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 Scout Thin Mint cookies account for 25% of the total Girl Scout cookie sales.
The inside of a Thin Mint cookie is both chocolate and mint. Thin Mints are Girl Scout cookies. They are a thin peppermint chocolate wafer covered with a smooth chocolaty coating.
In 1982, a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies contained 8 ounces. This size has changed over the years, but the 8-ounce box was standard during that time. Thin Mints have remained one of the most popular Girl Scout cookie varieties since their introduction.
I know when I sold Girl Scout Cookies in the late 70s the cookies had a vanilla wafer in them. Not sure when it changed to the brown cookie it has today. We had them in the 1950's.
For the 2014 Girl Scout Cookie Sale, ABC Bakers Thin Mints have about 32 cookies per box and Little Brownie Bakers Thin Mints have about 28 cookies per box. Note that the boxes are filled by weight, not by the amount of cookies, so the number of cookies may vary.
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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.
According to Girl Scouts of the USA, Thin Mints are the top-selling cookie, followed in descending sales order by Caramel deLites/Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and Trefoils/Shortbread.
The Girl Scout Cereals that will be coming out are Caramel Crunch and Thin Mints.
There are many different recipes for making Girl Scout Thin Mints. Basically you make the mint cookie, then dip it in a chocolate coating. See Related Links for links to suggested recipes.
For the 2011 Girl Scout cookies sale, there are two companies which bake the cookies. The kinds sold in America are Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties/Do-Si-Dos, Shortbread/Trefoils, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Samoas/Caramel Delites, Thank U Berry Munch, Lemonades, Dulce de Leche, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Thanks-A-Lot, and Shout Out. However, the kind of Girl Scout cookies available in your area depend on which company provides the cookies for your local Girl Scout council. See Related Links to contact the Girl Scout council in your area.
No, Girl Scouts also sold calendars during the war years when butter, flour, and sugar were hard to get. They also sold chocolate and vanilla flavor sandwich cookies. By the end of the 1940's, Girl Scouts sold three varieties of cookies: Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mint (now the Thin Mints). During the early 1940's, Girl Scout councils arranged for the cookies sold in their local councils. The Plantation Cookies were probably sold in specific Girl Scout councils. By 1948, there were 29 licensed cookie bakers around the US.