# Girl Scout Cookies - Thin Mints **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063 "2001-02-11T21:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/21 "2001-02-12T13:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MGibson \* > **Thin mints are the best things the Girl Scouts have going for them. I love to stick them in the freezer and them gobble them up.** You _are_ referring to the cookies, right? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/22 "2001-02-12T14:44:57Z")
How can you not like thin mints??!! YUMMY! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/23 "2001-02-12T15:16:34Z")
**What to do if you have no Thin Mint Cookies:** I stumbled across this Saturday. It seems that **Mauvaise** has gotten me hooked on Altoids. So I just finished a peppermint Altoid, when I spy the Dove Dark Chocolate on the kitchen counter. I eat a piece, and BAM! Iā€™m thinking Thin Mints! Sure, it doesnā€™t have that cookie crunch, but itā€™s an adequate substitute if no true Thin Mints are available. [sup]well, it worked for me![/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/24 "2001-02-12T17:08:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dire Wolf \* > **It seems that Mauvaise has gotten me hooked on Altoids** HEY!!! What do you mean _Iā€™ve_ gotten you hooked?! I never told you to go out and buy that first tin. You make it sound as though I cornered you on the school yard: ā€œHey, kid, you wanna try something cool? First oneā€™s free.ā€ Feh. I am _not_ an Altoids pusher. As for the OP: Oh God! I **love** Thin Mints. I ordered ten boxes this year in the hopes that I can make them last until next season. Mmmmm, frozen Thin Mints. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/25 "2001-02-12T17:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MGibson \*Thin mints are the best things the Girl Scouts have going for them. **I love to stick them in the freezer and them gobble them up.** The mints or the Girl Scouts? ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/26 "2001-02-12T18:50:26Z")
Oh, I love Thin mints. Child hood memories of my mom buying a whole bunch from me when I was a girl scout. Although, I must admit that they are no longer my favorite. That title now goes to those Caramel/Coconut/Chocolate ones. What are those called?? Those are SSSOOO good. Mmmmmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![racerx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/27 "2001-02-12T19:01:37Z")
I came here because of my passion for GSCs, but I cant post anything serious because you people make me laugh. **Whammo and essvee** I just watched that gut wrenching scene. So moving. So powerful. _snicker_ **fierra** lol! Stop that funniness. I just had _erp_ lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/28 "2001-02-12T20:52:05Z")
[hijack] although no one ever accused charlton heston of underacting, he has never chewed the scenery so voraciously as he does in that scene. its awe-inspiring. [/hijack] back to the regularly scheduled programmingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/29 "2001-02-12T21:31:19Z")
_looks slightly confused at first before she realizes they are talking about the States Guide cookies_ Here in Canada we only have 2 types of Girl Guide Cookiesā€¦ well 3 types but in two boxes. There are the chocolate mint ones which we only sell around Christmas. (I donā€™t like them much and it seems like they are harder to sell then the regular cookies.) Then there are the chocolate and vanilla ones which we sell in the springā€¦ those I love to eatā€¦ I could sit around peeling them apart and eating the insides then the crunchy outsides for ages. I did learn here that the cost of the cookies are going up too and that Mr Christie (who makes our cookies) has been bought out. So I hope they donā€™t mess with the recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Hiro\_Protagonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hiro\_Protagonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiro_Protagonist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/30 "2001-02-12T21:34:05Z")
ā€¦thin mintsā€¦ has anyone had Mint Cookies and Cream ice cream? itā€™s supah! used to buy it half gallon at a time but now I can only find it in the $5 pints from B&J. (talk about a couple of sell outsā€¦but thatā€™s another post) Why they stop making it? Itā€™s natureā€™s perfect taste combination! fifth useless post and counting ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/31 "2001-02-13T14:04:10Z")
At some point, one ice cream company made Thin Mint ice cream. It was chocolate ice cream with pieces of thin mint cookies in it. That was really good, but I think they only made it for a limited time. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063/32 "2001-02-13T14:53:21Z")
Call me a heretical philistine, but the Thin Mints are overrated - the chocolate seems greasy or soapy to me. The shortbreads and the peanut butter cookies are the best (especially finding the PBs that were put together with the cookie part upside down). Cookies just out of the freezer, a cold glass of milk, and an old movie on AMC. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mini-nirvana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/54063.md?page=1)