# In praise of Thin Mints. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785 "2008-02-15T19:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/1 "2008-02-15T19:19:31Z")
Yep, it’s Girl Scout Cookie Time again, and once more, I get the sinful plesaure of consuming a whole sleeve of Thin Mint cookies without stopping. The chocolate is balanced amazingly well with the mint, with just enough of a cookie wedged between to make a perfect balancing point. So, what is YOUR favorite GS cookie, and how many of them will you eat. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/2 "2008-02-15T19:53:07Z")
Thin mints are good, but my heart belongs to Samoas. Coconuty carmel goodness. sigh. Mine should be delivered soon. I should have the box gone in an hour or so, but I will let the little Woodhouses have one a piece . . . if they’re good. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/3 "2008-02-15T20:00:03Z")
You are not alone in your Thin Mint love. I did site sales with my daughter last year and they were the most popular by far. It was amazing the variety of customers we got–from white-haired grannies to tattooed biker types. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/4 "2008-02-15T20:39:20Z")
I always get two boxes each of Samoas and Thin Mints. One of my coworkers turned me onto freezing the Thin Mints. Very nice that way. The Samoas wouldn’t be there long enough to get cold much less freeze though. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/5 "2008-02-15T20:43:31Z")
Thin Mints are good, but I’m with **Miss Woodhouse**. “Caramel Delites” or as they should be fucking called “Samoas” are the king of cookies. So yummy. So good. I think I need some. I need to put my name on the list in the office now. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/6 "2008-02-15T21:30:15Z")
Girl Scout cookies are ALL about the Thin Mints, baby! I buy one or two other types just to throw something to my kids and keep them at bay while I hork down the Thin Mints by myself! You have to be careful - someone could lose a finger! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/7 "2008-02-15T21:42:40Z")
The Lemonades are damn good in the afternoon with a nice cuppa tea. Almost makes it worth coming back to the office after lunch. That frozen Thin Mint idea sounds great, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/8 "2008-02-15T21:51:01Z")
MAÎTRE D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint. MR. CREOSOTE: Nah. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir, it’s only a tiny, little, thin one. MR. CREOSOTE: No. Fuck off. I’m full. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir. Hmm? MR. CREOSOTE: [groan] MAÎTRE D: It’s only wafer thin. MR. CREOSOTE: Look. I couldn’t eat another thing. I’m absolutely stuffed. Bugger off. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir, just-- just one. MR. CREOSOTE: [groaning] All right. Just one. MAÎTRE D: Just the one, monsieur. Voilà. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/9 "2008-02-15T22:09:01Z")
I haven’t tried this, but I saw it in the store yesterday. [Girl Scout Thin Mint ice cream](http://edys.slowchurned.com/flavor.aspx?b=117&f=2218) They have [Samoas](http://edys.slowchurned.com/flavor.aspx?b=117&f=2377) as well. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/10 "2008-02-15T22:15:15Z")
I used to sell cookies as a girl scout (wow, 15 years ago… that’s a long time for a 25 yo!) and I remember thin mints being by FAR the most popular. My mom used to love them- she remembers once eating a whole box in one sitting before breastfeeding me, and said that she felt horrible when I screamed and screamed afterwards! My favorites were both the samoas-- which actually have a ridiculous amount of calories per cookie, IIRC it’s worse than an oreo-- and the ones with peanut butter inside. Mmmmmm! I was always surprised that those weren’t more popular… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/11 "2008-02-15T22:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] MAÎTRE D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint. MR. CREOSOTE: Nah. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir, it’s only a tiny, little, thin one. MR. CREOSOTE: No. Fuck off. I’m full. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir. Hmm? MR. CREOSOTE: [groan] MAÎTRE D: It’s only wafer thin. MR. CREOSOTE: Look. I couldn’t eat another thing. I’m absolutely stuffed. Bugger off. MAÎTRE D: Oh, sir, just-- just one. MR. CREOSOTE: [groaning] All right. Just one. MAÎTRE D: Just the one, monsieur. Voilà. [/QUOTE] Bon appeteit. _dives behind planter_ ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/12 "2008-02-16T02:25:21Z")
Girl Scouts Do-Si-Dos (or, as they were called back in MY day, “Savannahs”) are **the best cookies in the world**! Yum! You take two of them apart, eat the bare cookie half of each, (just to get it over with) then mash the cream-filled halves together and have yourself a creamy peanut butter orgy. They seemed better back in the day. But they’re still \*\*the best cookies in the world \*\* and only available once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/13 "2008-02-16T03:02:49Z")
God help me, I love them so, but Thin Mints ought to be illegal or something, they’re so good. They’re like the crack of American cookiedom. Nothing better with a big glass of very cold milk. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/14 "2008-02-16T03:06:09Z")
Edy’s Samoa ice cream makes me sad. The concept is so good but there’s not nearly enough ‘cookie’ in it, unless they’ve changed the recipe in the last few years (doubtful). ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/15 "2008-02-18T18:26:42Z")
Take one big bowl of Sealtest Vanilla ice cream. Add one sleeve of Thin Mints. Spoon, who needs a frickin’ spoon? Use the Thin Mints. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/16 "2008-02-18T18:28:43Z")
I like it better when the Thin Mints were “cookie” colored on the inside and I wish they still had Scot Teas, with the sugar on the outside. Oh, yeah…and they were about a buck 50 a box. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/17 "2008-02-18T18:38:30Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] I haven’t tried this, but I saw it in the store yesterday. [Girl Scout Thin Mint ice cream](http://edys.slowchurned.com/flavor.aspx?b=117&f=2218) They have [Samoas](http://edys.slowchurned.com/flavor.aspx?b=117&f=2377) as well. [/QUOTE] Thin Mint ice cream is killer ! (out here it is called “Dreyer’s”). If you thought the cookies were addictive, wait until you have the ice cream. I love girl scout cookie time just for the seasonal ice cream ! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/18 "2008-02-18T18:38:32Z")
Oh. My. God. It’s Girl Scout cookie time again? And I’m on a diet? **hides under couch… whimpers…** ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/19 "2008-02-18T20:44:10Z")
I can speak authoritatively as to the popularity of the various flavors - I’m the troop Cookie Mom (third year doing the job). We took pre-orders for 89 cases (that’s roughly 1000 boxes). Thin Mints rule (21 cases). Samoas are a close second (19 cases). Do-si-dos (PB sandwich) and Tagalongs (chocolate-covered PB, a.k.a. “Peanut Butter Patties”) are third with 10 cases each. Lemon Chalet Creme (sandwich; new this year but I think they had them a few years back also) and Trefoils made a respectable showing at 9 cases each. All-Abouts (shortbread with chocolate on bottom) was next with 7 cases In last place are Sugar Free Chocolate Chip. **Typo Knig** and I are what’s known as a mixed marriage, however we’ve each learned to respect the other’s choices: come between me and a box of Thin Mints and I _will_ cut you. Come between him and a box of Samoas and… well, best not to go there 🙂 (we will however share them with each other… and even with the kids if we have to). Frozen Thin Mints are ohgodwhoneedsmen. Samoas are best frozen only to keep them from going stale in the unlikely event you actually have some that don’t get inhaled in the first 2 weeks after you buy them. Their caramel is not good frozen. Tagalongs are pretty decent frozen also. The rest of them are OK frozen but it adds nothing to the experience. Freezing does extend the shelf life of all varieties. However this must be undertaken with some caution lest you experience the tragic accident that befell our household: a failure to close the freezer door, discovered far too long afterward to salvage anything, resulting in the loss of :😭: THE LAST TWO BOXES OF NOW-DISCONTINUED CAFE COOKIES. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785/20 "2008-02-19T04:41:44Z")
Although Thin Mints are the traditional favorite in this house, Samoas are technically better…technically. However, Samoas come in one of those little plastic caddies whose main purpose is to take up space in the box so as to allow the cookie people the opportunity to snort derisively at the customers willing to pay for plastic caddies and not cookies. Thin Mints, OTOH, come in efficient cellophane tubes such that, truly, you the consumer is assured of getting maximum cookie goodness for your dollar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-thin-mints/437785.md?page=2)