There is no doubt about it, Girl Scout cookies are popular. Maybe people love the annual delectable enough to shell out big bucks on little boxes, but my theory is that it is just too hard to tell a cute little kid no. This year there is even a girl scout cookie app!
There are around 11 cookie types all together. Not every cookie will be available in every area; The decision of what cookies to sale is left up to the local Girl Scout Council. The well-established Thin Mints continue to be the most sold cookie on the block, so you can expect them to be on everyone’s sales list. Included in the list below is a description of each cookie, its shape, and the color of the box-so you can tell before you walk up to the folding table at the supermarket if your choice pick has sold out.
Girl Scout Cookies
Thin Mints, as the name declares, these are thin and minty cookies. The cookie is circular and made of a dark chocolate with mint infused. These are in the green box.
Somoas (aka Carmel deLites) are circular brown cookies with a hole in the middle. They sport a bottom layer of cookie covered in chocolate and a top layer of caramel covered toasted coconut. They are in the purple box.
Trefoils (aka Shortbread) are shortbread cookies in the plus-sign shape of the Scout trefoil. They are in the blue box.
Do-Si-Do’s (aka Peanut Butter Sandwich) is an oatmeal-peanut butter combination cookie. Two circular oatmeal wafers are pressed together with peanut butter filling. These are in the orange box.
Tagalong’s (aka Peanut Butter Patties) are circular shaped cookies topped with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate. They are in the red box.
Thanks-a-lot are shortbread cookies with a fudge dipped bottom and the words ‘Thank you’ imprinted on the top. They are in the turquoise box.
Dulce de Leche are small circular cookies with caramel chips. They are also in a turquoise box.
Lemonades are circular shortbread cookies with lemon icing and the look of a lemon on the front. They are in the yellow box.
Thank You Berry Much are small circular cranberry and white fudge chip cookies. They come in a cranberry-red box.
Shout Outs are circular Belgian style caramel cookies. They are in the pink box.
Savannah Smiles are lemon cookies covered in powdered sugar and shaped like a lemon wedge. Box color is unknown.
Prices are determined by area. My local cost is $8 a box with the average box holding 15-30 cookies. To place an order, find the Girl Scout Council nearest you. I would hurry, as many Scout Troops must have their orders placed by January 31st.