Gelato Canna is the dessert-styled cannabis brand George Sadler and his son Cody launched in California in 2022, now run from Warren, Michigan and sold in California, Michigan and Arizona. Vapes drive about half its sales, while Last Bite infused mini cones, Dubai Chocolate and a Fat & Weird cookie collaboration fill an edibles lineup built around 200-milligram Michigan packs.
The Sadlers and the Platinum Vape crew
George Sadler co-founded Gelato with Cody after co-founding and running Platinum Vape, and many of Gelato's founding team came from that company. The brand launched in 2022 with a motto that doubles as a mission statement: "Do what is right over what is easy!"
The pitch was mainstream from day one. Gelato set out to move cannabis into the mainstream "with a bit of colorful fun," and business development and compliance lead Janet Matula said in 2024 that the Sadlers were building a lifestyle brand, with Gelato water and a clothing line already out and a Gelato tequila on the way.
Gelato keeps its own graphics and video departments in-house, and the bright, colorful branding is the point. In early 2024 it had one retail store in California and vapes on Michigan shelves, a market the team already knew from its Platinum days, with the full line still to come.
One company across three states
On February 3, 2026, Gelato Cannabis acquired its California operations, putting California, Michigan and Arizona under unified ownership and leadership. Chris Hindo became chief executive and Lawrence Dawood chief operating officer, and the company credits its foundation to the vision of the Sadler family.
"California is now integrated into a fully unified, multi-state organization," Hindo said. Michigan product runs under licensee Pure X LLC, and California product carries distribution license C11-0001454-LIC.
Last Bite and the edibles shelf
Last Bite is the flagship: a mini ice cream cone filled with THC chocolate. California and Arizona packs hold ten 10-milligram cones, while Michigan's run 20 milligrams a cone for 200 milligrams a pack, with a live rosin version alongside. Flavors have included peach, strawberry and watermelon.
Michigan gets the widest edible menu. First Bite comes in 10-piece, 200-milligram bags; Dubai Chocolate comes as a 10-square bar or a bag of 10 bites at 20 milligrams each; live rosin gummies run 10 pieces at 20 milligrams; and Drizzle is an infused cooking oil at 200 milligrams a bottle.
California adds Sugar Drop at 10 milligrams a piece and 100 milligrams a pack. Arizona's 100-milligram gummy packs are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free and corn-free.
Fat & Weird by Gelato
On April 16, 2026, Gelato teamed with Fat & Weird Cookies, a national brand known for oversized cookies, on an infused cookie line for Michigan. Gelato enrobes and infuses the cookies, which weigh about 5 ounces before infusion and 6.9 ounces after, at 200 milligrams of THC each.
The launch covers five flavors under "Fat & Weird by Gelato" and "Powered by Gelato" labels, at about $15 a cookie in licensed Michigan stores. Hindo called it "the collaboration that changes the edibles game."
Carts, Baller Brush and Lolli's
Vapes are the engine. Gelato's full-gram cartridges carry 90%-plus THC in Classic and Original tiers, with a Live Resin tier in California and Arizona, next to full-gram all-in-ones with the battery built in.
The rest of the lineup leans on infusion. Baller Brush pairs two grams of distillate with an applicator brush, in four strains; Snowball is THCA-infused flower sold in Michigan; and Lolli's are diamond-infused pre-rolls, dipped and coated in kief, sold as 0.6-gram five-packs or 1.2-gram singles.
California flower runs from 3.5-gram packs to 14-gram jars of Sprinkles smalls and 14-gram bags of Cookie Crumbs, plus 1.2-gram indoor pre-rolls. One-gram concentrates round out the California and Arizona menus.
How Gelato sells in 2026
Headset tracked Gelato in 782 licensed dispensaries in August 2026, with more than $1 million in sales that month at an average of $10.58 an item. Vapor pens made up 49.4% of sales, pre-rolls 24.7%, edibles 18.7% and flower 5.3%. Average item prices ran $14.01 for vapes, $5.99 for pre-rolls and $12.56 for edibles.
The top seller was the one-gram Strawberry Cough pre-roll, ahead of Citrus Punch and Skywalker OG. That puts Gelato in the chase pack of crowded categories. It ranked 22nd in California vapor pens, down from 19th a year earlier, in a category where STIIIZY held first, and 23rd in Arizona edibles and 28th in Michigan edibles, categories led by Wyld, with Wana fifth in Arizona and eighth in Michigan.
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