Smokiez is a family-owned edibles company run by Chuck Wright and his son Ryan and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its vegan, gluten-free fruit chews are made under license by a local manufacturer in each market, and a separate hemp-derived line ships direct from the brand's own online shop.
The footprint is wide. Headset counted Smokiez in 2,104 licensed dispensaries across 22 states in August 2026, with 99.4% of its sales in edibles.
From Glenwood Springs to Portland
The Wrights, originally from Florida, started in legal cannabis together in 2010 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, where they ran a medical dispensary for several years, Westword reported. They later bought a commercial edibles kitchen in Boulder and made and distributed edibles for other brands. Westword also reported that the company went on to buy its own licensed infused-product facility in Colorado.
Colorado's adult-use rollout left them out. As Florida transplants, the pair missed the residency cutoff for recreational licenses in late 2012. Ryan moved to Washington in 2013, as that state prepared for retail sales, and Chuck moved to Oregon. By 2023, Business Wire listed the company's headquarters in Portland.
The Burst's Chocolates chew
The chew came out of a candy partnership. In 2015 the Wrights teamed with Burst's Chocolates, which Westword described as an 80-year-old candy maker in Corvallis, Oregon, to develop THC and CBD gummies. Smokiez launched from that work. The brand's about page traces the recipe to a family formula shared around the kitchen table.
A licensed manufacturer in every market
Smokiez makes its THC chews through a licensed manufacturer in each market and publishes each partner's name and license number. The roster on its licenses page:
- Arizona and Michigan: How Smooth It Is
- Arkansas: Dark Horse Medicinals
- California: Loudpack
- Colorado: Bronner Corp.
- Maine: Upta Camp Edible Company
- Massachusetts: Resinate Inc.
- Missouri: Heya Wellness
- Nevada: GB Sciences
- New York: Highline Brands
- Ohio: Beneleaves
- Oklahoma: Shi Co.
- Oregon: C&R Oregon Corp.
- Puerto Rico: MC Labs
- Utah: Standard Wellness UT
- Washington: Pacific Northwest Consulting
The expansion ran state by state. Smokiez reached Oklahoma and California in 2018, then Colorado, Florida, Maine and Nevada in 2019. It entered New York in April 2023 through licensing partner Hepworth Ag and joint-venture partner Pura Industries NY. Six fruit chew SKUs opened the market at Union Square Travel Agency, and Business Wire counted 17 active states at the time. Honeysuckle Magazine noted in March 2026 that the company stayed independently owned through that growth.
Fruit chews, ratio chews and lemonade
The core product is the fruit chew: vegan, gluten-free and made with cannabis terpenes. Sour Watermelon, Sour Peach, Blue Raspberry, Green Apple, Tropical Fruit and Blackberry anchor the lineup. Headset's top Smokiez seller in August 2026 was a Sour Watermelon live resin fruit chew 10-pack, with 10-pack fruit chews filling eight of the top ten spots.
Ratio chews pair THC with a second cannabinoid. The range covers 1:1 CBD:THC, CBN:THC and CBG:THC chews, a THCV:THC chew and a 1:1:1 CBD:THC:THCV blend. Select regions add infused lemonades and a THC-infused topical roll-on, and Smokiez Rosin runs as a separate solventless line. Honeysuckle Magazine added hard candies to the list in March 2026.
Ditching the dyes and back-to-back gummy wins
The company's 2025 recap, posted January 28, 2026, marked 15 years in the compliant market. It also said Smokiez had cleared artificial dyes from all products by 2026 under its Ditching the Dyes push. Ryan Wright, the company's COO, talked through the dye phase-out on a February 2, 2026 Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery podcast.
The Sour Watermelon Fruit Chews won their category twice in 2025. They took first place in Edibles: Gummies at Best in Grass Illinois and first place for gummies at Best in Grass New Jersey. Forbes put Smokiez in a November 2025 roundup of cannabis gift sets.
Where Smokiez sells in 2026
Headset tracked Smokiez in 2,104 dispensaries across 22 states in August 2026, 329 of them in California. In edibles it ranked No. 4 in Missouri, No. 5 in Ohio, No. 6 in Arizona, No. 7 in Oregon, No. 8 in Maryland and No. 9 in Colorado. August sales topped $5 million across 770 SKUs.
The January 2026 recap adds Puerto Rico and Costa Rica to the 22 states. On Weedmaps, Ohio menus list the chews at Trulieve stores in Columbus, Westerville, Zanesville and Beavercreek, plus Story Cannabis in Dublin and Theory Wellness in Columbus. The Smokiez site sends cannabis shoppers to iHeartJane menus, while the hemp line ships direct.
For adults 21 and over.