# Best Girl Scout Cookie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137 "2000-06-12T16:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/21 "2000-06-13T00:53:55Z")
Thin Mints, frozen. A close second are the mighty Samoas. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/22 "2000-06-13T01:13:55Z")
Yep, count another Thin Mint follower. I used to put em in the cool cellar to eat the rest of the summer, as they didn’t seel them then. Love em cold! ---
**Author:** ![Eposia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Eposia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eposia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/23 "2000-06-13T03:57:02Z")
Thin Mints. Times Ten. They have other cookies? 🙂 Though I usually just refrigerate them, rather than freezing. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/24 "2000-06-13T19:55:08Z")
\*\* [/QUOTE] I’m confused, if you’re eating a whole box of cookies, why bother with 2% milk? \*\* [/QUOTE] This was actually going back to the “regular or skim?” milk thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/25 "2000-06-13T20:23:18Z")
Me: Tagalongs (now called Peanut Butter Patties, I believe). Box is gone in a couple of days. El Hubbo: Thin Mints. He’ll eat one a day until the package is gone. Drives me bugnuts. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/26 "2000-06-13T20:24:16Z")
Normally, thin mints. But while I was reading this thread, I polished off a box of Striped Chocolate Chip & Pecan I just swiped from my boss’ office. I’m thinking of changing my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/27 "2000-06-13T21:17:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I’m not too fond of the organization otherwise, > \*\* How can you not like the Girl Scouts?!? What organization in the world could be LESS screwed up? The Boy Scouts, I can understand. But the Girl Scouts? Oh, by the way, frozen thin mints. And I nearly wet myself thinking about thin mint pie crust. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/28 "2000-06-13T21:22:47Z")
> [@](#): > > How can you not like the Girl Scouts?!? [lech voice] I like Girl Scouts…heh heh heh [/lech voice] Trefoils. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/29 "2000-06-13T21:36:33Z")
Another vote for Samoas. I once snuck a whole box out of the office cause I didn’t want to share. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/30 "2000-06-13T23:07:56Z")
I just remembered! Back in high school I had the best snack I’ve ever had: Trefoils dipped in Duncan Hines Sour Cream frosting. ::::droooooooool:::: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/31 "2000-06-14T02:56:11Z")
Thin mints, definitely… I’ll have to try freezing them, it sounds good. I’ve tried stocking up to get through dry times, but I can never get them to last more than 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![CuBiSt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CuBiSt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuBiSt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137/32 "2004-05-23T04:31:49Z")
> [@Edwardina](#): > > I am a rabid Thin Mint woman, myself. Stick them in the freezer and then scarf the whole box on a hot summer afternoon with a large glass of frosty 2% milk. Heaven on earth. Better than almost any other dessert. Frozen Thin Mints for sure! Here’s the TSR … If those cute little cookie peddlers aren’t posted outside the market, it may be tough to get your hands on these - the most popular cookies sold by the Girl Scouts each year. One out of every four boxes of cookies sold by the girls is Thin Mints. This recipe uses an improved version of the chocolate wafers created for the Oreo cookie clone in the second TSR book “More Top Secret Recipes.” That recipe creates 108 cookie wafers, so when you’re done dipping, you’ll have the equivalent of three boxes of the Girl Scout Cookies favorite. (See? That’s why you bought those extra cookie sheets.) You could, of course, reduce the recipe by baking only 1/3 of the cookie dough for the wafers and then reducing the coating ingredients by 1/3, giving you a total of 36 cookies. But that may not be enough to last you until next spring. Chocolate Cookie Wafers 1 18.25-ounce package Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake mix 3 tablespoons shortening, melted 1/2 cup cake flour, measured then sifted 1 egg 3 tablespoons water Non-stick cooking spray Coating 3 12-ounce bags semi-sweet chocolate chips 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract 6 tablespoons shortening 1. Combine the cookie ingredients in a large bowl, adding the water a little bit at a time until the dough forms. Cover and chill for 2 hours. 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out a portion of the dough to just under 1/16 of an inch thick. To cut, use a lid from a spice container with a 1 1/2-inch diameter (Schilling brand is good.) Arrange the cut dough rounds on a cookie sheet that is sprayed with a light coating on non-stick spray. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the wafers from the oven and cool completely. 4. Combine chocolate chips with peppermint extract and shortening in a large microwave - safe glass or ceramic bow. Heat on 50 percent power for 2 minutes, stir gently, then heat for an addition minute. Stir once again, and if chocolate is not a smooth consistency, continue to zap in microwave in 30-second intervals until smooth. 5. Use a fork to dip each wafer in the chocolate, tap the fork on the edge of the bowl so that the excess chocolate runs off, and then place the cookies side-by-side on a wax paper - lined baking sheet. Refrigerate until firm. ([http://www.topsecretrecipes.com](http://www.topsecretrecipes.com)) Makes 108 cookies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girl-scout-cookie/22137.md?page=1)