# Mmmmm, Girl Guide cookies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486 "2008-10-18T02:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/1 "2008-10-18T02:32:37Z")
It’s Chocolate Mint Girl Guide cookie time! They are so yummy, and minty and good. Made with realy Girl Guides! I’ve eaten, like 12. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/2 "2008-10-18T02:37:41Z")
I’m guessing that Girl Guide Cookies pretty much equal what are called Girl Scout Cookies stateside. I want some. Bad. I like the thin mint type best, followed by the chocolate-peanut butter kind, but any kind will do. Sadly, our cookie season happens around February. Long time to wait. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/3 "2008-10-18T02:44:50Z")
Aaagh I miss Girl Guide cookies from home. Can’t get them here, of course. BUT! We found some cookies (shaped like dogs and cats) that Jimmy loves, which taste just like the vanilla ones from home. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/4 "2008-10-18T02:54:35Z")
I’ve got my order in for five boxes. Or, as they are known in our house, five servings. 😃 I just learned something important this week - the chocolate mint cookies are exactly like the chocolate mint York cookies that Safeway has year round. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/5 "2008-10-18T02:57:41Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Aaagh I miss Girl Guide cookies from home. Can’t get them here, of course. BUT! We found some cookies (shaped like dogs and cats) that Jimmy loves, which taste just like the vanilla ones from home. Things work out quite well for the Mr. and I - he eats the chocolate, I eat the vanilla. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/6 "2008-10-18T03:19:35Z")
Send me some! Waaaaaaaah! US Girl Scout cookies are really good, as far as cookies go (I don’t usually eat them) but they’re not the same. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/7 "2008-10-18T03:31:36Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Send me some! Waaaaaaaah! > . You’ll have to wait until spring for the vanilla ones. However, if I have my parcel mailing shit together then I’ll totally send you a box. You should remind me though. Like, 5 times. My parcel mailing shit tends to be pretty loose, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/8 "2008-10-18T05:23:29Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > It’s Chocolate Mint Girl Guide cookie time! > > They are so yummy, and minty and good. Made with realy Girl Guides! > > I’ve eaten, like 12. I highly recommend freezing them. They’re even yummier. They don’t last any longer, though. ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/9 "2008-10-18T06:25:13Z")
I haven’t seen a Girl Guide Cookie seller in years. ☹ I shall have to go GG hunting… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/10 "2008-10-18T08:16:44Z")
These are [NZ Girl Guide Biscuits](http://www.guidebiscuits.org.nz/), the ones I remember (and I miss them - I haven’t had any since moving to Australia - though apparently they do have them here). ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/11 "2008-10-18T10:03:45Z")
I like Girl Scout cookies as much as the next person, but I sometimes wonder where the profit goes. I’d never pay that price for cookies in the supermarket. How much actually goes to the Girl Scouts? For that matter, what exactly do Girl Scouts _do_, besides sell cookies? I know that Boy Scouts get “merit badges,” (and eschew gays), but I’m curious what goes on at a Girl Scout meeting… ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/12 "2008-10-18T10:27:47Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > These are [NZ Girl Guide Biscuits](http://www.guidebiscuits.org.nz/), the ones I remember (and I miss them - I haven’t had any since moving to Australia - though apparently they do have them here). They also have mini biscuits now, choc coated on one side with fun pictures on the other. They are small enough to fool you into thinking you’re not really eating that much - and then the packet’s empty. You and the kid exchange looks of recrimination, both certain the other has hidden a stash somewhere. No, all the mini choc bikkies are in your tummies. You will be caught between horror that you have so blatantly scoffed the lot - and wondering if you should open the other packet for _just one more._ We sold them the year maggenkid was a Brownie (Type of pixie for the curious, beginner girl guides.) If we miss them door-to-door, they set up stalls at our local shops:D Yum. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/13 "2008-10-18T10:34:02Z")
> [@spoike](#): > > I highly recommend freezing them. They’re even yummier. They don’t last any longer, though. They do if you suck them. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/14 "2008-10-18T13:26:47Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I like Girl Scout cookies as much as the next person, but I sometimes wonder where the profit goes. I’d never pay that price for cookies in the supermarket. How much actually goes to the Girl Scouts? For that matter, what exactly do Girl Scouts _do_, besides sell cookies? I know that Boy Scouts get “merit badges,” (and eschew gays), but I’m curious what goes on at a Girl Scout meeting… I was a Girl Scout for a while when I was younger, then ended up stopping because our troop leader stepped down and nobody’s mom wanted to replace her. Back then (late 1980s/early 1990s), we earned merit badges, performed [community service](http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/pdf/backgroundrs_english_community.pdf), went camping, and sold cookies to earn money to go on field trips to learn about different things. Here’s a [“Then vs. Now”](http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/pdf/then_now.pdf) PDF on some of the merit badges that have changed over time; you can find this and more on their [“Who We Are”](http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/) section of their website. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/15 "2008-10-18T21:36:23Z")
we had a sidewalk sale on my street today. i lured in customers with thin mints. they were shocked that i had some. i buy a case and put them in my tupperware tub to have thin mint (and other varieties) goodness all year long. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/16 "2008-10-18T23:40:59Z")
The Thin Mints are overrated. The best Girl Scout cookies are the Samoans with the caramel and coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-girl-guide-cookies/468486/17 "2008-10-19T02:52:20Z")
I love the Samoans, as well as the peanut butter and chocolate ones. Last year, I found some Samoan ice cream (caramel ice cream with fudge and pieces of Samoa cookies) at the grocery store. Freaking yum.