For Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), there are two cookie baking companies. They are allowed to offer up to 8 varieties but the have to offer Thin Mints®, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos® and Shortbread/Trefoils®.

Any of the five other varieties can be changed each year. Since Samoas®/Caramel deLites® are the second best seller, the cookie companies keep them.

So the other four varieties can be changed. The chocolate chip cookies were sold for a couple of years, then switched so that another kind could be sold.

Each Girl Scout council determines the price of the cookies for their council. For the 2010 cookie sale, some councils set their price at $3.50 per box and some councils set their price at $4.00 per box. Other councils may have set a different price.

Trefoil cookies are named after their shape. Trefoil means a shape made from three overlapping rings. The trefoil cookie uses the three overlapping Girl Scouts silhouettes to make a somewhat round design.

Yes. US Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush bought Girl Scout cookies from Elizabeth Brinton, who was a top Girl Scout cookie seller. Other presidents (Bill Clilnton and Lyndon B. Johnson) had daughters who were Girl Scouts, so they very likely bought Girl Scout cookies.

Ever since 1917, when Edith Wilson was First Lady, the First Lady of the US has served as the Honorary President of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Due to this honor, many US Presidents have bought Girl Scout Cookies!

Each Girl Scout council determines the price of the cookies for their council. For the 2013 cookie sale, some councils set their price at $3.50 per box and some councils set their price at $4.00 per box. Other councils may have set a different price.

Use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder to contact your local Girl Scout council. (See Related Links.)

Girl Scouts of the USA sell Girl Scout Cookies.

Girl Guides of Canada sell Girl Guide Cookies.

Girl Guides Australia sell Girl Guide Biscuits (cookies).

Thin Mints are the number one seller, followed by Samoas/Caramel DeLites and then Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs.

Personal opinion: Caramel DeLites, Thin Mints, Shortbreads, and Peanut Butter Patties are the best Girl Scout cookies.

In 1992, Girl Scout cookies cost approximately $2.50 per box. Each Girl Scout council sets its own price for the cookies, so there was some variation in the price between councils.

In the 1920's and 1930's, cookies were made at home by the Girl Scouts and their mothers. The cookies were wrapped in wax paper bags, sealed with a sticker and sold for 25 to 35 cents per dozen.

Depending on the Girl Scout council, Girl Scouts of the USA cookies cost from $2.00 to $2.50 per box in 1990.

It is unlikely that members of the Hong Kong Girl Guides sell cookie products. Not all World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) member organizations sell cookies as a national organization. Some national organizations, such as Girl Guides of Canada, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Girl Guides Australia Inc., do sell cookie (biscuits in Australia) products. Members of Girl Scouts Overseas sell cookies as members of the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) in other countries.

The Girl Scout cookie sale is a learning experience for the girls. As they sell the cookies, girls develop five essential skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.

The sale is limited so that the girls will also spend time on other activities, not just on cookie sales.

Also, by only selling at a certain time of the year, interest in the cookie sale can be created each year. People ask Girl Scouts about when will they be around again to sell cookies.

First, call all your customers that usually buy to tell them that you're coming. Then, have your family buy some. Be polite and sweet to everyone and they will buy more. Tell the benefits (reduced fat, etc). Tell them your favorites (they tend to buy these). Also, if your parents work for a large company, have them sell at work. If your mom is a doctor (like mine), have her sell to her patients too. The more people you ask the better.

Hope this helps, long time girl scout (Guineagirl96)

When I did this as a young girl I took my cookies to the PTA meetings and sold my cookies there. I also would go to the college campuses and sell them ( college students are always hungry). Many colleges had buses for students so I would go on the buses and sell. Also ask people where you work at.

One of the most important things we found was to be sure to return to customers each year. They might only buy one or two boxes the first year, but once they know you will return each year, most people will increase their order. Be sure to let them know the kinds of activities your troop does each year so that they know what they are supporting by purchasing the cookies.

Also, if someone says they are on a diet, tell them cookies make a good gift, freeze well, or they can just make a donation to the troop.

1917 was when they first started selling the cookies, but that started with only a few troops who were selling cookies that were baked back home. The first recorded sale was The Mistletoe Troop of Muskogee in Oklahoma some time in December of 1917. They were all home made until 1934, when a Philadelphians Girl Scout Council began to commercially bake and sell the cookies. Finally, in 1936, Girl Scout cookies went nation wide and are still freakin awesome to this day.

There are 8 Girl Scout Councils in Texas.

Cookies are $3.50 per box in all of the Girl Scout councils in Texas:

Girl Scouts of Central Texas

Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico & West Texas

Girl Scouts - Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas

Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council

Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas

Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains

For Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), each Girl Scout council determines the dates of their cookie sale, however, most of them sell during the months of January through March.

You can go to the Girl Scout Cookie Finder web site, enter your zip code, and find out if your local council is currently selling cookies.

You can put about 150 cases of Girl Scout cookies in a mini-van with the seats still in it or about 200 cases if you take the seats out.

Depending on the size of the SUV, you should be able to put 60 to 100 cases into the SUV.

35 cents per box when my sisters sold them in the mid-1950's. By the time I sold them in the mid-1960's, they were up to 50 cents per box and maybe even 60 cents the last year I sold. I remember having to have lots of change!

It depends on the cookie company chosen by the Girl Scout council. There are two cookie companies which provide Girl Scout cookies and they must offer 8 different kinds of cookies.

Both companies offer Thin Mints, Trefoils/Shortbread, Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, and Samoas/Caramel deLites. The other four cookies change every so often and are different depending on the cookie company. Currently (2011) for sale are: Thank You Berry Munch, Lemonades, Dulce de Leche, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Thanks-A-Lot, and Shout Outs.

This depends on how large the oranges are. Fruit is packed according to weight, so larger oranges will have less in a case, where as smaller oranges will have more in a case.

Roughly 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold each year.

Since the cookies are sold by weight, it is hard to state a definite number of cookies.

Looking at the information about serving size and number of cookies per box, the number of cookies range from 14 to 40 per box.

So, take 20 cookies per box times 200 million, you get an estimate of 4 billion Girl Scout cookies baked during the Girl Scout cookie season.

• Do-Si-Dos™ - Peanut Butter Sandwiches (peanut butter cookie with peanut butter filling) - 20 cookies* per 8 ounce box.
• Dulce de Leche - (made with milk caramel chips) - approximate count per box: 22 cookies
• Samoas® - Caramel deLites™ (vanilla cookies covered with caramel on top and bottom then rolled in coconut and striped with chocolate) - 15 cookies* per 7 ounce box.
• Tagalongs® - Peanut Butter Patties® (Regular cookie with soft Peanut Butter and coated with chocolate) - 15 cookies* per 7 ounce box.
• Thin Mints (thin chocolate-peppermint cookie coated in chocolate) - approximate count per box: 28 cookies
• Trefoils - a.k.a. Shortbread - (a shortbread cookie) - approximate count per box: 36 cookies
• Thank U BerryMunch - (with premium cranberries) approximate count per box: 14 cookies
• Savannah Smiles -(lemon wedge) approximate count per box: 28 cookies
• Shout Outs!- approximate count per box: 40 cookies
• Thanks-A-Lot - approximate count per box: 15cookies
• Lemonades - approximate count per box: 15 cookies

Lemonades Girl Scout Cookies are savory slices of shortbread with a refreshingly tangy lemon flavored icing. The Lemonades are Vegan and each box contains about 16 cookies.