presented on July 12, 2025. Results for the 2026 California Cannabis Awards posted on July 1, 2026, with Budist and SC Labs judging. The Blue Dream Live Rosin GrooveBar took Gold and the Golden Bear trophy, presented at the State Fair on July 18, 2026.
Where Emerald Sky sells in 2026
Emerald Sky sells through licensed California retail. Headset counted 379 dispensaries in August 2026, concentrated in San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Jose. The brand held No. 8 in California edibles that month, up from No. 9 a year earlier, with a 2026 high of No. 7 in February. Wyld held No. 1.
The August 2026 numbers showed more than $1 million in monthly sales across 96 SKUs, at an average price of $9.32. Weedmaps lists it in desert-region stores including Off The Charts in Needles and Winterhaven and Desert Kush in Indio.
For adults 21 and over.