Girl Scouts confused???

jbruced
jbruced Posts: 210 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm pretty sure the Girl Scouts are confused about the serving size of their cookies. The box says 7 servings, but I'm pretty sure they are packaged in single serving boxes :laugh: My peers agree with me so that must be an accurate assessment. All kidding aside I :love: most of the Girl Scout cookies but they are indedd single serving boxes for me. Heaven help me if they ever come out with a family sized box.

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  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    Lots of things have "weird" serving sizes on them, a can of condensed soup at 274 mL while a "serving" is 125 mL... ok why not just make the can 250 mL so we can "tell at a glance" that it's 2 servings in the can instead of 2.19 servings.
    Bag of chips where "10 chips" is a serving at least the "grab" bags are now being marked with the calories for the size the bag is... muffins from your local convenience store don't look "too bad" calorie wise until you see the fine-print that the 300 calories is for half the muffin etc.
  • jimma0404
    jimma0404 Posts: 10
    I completely agree!! I have no clue what will happen if they do come out with a bigger box. I have to have major self control when its girl scout cookie season :sad:
  • pland54
    pland54 Posts: 132
    Oh I know... Pack those babies in portioned ziplock bags and freeze them! Girl scout cookies freeze very well and its better not to have them staring at you on the shelf. :-)
  • jbruced
    jbruced Posts: 210 Member
    When its Girl Scout cookie season self control goes out the window for me.
  • jbruced
    jbruced Posts: 210 Member
    Oh I know... Pack those babies in portioned ziplock bags and freeze them! Girl scout cookies freeze very well and its better not to have them staring at you on the shelf. :-)
    If I tried that they would never make it to the ziplock bag. :laugh:
  • JJordon
    JJordon Posts: 857 Member
    Pure, White Deadly Grim Death-ness delivered to you by cherub, sweet-faced angels.

    No thanks. Scram.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I disagree... Thin mints clearly have TWO sleeves therefore TWO servings.. One serving before dinner and one serving during TV time at night!
  • jimma0404
    jimma0404 Posts: 10
    Oh I know... Pack those babies in portioned ziplock bags and freeze them! Girl scout cookies freeze very well and its better not to have them staring at you on the shelf. :-)

    thats a great idea!! thanks! :happy:
  • S0nsh1ne
    S0nsh1ne Posts: 218 Member
    Yeah I shouldn't eat anything else today and my husband has just opened a box of GS cookies and I want one (okay 4) really badly
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
    As long as they keep using high-fructose corn syrup, my serving size is zero. Easy for me to pass up.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    You know that Keebler makes versions of the Thin Mints and Samoas that are cheaper, with more cookies in the package, and available all year. Right? ;)
  • JJordon
    JJordon Posts: 857 Member
    As long as they keep using high-fructose corn syrup, my serving size is zero. Easy for me to pass up.

    That stuff is pure evil.
  • HSingMomto7Kids
    HSingMomto7Kids Posts: 345 Member
    I usually follow the serving size for them although I did have 1 cookie a few times this week. But right at this moment I am thinking of ice-cream with 1 cookie. Been wanting choc all day long. lol
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    Pure, White Deadly Grim Death-ness delivered to you by cherub, sweet-faced angels.

    No thanks. Scram.

    I own a brownie (Canadian junior girl guide), so the demon cookies are unescapable.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    F' Girl Scout and thier evil Somoans and lemonade cookies. They are the sirens the red light district of illegal minor cookie activity
  • DOElston
    DOElston Posts: 102
    I take some solace in that I'm not alone. I'm totally on-board with the comment above that a box of Thin Mints contains two servings - one serving equals one sleeve. ;)
  • Laner25
    Laner25 Posts: 13 Member
    Funny, I am leader of a Daisy troop, and the cookie mom. I had over 2000 boxes of cookies in my basement. I am proud to say that I have eaten only 5 individual cookies. They are evil in the most delicious way! :smile:
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    Oh I know... Pack those babies in portioned ziplock bags and freeze them! Girl scout cookies freeze very well and its better not to have them staring at you on the shelf. :-)

    Except that they taste even better frozen :drinker:
  • karen_golfs
    karen_golfs Posts: 377 Member
    This is the first year I did not buy cookies - we were good for at lest $30 per year. I've seen them in front of 2 stores, smiled sweetly and said "No thank you". That is my will power trick of the week....but I dream of Thin Mints.
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    Lots of things have "weird" serving sizes on them, a can of condensed soup at 274 mL while a "serving" is 125 mL... ok why not just make the can 250 mL so we can "tell at a glance" that it's 2 servings in the can instead of 2.19 servings.
    Bag of chips where "10 chips" is a serving at least the "grab" bags are now being marked with the calories for the size the bag is... muffins from your local convenience store don't look "too bad" calorie wise until you see the fine-print that the 300 calories is for half the muffin etc.

    I have that issue with chips! I mean, 10 chips...but half of them are crumbled or broken. How do you tell what you ate when you hit the bottom of the bag?!
  • zhvah18
    zhvah18 Posts: 158 Member
    You know that Keebler makes versions of the Thin Mints and Samoas that are cheaper, with more cookies in the package, and available all year. Right? ;)

    And they are quite delicious! :drinker:
  • VeganJamiOnAMission
    VeganJamiOnAMission Posts: 65 Member
    I have the same problem. I avoid Girl Scouts like they have the plague during cookie season. Lol
  • AnnaVee84
    AnnaVee84 Posts: 345 Member
    :love: :love: it's the best time of year!!!!

    i seriously stalked a van advertising GS cookies down the highway for three exits because i was so wanting some thin mints!!
  • carryingon
    carryingon Posts: 609 Member
    At work the other day my friend tried to sell me some and I told her I would be tempted to eat too many of them. She tried a hardsell with they have some light mango ones. I told her I'm allergic to mango (true story). Then she laughed and said good because they taste like air freshener smells! I said "hey you just tried to sell them to me!" She said "yeah I've got to move these things!":noway: :laugh:
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    My husband plowed through an entire box of the Samoas yesterday after being cornered at the grocery store and buying three boxes. -_- He finally said 'here, you can finish the rest'.

    There was one left.
  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
    I quit buying those cookies. Seems like the company that makes them exploits children to me. They are tasty!
  • KarenJ15
    KarenJ15 Posts: 81 Member
    My favorites used to be Samoas. Only 12 to a box. Very easy to polish off a box. Not anymore. They changed bakers, if I recall and they have never tasted as good to me. Problem solved. LOL
  • maggs155
    maggs155 Posts: 258
    I have ate them i love thin mints i got them feb 28th and still have over half a box just eating in moderation if u throw out all the food u love u may binge or just quit. I think its important to still eat those yummy foods u love i cant go the rest of my life with out the food i love and u know what my weight is still falling off:)
  • SummerMM1
    SummerMM1 Posts: 94 Member
    YES the GS cookies taste so much better when they are frozen especially the thin mints. I just put the whole box in the freezer and that's that and really do forget about them. Than I don't have to bag them up and be tempted :happy: So box in hand open fridge put in freezer close fridge and forget about it.

    The bad thing is my niece sells girl scout cookies so we have to buy from her (my son is a cub scout so they buy popcorn from him). The other day I was really low on calories and it was the end of the night so I had a serving of GS cookies and it tasted so good and satisfying that I haven't ate anymore since and I still had calories left over :smile:

    So if you are really craving them have a serving don't deprive yourself because if you do you will get into them later and eat the whole box, I know :wink:
  • jbruced
    jbruced Posts: 210 Member
    At work the other day my friend tried to sell me some and I told her I would be tempted to eat too many of them. She tried a hardsell with they have some light mango ones. I told her I:indifferent: 'm allergic to mango (true story). Then she laughed and said good because they taste like air freshener smells! I said "hey you just tried to sell them to me!" She said "yeah I've got to move these things!":noway: :laugh:
    The mango cookies have no mango in them at all.

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