I just got hit up for girl scout cookies!!!

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  • clairecandoit11
    clairecandoit11 Posts: 62 Member
    I LOVE THE COCONUT ONES! If you do too you should try the Coconut Caramel flavored Fiber Plus Antioxidant bars by Kellog!! They taste almost exactly like them!!

    http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=343514&catid=284556&aid=338666&aparam=goobase_filler
  • titi4j
    titi4j Posts: 97 Member
    What I've done in the past has seemed to work out well. I want to support the Girl Scouts so I give them the money for a box or two of cookies and then tell them I would like them to give the cookies to the next person they see that might need them (i.e. someone less fortunate that may be hungry). They usually get very excited and it also teaches them about giving. I think it's a win win :)
  • eganita
    eganita Posts: 501 Member
    I LOVE THE COCONUT ONES! If you do too you should try the Coconut Caramel flavored Fiber Plus Antioxidant bars by Kellog!! They taste almost exactly like them!!

    http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=343514&catid=284556&aid=338666&aparam=goobase_filler

    Good luck! Personally I just don't buy them at all. Or, I buy a kind that my boyfriend likes/I dislike. I'm not good with rationing goodies... if it's in the house, I'll go graze on it! I prefer to just not have them in the house. I think someone else had a good suggestion of buying a box for co-workers or even to share at a party or something like that.

    The above post reminded me - my sister likes the chocolate coconut Luna bars... that also could help with a Girl Scout cookie fix, perhaps.. http://www.lunabar.com/products/luna-bar/chocolate-dipped-coconut
  • fusion777
    fusion777 Posts: 197
    2009_04_02-Samoa.jpg

    :devil:

    That picture is just like a little piece of heaven...
  • Tiff4378
    Tiff4378 Posts: 45 Member
    jofjlt:

    No no no silly. Different regions sell different cookies. :)

    Do you have a lemonade cookie? Where I live they are called Savannah Smiles.
  • eganita
    eganita Posts: 501 Member
    On a side note... I have to say, if they still had these, I wouldn't be able to resist my urge... hahahaha

    Lemon Pastry Cremes: light pastry cookie sandwich with lemon creme filling

    The Girl Scouts have helped me lose weight by discontinuing those :P
  • funkycamper
    funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
    As a few others have said, if you like them and want to support the girls, buy 'em, put 'em in the freezer, and only eat a few once in awhile as long as it fits in your calorie target. Or go a tad over your calorie target once in awhile. It won't hurt you. Portion control, moderation, and all that.
  • lsjd2000
    lsjd2000 Posts: 287 Member
    I havent been asked but my daughter is selling them so prob will get hit up by her eventually she always asks when she done selling to everyone else espcially if she is close to hitting a higher prize level :)
  • oDapho
    oDapho Posts: 50
    I'm definitely going to buy girl scout cookies if I can. I love samoas and I really want to try that new "nutritious" variety they have. I am at a point where a certain amount of junk food makes me feel sick, so I think I can deal with having one or two cookies per day.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    HA!, it depends on the flavour for me!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    jofjlt:

    No no no silly. Different regions sell different cookies. :)

    Do you have a lemonade cookie? Where I live they are called Savannah Smiles.

    Mind. Blown.

    Now I must track these down.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I just donate money and tell them to keep the cookies.
  • Joluru
    Joluru Posts: 89 Member
    You might appreciate this blog post I read today: http://jezebel.com/5976007/the-new-girl-scout-cookie-has-some-wack+*kitten*-vitamins-in-it
    The cookies are stuffed with Vitamin B1, A, C, D, E and B6 because who needs to eat cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries, when you can eat processed chemical cookie-like product instead?

    Listen to me now and hear me later, this is the type of thing that's gonna throw your eight year old boy into menopause before his tenth birthday. I guess we should just be happy they don't have Olestra in them, that way his butt won't fall out of his butt. It's the American Industrial Food-Like-Product Complex in action, my friends!


    I won't be buying girl scout cookies to eat, as I'm trying to avoid processed junk. I'll donate to send them to the military, though; that's what I did for my son's cub scout popcorn recently (while muttering under my breath about $40 for *popcorn*)

    If I want cookies, I'll bake them fresh with ingredients I can pronounce, no HFCS or trans fats.
  • Kadesha72
    Kadesha72 Posts: 109 Member
    2009_04_02-Samoa.jpg

    :devil:

    O you *kitten*!!! Thats my favorite kind!!!! LOL
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Thin Mints will be arriving for my son shortly. I don't have to worry, if I dared tried to swipe one he'd beat me to death with the box! :laugh:
  • eandrsmom
    eandrsmom Posts: 119
    We freeze them and pull them out a cookie or two at a time. They keep for months that way.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Order boxes that are donated to the military. I know that they would greatly appreciate them. Most troops offer this option.

    Absoultely support the SCOUTS. We did this with some Boy Scout popcorn. If the troops offer that here for Girl Scouts I will too. Plus buy 2 boxes for DH and me. I ration/hide them. I can usually pace myself, but the resident cookie monster can't.
  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    This thread is KILLING me!
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Samoas FTW!! Keebler makes a cookie that tastes similar to those, so when the girl scout cookies aren't in season, I eat those. Not bad!
  • vivalawvegas
    vivalawvegas Posts: 13 Member
    My DD is a Girl Scout and I'm troop cookie mom. For the past few weeks, I have been selling, ordering, organizing, etc. I am so damn sick of Girl Scout cookies, you couldn't pay me to eat them. :)

    That being said, I've got Thin Mints and Samoas (Caramel deLites in my neck of the woods) headed for my freezer because in 3 months when the cookie mom trauma wears off, I will want them.
  • vivalawvegas
    vivalawvegas Posts: 13 Member
    Oh, if you want to support the GS but not eat the cookies, ask your troop about the Cookie Share program. You buy the box and it is donated to troops, the VA, food banks, etc.
  • MissyGorman2012
    MissyGorman2012 Posts: 52
    I'm my daughter's troop leader and will have cases upon cases of them in my house in about 3 weeks. Ahhhhhhh!!!
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    The Samoas (with their delicious dark chocolate) were so much better than the new Caramel Delites. Don't misunderstand, the Caramel Delites are still good, they're just not as good.

    ................THEY GOT RID OF SAMOAS?!

    Life is over.

    all they changed was the name. The cookies are the same as they ever were. PERFECT.
  • kjw1031
    kjw1031 Posts: 300 Member
    Must have Thin Mints!

    I buy them and Food Saver them in single servings and put them in the freezer.
  • jhalton
    jhalton Posts: 85
    REGIFT!
  • syrklc
    syrklc Posts: 172 Member
    I don't know how I'm going to resist them when they come in.
    Anyone else with this dilemma?

    I would freeze them or give them away. :smile:
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    Thin mints are fabulous frozen.

    Yes they are.

    I allow myself 1 serving (5 cookies) per week or even longer. The last time I ordered (last Feb.) the three boxes I ordered lasted me until November. I was bragging about it on Facebook. LOL. Everyone was like OMFG Where'd you get GS Cookies?!!? Trust me. It is worth relishing MONTHS after everyone else has gorged on theirs.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    Oh, if you want to support the GS but not eat the cookies, ask your troop about the Cookie Share program. You buy the box and it is donated to troops, the VA, food banks, etc.

    Never heard of that! Awesome! I usually just send them myself (husband is a vet) but this might be easier :)
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    The GSs only get like $0.50 per box of cookies sold. Just buy the little brats off with a fiver and go on about your business.
  • MissyGorman2012
    MissyGorman2012 Posts: 52
    Oh, if you want to support the GS but not eat the cookies, ask your troop about the Cookie Share program. You buy the box and it is donated to troops, the VA, food banks, etc.

    Never heard of that! Awesome! I usually just send them myself (husband is a vet) but this might be easier :)

    We were told that the troops were no longer accepting cookies. :( We we could pick an organization of our choice to donate to instead.

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