Girl Scout Cookies.... Those evil little *bleeps*

chubbychristianchick
chubbychristianchick Posts: 217 Member
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
It is the time of year where cute little girls in the cute little uniforms peddle extremely over priced minature boxes of cookies....

It is sooo hard to resist and say NO!

My little cousins both attempted to get me to purchase... 3 people at work attempted to get me to purches.... I resisted....

What is it about these amazing little cookies that make them hard to resist?

If I open a box they are gone in less then 2 hrs.

Also how is it possible to get 70 calories in 1 bite sized cookie? Is it pure lard and sugar?

Thus ends my rant on girl scout cookies.... what are your thoughts?

Made by the devil treats or tasty delights?

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  • nrvo
    nrvo Posts: 473 Member
    I get guilted into buying them by my coworkers....I only buy flavors that I don't like (lemon ew) and send them off to work with my husband.

    It's when the box of cookies is open in the office (caramel delights....drool) that I get in trouble.....
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I saved up my calories so I could eat my box of Tagalongs this weekend. :) They're good, and 70 calories is pretty reasonable for a cookie, isn't it? If you don't want to eat them, maybe you could just donate money to the Girl Scouts when they ask? You don't have to take the cookies.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    The old vanilla ones use to be delicious. They're just not the same anymore. I use to HAVE to have them and now I just don't care.
  • meganlee90
    meganlee90 Posts: 17
    haha i know how you feel! i got 2 boxes handed to me! ahh, and of course i couldnt say no! so im only allowing 2 a day!
  • WickedGarden
    WickedGarden Posts: 944 Member
    I always buy the cookies, I was a Girl Scout and the cookie sales help the girls go on awesome educational trips.

    I will figure them into my daily caloric limit. The cookies are cheaper then the Camp Fire candy anyway....and I can get 'mint patties' and 'almond rocas' any time of the year...the Girl Scout cookies are only made by/for Girl Scouts.
  • hgf219
    hgf219 Posts: 27 Member
    Samoas!!!!! I agree Evil!!
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    i think i should be glad the girl never came back with my cookies!..i ordered!!!...im glad payment wasnt due at ordering
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    the Girl Scout cookies are only made by/for Girl Scouts.
    *of
  • kerots2
    kerots2 Posts: 1
    they are evil. I ate an entire box of samoas in 24 hours.
  • Mythel
    Mythel Posts: 72
    That box of Tagalongs did me in yesterday. The worst part as I ate them I kept thinking these don't really taste that good. The chocolate didn't have any real flavor and the peanutbutter was bland. Next time I'm just gonna pass and make homemade cookies without all the preservatives and junk and enjoy something tasty.
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    nom nom nom!!! My brother ordered 7 boxes and i am sooooooo looking forward to them, hehe.

    i'm glad it will be warmer out when they come 'cause it will be easy to burn them off with a long bike ride :)
  • dimediva33
    dimediva33 Posts: 2
    I know...and my daughter is selling them so I have a house full of them..lol
  • apapandrea
    apapandrea Posts: 30
    The Girl Scouts now have an option where you can buy cookies to be sent to our military men and woman, thats always a nice option!
  • gods_gal
    gods_gal Posts: 301
    I made it through Thanksgiving ... I didn't have pumpkin pie!

    I made it through Christmas ... I didn't have pumpkin pie!

    I made it through Valentine's Day ... I didn't have chocolate!

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...
  • krystico
    krystico Posts: 104
    Savannah Smiles - 5 wonderfully, delicious, light, lemon-y cookies for only 140 calories. It IS a nice little, splurge - as long as you can STOP after 5!!!!
  • MsBandtastic
    MsBandtastic Posts: 3
    I hope to someday trust myself around Thin Mints but the time is not here yet. Maybe next year.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I made it through Thanksgiving ... I didn't have pumpkin pie!

    I made it through Christmas ... I didn't have pumpkin pie!

    I made it through Valentine's Day ... I didn't have chocolate!

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...

    I will make it through Girl Scout Cookie Season ...
    Sounds pretty miserable! I eat everything I want at holidays and still lose weight very well. Why cut yourself off completely from things you love?
  • pjocannon
    pjocannon Posts: 3 Member
    But now we even have to ignore them at the store because Keebler has come out with knock-offs. "Coconut Dreams"...or something like that is the exact Samoa Girl Scout cookie (which was my favorite). I thought to myself...this year I can resist the girl scout cookies...only to see them staring at me on a grocery shelf. Oh yeah...Keebler also makes a chocolate mint cookie that is exactly like the thin mints!
  • kauaibaby
    kauaibaby Posts: 25 Member
    OMG Bonnie that is hilarious! So true! :)
  • WickedGarden
    WickedGarden Posts: 944 Member
    But now we even have to ignore them at the store because Keebler has come out with knock-offs. "Coconut Dreams"...or something like that is the exact Samoa Girl Scout cookie (which was my favorite). I thought to myself...this year I can resist the girl scout cookies...only to see them staring at me on a grocery shelf. Oh yeah...Keebler also makes a chocolate mint cookie that is exactly like the thin mints!

    you're NOT helping!

    I haven't been down the cookie aisle in ages....
  • Adshill
    Adshill Posts: 130 Member
    I know...and my daughter is selling them so I have a house full of them..lol


    Me too!! And I will be working a cookie booth this weekend. I have been doing pretty good at only having one here and there.
  • ktrn0312
    ktrn0312 Posts: 722 Member
    Just received my order today. I was good. I only had 2 thin mint & one tagalong. In my not so distant past I would have had one sleeve of each type.
  • tangiesharp
    tangiesharp Posts: 315 Member
    I could not agree more. I was a girl scout, but now those "cookie pushers" are really getting on my nerves. They are everywhere, but so far I've resisted. Thank goodness.
  • ELIZACAY236
    ELIZACAY236 Posts: 39 Member
    I know...and my daughter is selling them so I have a house full of them..lol

    lol Mine too!
  • PixelTreason
    PixelTreason Posts: 226 Member
    I've bought as many boxes as I could this year (thin mints, yum!) just to show support to the Scouts because they are supporting transgendered girls! Go Scouts!


    I just make sure to eat only a serving once every few days or so. 4 thin mints is still delish as long as I have room in my calories for them, it's fine! :)
  • Mythel
    Mythel Posts: 72
    I could not agree more. I was a girl scout, but now those "cookie pushers" are really getting on my nerves. They are everywhe
    re, but so far I've resisted. Thank goodness.

    Cookie pushers! *snort*

    I have this vision of Brownies standing on the street corners..."Wanna get a sugar high? I got whatcha need right here. How about a thin mint? Come on you know ya want it."
  • kperk91
    kperk91 Posts: 226 Member
    There's no way I could give up girl scout cookies. I love trefoils and thin mints.
    My goal isn't to avoid them - it's to eat the serving size only once a day on a day when I really deserve it.

    This year, the box will last longer than one sitting :D
  • momuv3princesses
    momuv3princesses Posts: 154 Member
    I could not agree more. I was a girl scout, but now those "cookie pushers" are really getting on my nerves. They are everywhe
    re, but so far I've resisted. Thank goodness.

    Cookie pushers! *snort*

    I have this vision of Brownies standing on the street corners..."Wanna get a sugar high? I got whatcha need right here. How about a thin mint? Come on you know ya want it."

    LMAO.... to add to that vision, our Scout leader was "dealing" them out of the trunk of her car in the parking lot!!! LOL
  • NicoWoodruff
    NicoWoodruff Posts: 369 Member
    Agree! Made by the devil, for all that they're demonically delicious. I pat myself on the back because I've been ignoring 5 boxes of them in the freezer for more than a month.. because they were purchased as gifts for family and close friends who will say "yes please!" and don't care about the calories at all.

    I guess I get to enjoy them sort of vicariously this way. And maybe I'll get to have just *one or two* of theirs when they unwrap their presents.
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