Girl Scout Cookies

[sassenach]

I think I got them all. There were a lot more kinds than I realized!

[Dandelion]

The only ones I really like are the Thin Mints. But admittedly, I've only tried 4-5 kinds. I don't buy them anymore though, because they contain ingredients we now try to avoid (like HFCS and artificial flavors).

[somo_chickenlady]

I only like Thin Mints and Caramel Delites. We only buy them to help our niece, otherwise we wouldn't b/c you can get both of those at the grocery store for much cheaper now.

[nukeswife]

I only like the little lemon ones with powdered sugar. I did a search and they are called Savannah Smiles now.

[catz]

Thin mints. Duh!

 

I usually would not buy something like this with HFCS, etc. in the store for home, but I cannot refuse an adorable girl scout at my door. We usually buy a few boxes a year.

[nukeswife]

I remember when thin mints had a layer of mint filling more like a peppermint patty with a cookie inside than what they are now.

[Bug's Mom]

Dd joined GS last year and I discovered Lemonades. I left the Thin Mints behind.

[nmoira]

Some of them aren't horrible. I guess I like the Savannah Smiles the best.

 

We've never sold a single box of Thank U Berry Munch.

[Sandsam]

I love the shortbread cookies and the peanut butter sandwiches. However, after finally accepting that I have zero will power around GS cookies, I no longer buy them. I have been known to eat an entire row of the shortbreads in one sitting. :crying:

[Orthodox6]

If I am trapped into buying GS cookies, I just take them to church and let the other families deal with it. (I voted for "we don't touch the stuff".)

[ScoutTN]

I like all of them (cookies are my favorite dessert!) but we don't buy them anymore because we are working hard to eliminate processed foods and we do not support the ideology/worldview that the GS national leadership endorses and inculcates.

[Jennifer3141]

I just found out tonight that we are the number 2 seller for our troop this year. Not too shabby for DD's first year!! We do like what GS teaches girls so we bought a ton as a family too.

 

I love samoas. DH does tagalongs. And I got to try the Dulce de Leche and loved it at our presales party but I'm not sure if I like it as much as samoas. Ask me at t the end of March. :D

[Granny_Weatherwax]

There isn't a gluten free option so I can't have them.

 

In another life I would have eaten the Caramel Delites.

[Carolyn in Ohio]

My favorites are samoas and thin mints. BUT Keebler now has a copycat samoa and they are even BETTER than the GS ones! I usually refuse to buy GS cookies anymore, but did break down and buy two boxes at our curriculum sale a few weeks ago.

 

 

What are the Keebler cookies called? Please?

 

Carolyn

[Night Elf]

Our region doesn't offer all of those. I'm bummed because I wouldn't mind trying the Shout Outs.

[higginszoo]

We never sold any Shout Outs... I was cookie mom for several years that we had them and couldn't get rid of a case with a troop of 15 girls. Last year, I only had 4 girls and had to double up as troop leader and cookie mom and I just wouldn't order them (we don't do any pre-orders in our council -- it's all stock in hand, so a huge guessing game all season). We're selling lots of Lemonades this year because our council is switching bakers from ABC to Little Brownie. I don't dislike the Lemonades, but I like the Savannah Smiles better.

 

This is our last week of sales ... I'm so ready to be done ... but breaking in a new cookie mom meant getting cookies late, so we still have more boxes than I'd like left to sell. We have a booth tomorrow, and not much troop stock, so I may bring cookies to check back in.

[Orthodox6]

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[Coffeemama]

We have 7 boxes of Mango Creme left over...i can't even give them away, never mind sell them.

 

My two favorite are Peanut Butter Patty and Lemonades.

[Penelope]

I don't think they taste very good. But, I usually don't like boxed cookies. The only ones I ever sort of liked were the Samoas.

[tearose]

I'll eat Thin Mints if they're offered to me, but I refuse to buy the cookies--overpriced and really not that great. There are better ways to spend calories, IMHO.

[jelbe5]

I loved the PB Patties. But a few years ago the Council in my area switched bakers and the cookies have just been . . . yuck. They signed a three year contract. I am really reluctant to spend $4.00 a box for cookies that just don't taste very good.

[KungFuPanda]

I only like the little lemon ones with powdered sugar. I did a search and they are called Savannah Smiles now.

 

I remember when they were Lemon Coolers and were marketed as the fat-free cookies.

[Chris in VA]

Samoas! Really like them

 

Thin Mints. But they are only 1 serving per box... ;) :D

[oldskool]

I won't buy or sell them anymore. Too unhealthy and expensive.

[Melissa in Australia]

there was no Other!

I have never seen girls scout cookies I don't even know if they sell them in Australia

[Tap]

I have never bought a box.

 

I have a gripe with Girl Scouts so I don't support them. They clear cut some land that my family donated to them a generation back. The contract didn't allow for clear cutting (it was specificaly donated for and houses a Girl Scout camp) but the only recourse we have is to sue them over it. There isn't any benefit to doing so, as we don't want financial compensation for the lumber but it was a slap in the face non-the-less. My immediate family lives on adjacent land so we see the violation whenever we visit. (I do believe that clear cutting can be good land management, but this was done solely for profit by GS).

 

My neices were involved for a while and I also didn't like some of the ways things were handled with them.

 

I am sure there are some amazing troops around the country, I just haven't had a good experience with GS so far.

[nukeswife]

I remember when they were Lemon Coolers and were marketed as the fat-free cookies.

 

I remember that, and then a year later they just didn't offer them here. Then the next year they were back with the new name.

 

I don't understand why they had to go and give most of them cutsie names. When I was younger and in GS they were just called by what they were,

Thin Mints,

PB patties

PB sandwiches

Trefoils (were the odd ball that didn't really let on what they were)

I think there was some type of chocolate chip.

 

We also never had things like booths, we had to sell door to door or to just family/friends we knew.

[Caroline]

The same names existed when I sold them in the 70's. The names depend on what part of the country you are in and which baker bakes your cookies. In some places they still have the names you remember.

 

No one is required to do booths. You can still just sell door to door. No one is even required to sell cookies at all.

 

 

I remember that, and then a year later they just didn't offer them here. Then the next year they were back with the new name.

 

I don't understand why they had to go and give most of them cutsie names. When I was younger and in GS they were just called by what they were,

Thin Mints,

PB patties

PB sandwiches

Trefoils (were the odd ball that didn't really let on what they were)

I think there was some type of chocolate chip.

 

We also never had things like booths, we had to sell door to door or to just family/friends we knew.

[nukeswife]

The same names existed when I sold them in the 70's. The names depend on what part of the country you are in and which baker bakes your cookies. In some places they still have the names you remember.

 

No one is required to do booths. You can still just sell door to door. No one is even required to sell cookies at all.

 

 

I guess in my day a booth wasn't even an option that we knew of.

[higginszoo]

 

 

I guess in my day a booth wasn't even an option that we knew of.

 

It wasn't in my day, either ... but no soliciting rules in apartment complexes, etc. were already in place. Growing up military, I had friends who could never really sell ... no door to door in their neighborhood, and family hundreds or thousands of miles away. (We were always in housing, where door to door was allowed.) I have girls who live in apartments far from family now, and some of them are the ones who love selling the most, but they really only get to sell at booths.

[readinmom]

I buy them every year. The peanut butter and the thin mints. We freeze the thin mints and use them in milkshakes. Dd has not been able to join because we don't have a local troop. On a less lighter note, here's a link to something that happened in our area with the cookies:

 

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/feb/17/13200-boxes-girl-scout-cookies-destroyed-and-food-/