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21. Both of my girls have been scouts since the first grade, they are now 6th and 7th graders. I don't care for the All Abouts, the flavor is flat, blah. We have the little brownies this year, which is good because we have a few diabetics to sell to, and they bought them. My husband takes the order form to his work(a motorcycle shop) and we usually get a ton of orders from the guys there. Other than that it is mostly family..and the girls call them all on their own for orders. 22. Since I don't have any little girls (only little boys who will be in boy scouts) the only way I can get girl scout cookies is to wait for the tables at the local grocery stores on Saturdays. I honestly remember there being a few with the girl scout selling them, but most of the time, even these tables are staffed with parents selling the cookies. I remember when it was safe to walk door to door and take orders myself (for things other than girl scout cookies). Unfortunately, today, that would not be a very good idea and thus, we barely see the girl scouts. 23. Hello, 24. they are the best cookies in the whole wide world i buy a 100.oo worth all the time and freeze them . THEY ARE BEST!!!!! 25. I remember when i was a Girl scout soooo many years ago. But now I help with my 2 nieces and their troop. Being this is their first year in Girl scouts> But I have a 5 year old and can't wait for her time to be a Brownie. Thin mints are my favorites but I also like Dos si dos 26. As the mother of 3 girl scouts, a former girl scout myself, and a "cookie Mom" (the person in charge of the troop's sales) I hear all sorts of comments about cookie sales. I do actually take my daughters door to door to make sales, but very few girls bother to do that where we live. Chalk it up to working parents, not knowing your neighbors, kids who don't want to walk that much. . . I also take the sale sheet myself to the bank, the doctor's office, and other places where I hear "oh, wonderful, no one has asked me about cookies, and I don't know any girl scouts anymore. . ." It's also frustrating, because the troop only get about 50 cents out of the $3.50 the box costs around here. The council gets some too, of course. But for people who love them, it's a once a year treat, and they do have their favorites. Mine are Do-si-do's. 27. I was a Girl Scout in the 1950's and have been a Girl Scout leader for the past fifteen years. When I was a Girl Scout, we had three or four cookie types and they cost about 50 cents a box. What is now called "Do-Si-Dos" (peanut butter sandwich cookies) were called Savannahs in the 1950's. They,(along with Thin Mints), are still one of the better bargains, having more cookies per box than Samoas or Tagalongs. 28. Not to be a party pooper, but wouldn't the Girl Scouts get much more money to run their troop activities if we bypassed the cookies and just gave them a nice cash donation instead? It can be mailed directly to your local headquarters and is tax-deductible (which a purchase of cookies are not). The Scouts get only a tiny portion of the profit on each box. Even if you sent $5, it would be the full $5, which is, I believe, 10 times what the troops get for each cookie box sold. 29. As a 7-year GS Leader, I've sold thousands of these cookies! The All-Abouts taste like Keebler's Fudge Stripe cookie. We put a scoop of vanilla ice cream between 2 of them and they make the best ice cream sandwich cookie ever! Usually, parents of younger girls are reluctant to let them sell door-to-door or in public, but no one can say "no" to an adorable Brownie in uniform. I urge you to buy cookies from the older girls you may see out selling in cookie booths - these girls often earn college scholarship money from their GS Councils based on their cookie sales. Or the money goes to worthy training and education programs for the girls such as summer camp. I do agree that some parents are too competitive in wanting their daughter to be the top seller, but all the money raised from cookie sales goes to an excellent cause. The years I spent being my daughter's troop leader, being with her and her friends, were both fun and priceless! The GS organization has some of the smartest, best trained, most educated women in any business. She was exposed to so many female role models in GS. 30. I refuse to buy GS cookies from anyone except a GS. Parents' selling them just doesn't seem right to me. Fund raising is one thing, but if there is a contest going within the troop on who sells the most, I think parents selling cookies is cheating. 31. Why did they discontinue the lemon iced cookies? Those were great!!!!!!!! Especially cold out of the fridge!! 32. WHAT? There are no Lemon Coolers this year? I was SO looking forward to them I was going to get 10 boxes! I used to buy them (decades ago) right at my local grocery store, then they went missing, then they were ONLY available thru Girl Scouts. NOW where can I get my Lemon Cooler fix !! (It was the next best thing to chocolate, and I'm trying to cut down on that!) Does anybody know a recipe for a knock-off Lemon Cooler, or where I can find them on the interenet? Please help. Much appreciated. - Loony-for-Lemon Coolers. 33. In response to Melissa's post (#16)... Isn't part of being a Brownie or Girl Scout learning how to make responsible choices? Why would anyone need 32 boxes of cookies?! Do you really think it's wise to set such a gluttonous example for your children? 34. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thin mints fresh out of the freezer......hope this doesnt effect how they taste 35. My daughter is selling Girl Scout cookies for the first time this year and we bundled up and went door to door selling and to some businesses. I know there are lots of parents selling them for the kids though. The parents get more competitive than the girls. My daughter is also a Celiac and cannot even eat any of the cookies - we're hoping one year soon they will make a Gluten Free cookie!!!! 36. Every time the cookies come out my husband comes out with a line from some old movie: "Are your Girl Scout Cookies made from real Girl Scouts?" I don't particularly find it funny, but he does. 37. What happened to the lemon cookies? 38. In upstate NY we've had the All-Abouts for several years now. They're similar to the chocolate-dipped Social Teas, or Burry's Little Schoolboy. Not bad, but nothing compares with Thin Mints in my book. I'm also sorry to see the low-fat Lemon Coolers go; they were nice and light on the palate. 39. geez when i was a girl scout they had chocolate chip cookies and they were huge cookies and tasted great, but then again that was over 30 yrs ago i miss the big chocolate chip cookies other then that i love the thin mints 40. I am a girl scout leader and can add another reason for not selling door to door--no soliciting signs in every subdivision! Many people nowadays do not like to be bothered with having people knock at their door for any sales purpose. Imagine what it would feel like for a 6 year old Brownie to be faced with an angry homeowner and to have a door slammed in her face!! It is a more positive experience all around when we can set up a booth and let people who want cookies come to US. I also have to say that we recently had some taste-testing of the trans-fat free cookies and the general consensus was that the they did not taste as good. The sugar free brownie cookies were the most unpopular--tasted very bland and had an odd aftertaste. Tagalongs and thin mints were certainly the best-- I already put myself down for 10 boxes of each!! |
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