Girl Scout Cookies

[B Edulis]

Just got my annual stock of GS cookies, mulling over which I like best. This year, I mistakenly got a low fat variety that I gave away -- I don't remember the name but they were powdered sugar covered balls. Trefoils used to be in the running because I liked the old-fashioned logo, even though shortbread without butter (they use shortning) is a travesty. But the old logo's gone now, replaced by a kind of kumbya silhouette approach. Bah!

I'm on the fence about whether I like Thin Mints or Tagalongs better. Thin mints are delicious -- hard to beat dark chocolate. But Tagalongs have the chocolate and peanut butter. I think they've got the edge -- they're much better with coffee. (In fact, peanuts are great with coffee, why hasn't anyone exploited this?)

Are there other varieties I should get next year?

[Liza]

I've got to second the choice of Thin Mints. I like to keep them in the freezer where they stay crispy. Amazingly, the chocolate never gets cold.

The Samoas have a nice texture with the coconut but I find them just too sweet.

[jhlurie]

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[tommy]

i like the middle one best.

[jhlurie]

tommy you need help.

[Jason Perlow]

For me its a toss up between thin mints and the caramel delites.

And Tommy, you are a sick bastard.

[tommy]

And Tommy, you are a sick bastard.

that may be so.  but i think you all agree with me.

[jhlurie]

And Tommy, you are a sick bastard.

that may be so.  but i think you all agree with me.

Yeah... in seven or eight years she'll be pretty.  Is that what you were looking for?  

[jhlurie]

Friendship Circles™

These new ones look worth trying: "A rich chocolaty filling sandwiched between two crunchy vanilla cookies and embossed with the word "friend" in many languages."

It's a reverse Oreo.

[tommy]

Friendship Circles™

These new ones look worth trying: "A rich chololaty filling sandwiched between two crunchy vanilla cookies and embossed with the word "friend" in many languages."

It's a reverse Oreo.

sounds more like a reverse dneirf to me.

[franklanguage]

I can't deal with Girl Scout cookies anymore; who do they use for their baker these days, anyway?

When I was a kid, the cookies were baked by Burry's. Over the years, they've used cheaper and cheaper bakers, and now, since no one has ever tried to sell me GS cookies, I've never had to buy them. In truth, they're kind of one step up from the cheapo "sandwich cremes" I've only seen junkies eat.

[bigbear]

Did you hear about the smart cookie that was selling Girl Scouts?

[Rosie]

Did you hear about the smart cookie that was selling Girl Scouts?

NO. Do tell.

I like frozen mints for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[Jinmyo]

I don't think you're actually supposed to eat these. They're a token for a donation, like a plastic poppy or a plastic yellow ribbon. They're all made from the same plastic, just dyed different colours.

[Pitter]

This is all a big joke, right?  I simply give them the money and tell them to "hold" on the cookies.

[tommy]

any number of the varieties of the cookies are very good when you're stoned.

[Rachel Perlow]

Joke? No way. Thin mints rule.

The "stoned" comment reminds me of the episode of Friends when Ross is trying to help a Brownie Bell (?) win a trip to space camp. He first succeeded by selling a huge amount to the people leaving the laser show at the Planetarium, then starting hitting college dorms around midnight. "Cookie Dude!"

[jhlurie]

Grumble.  Can we have a no "Friends" rule here.

[Rachel Perlow]

No

[Carolyn Tillie]

Although this could have been posted in media, I put it here with the story having appeared in the Sacramento Bee.

The gist?

New Girl Scout cookie varieties for 2004 include Double Dutch, a chocolate cookie with chocolate chips, and Lemon Coolers, a reduced-fat vanilla cookie with a lemony tang. Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs are the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 sellers, accounting for 57% of all Girl Scout cookies sold

[alacarte]

Very cool. I LOVE those Samoa cookies, and the Thin Mints are a classic.

Hmmm....if those girl scouts sold low-carb cookies, they'd make a fortune this year.

[JFLinLA]

I also love the Trefoils -- buttery short bread cookies. The new ones sound promising too.

How many points is that on Weight Watchers?

[TrishCT]

My order just arrived this week- Samoas (kids), Thin Mints (husband curmudgeon) and the new Lemon Cooler ones (me, trying to behave)... Will report back on the lemon ones.

[hannnah]

Oh dear. I hope this doesn't mean they've gotten rid of the Aloha Chips (white chocolate chip macadamia nut). They're even more evil and crack-filled than the Samoas.

[Carolyn Tillie]

My order just arrived this week

Wow - you get them early!!!

I always mark Springtime with the arrival of Girl Scouts and don't even start looking for them hanging around the grocery stores until Eastertime!