JOPLIN, Mo. — Hungry for Girl Scout cookies?
This year’s Girl Scout Cookie Season kicks off today, January 6th.
The new cookie this year is the Raspberry Rally cookie. The thin, crispy cookie is a “sister” cookie to the favorite Thin Mints. The cookie is infused with raspberry flavor instead of mint and dipped in the same delicious chocolaty coating.
This new cookie will be the first in the Girl Scout Cookie lineup to be exclusively offered for online sales and direct shipment only.
Selling cookies embraces the understanding of the world of business, money management, and entrepreneurship, said Lauren Slamb, Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland spokeswoman.
Every package is filled with leadership and life lessons, she said.
Girl Scout Cookies were originally home-baked by girl members with moms volunteering as technical advisers, according to the national Girl Scouts website. The sale of cookies to finance troop activities began as early as 1917. The Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee baked cookies and sold them in its high school cafeteria as a service project.
According to the national Girl Scouts website the best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are:
- Thin Mints®
- Caramel deLites®/Samoas®
- Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs®
- Adventurefuls™
- Do-si-dos®/Peanut Butter Sandwich
How to Purchase Girl Scout Cookies This Year
If you know a registered Girl Scout, reach out to her to find out how she’s selling cookies in ways that meet local and state safety protocols.
You can also text COOKIES to 59618 to be among the first to receive information about Girl Scout Cookies.
Beginning February 17, enter your zip code into the Girl Scout Cookie Finder at www.girlscoutcookies.org to find a booth near you, to purchase cookies from a local Girl Scout troop for delivery, or to donate cookies to local causes.
