Girl Scout Cookies.

Why can't we get Girl Scout cookies rite now? It's not fair that people can get Girl Scout cookies "cept me. :cry:

We got ours weeks ago. Still working through them.

We get ours in the fall, and they are long gone.

so what's so great about girl scout cookies?

Little girls learning to interact with people.

Tradition.

I'm not too fond of them anymore, but I used to love 'em. My favorites were the mint chocolate wafers...dipping them in milk was heavenly. I like the way the cold milk would soak the cookie part but the chocolate outside would stay hard so that it would ' snap' when you bit into it.

By 'wafer' do you mean a thin layer of cookie?

Girl scouts aren't very big over here...so as a consequence, nor are the cookies.

These days it's all just scouts (girls and boys combined) and they do other stuff for fundraising.

I remember having the cookies when I was little though. They were always yummy, but really they were just digestives or choc chip. Not much variety.

DanaC;543380 wrote:

so what's so great about girl scout cookies?

I'm glad someone besides me is asking that question.

My li'l one is in girl scouts. I told her that its her decision whether or not to sell cookies and not to let anyone talk her into or out of it including me.

Personally, I think its about the money but I could be wrong.

DanaC;543427 wrote:

By 'wafer' do you mean a thin layer of cookie?

I couldn't remember what they were called, but yes by wafer I mean a thin cookie, but really not really that thin, I guess.

are they made from real girl scouts?
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Of course it's about the money. The troop gets 30 cents for every $3 box and uses it to fund activities throughout the year. Could be fun stuff, could be patch-earning stuff, could be a community service project, it's up to the troop. None of the girls HAS to sell cookies, but if you don't, it's the troop's prerogative to keep track of who earned what and make parents of non-sellers foot the bill for the stuff they do. Only fair.

Trust me; we've been selling these little goodies for 7 years now. :) And I sold 'em for 8 years when I was a girl, too.

This year we have:
Caramel Delites (my favorite)
Thin Mints
Shortbreads
Lemonades
Thank You's
Peanut Butter Patties
PB Sandwiches
Cinna-Spins

If anyone is cookie-deprived, I'd be happy to send you a box. :)

DanaC;543427 wrote:

By 'wafer' do you mean a thin layer of cookie?

Yes.

Juniper, no-one, but no-one, but NO-ONE should be teaching young girls that it's okay to spell delight as delite.
Huff.

Okay, as you were ;)

SG, as a writer, I have always felt that it was just fine to break those rules when appropriate as long as you know the rule in the first place.

This, from the society that has "nite," "thru," and "donut." Language evolves.

lumberjim;543473 wrote:

are they made from real girl scouts?
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The last year my middle schooler was in scouts, she was telling people "made with 20% more girl scout" until I gave her the death look.

Juniper;543476 wrote:

Of course it's about the money. The troop gets 30 cents for every $3 box and uses it to fund activities throughout the year. Could be fun stuff, could be patch-earning stuff, could be a community service project, it's up to the troop. None of the girls HAS to sell cookies, but if you don't, it's the troop's prerogative to keep track of who earned what and make parents of non-sellers foot the bill for the stuff they do. Only fair.

Trust me; we've been selling these little goodies for 7 years now. :) And I sold 'em for 8 years when I was a girl, too.

This year we have:
Caramel Delites (my favorite)
Thin Mints
Shortbreads
Lemonades
Thank You's
Peanut Butter Patties
PB Sandwiches
Cinna-Spins

If anyone is cookie-deprived, I'd be happy to send you a box. :)

They are $4 here :eyebrow:

Juniper;543664 wrote:

SG, as a writer, I have always felt that it was just fine to break those rules when appropriate as long as you know the rule in the first place.

This, from the society that has "nite," "thru," and "donut." Language evolves.

Not for wannabe proof readers it doesn't!

(yes, I am aware of the irony - I didn't mean the criticism seriously after all)

I thought that everywhere in the country had Girl Scout Cookie Time in February? I know troops had cookies available in late January, but they faced severe penalties for selling before the official start date.

I miss the not-quite-like Oreos (chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies) they used to have. All these new fangled cookies are just plain wrong, I tell you. I also get quite confused over different councils using different bakeries and having different cookies.

My apologies SG -- I forgot to put in the smilie face. :)

I bought a box of peanut butter cookies (the crunchy kind, as they should be)from the cute girls outside the grocery, but I only bought P-butter because I KNEW mom would get me a box of Thin Mints. Sure enough, she called me Sunday and said she had a box waiting for me. It's tradition.

ohhhh.....so the girl scouts aren't making the cookies?

Nah, it's some big Corporate Cookie Creating Cretins or something.

Back in the day, the girls did make their own. Here's an interesting site that shows how far back GS cookies selling goes.

Juniper;543712 wrote:

My apologies SG -- I forgot to put in the smilie face. :)

Me too. I was funning.
:)

binky;543667 wrote:

The last year my middle schooler was in scouts, she was telling people "made with 20% more girl scout" until I gave her the death look.

I'd have bought an extra box.

SteveDallas;543795 wrote:

I'd have bought an extra box.

I would have too. Where's everone's sense of humor these days?

Brianna;543803 wrote:

Where's everone's sense of humor these days?

It died on 9/11.

Had I been the customer when she said that I would have loved her spunk.