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What happened to the Thank You Girl Scout Cookies? ›

It is bittersweet to announce that the Girl Scout Thanks-a- Lot Cookie will be retired after the 2020 Cookie Season. That's right, 2020 will be the last season for this shortbread/chocolate cookie. As you give the Thanks-a -Lot all the love, dry those tears as 2021 will bring a BRAND NEW Cookie.

I'm selling Girl Scout cookies with my troop, Troop xxxxx. We are selling cookies so we can __________________ [ex. go on a trip, complete a service project, etc.]. Selling cookies is teaching us skills like goal setting and money management. We would appreciate you supporting us by purchasing some Girl Scout cookies!

However, this year the council has switched to ABC Smart Cookies. Little Brownie Bakers owns the trademarks for the names Samoas, Tagalongs, and Do-Si-Dos. Girls Scouts own the trademarks for Thin Mints, Trefoils, and Adventurefuls, which is why those names are the same.

Each Girl Scout council contracts with one of two licensed bakers, whose recipes and ingredients may differ slightly: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. That's why some of our cookies look the same but have two different names.

Raspberry Rallies aren't the only Girl Scout cookies to be discontinued; other flavors like Thanks-A-Lots or Double Dutch have also been removed in recent years, according to Mashed.

If that's the case, don't. A kind, polite refusal will not be questioned by these enterprising kids. They've got cookies to sell; they're busy enticing the next potential customer.

Girl Scouts may not earn proceeds as individuals. However, Girl Scout councils offer a wide variety of recognition items, program and store-related credits, and travel experiences that girls are eligible to earn individually based on their sales.

According to the Girl Scouts website, Thin Mints is the highest-selling flavor of cookies nationally, followed by Samoas. The top 5 flavors of cookies sold nationally include: Thin Mints® Caramel deLites®/Samoas®

Trefoils, or "Shortbreads", are shortbread cookies made in the shape of the Girl Scout trefoil.

In 2008 the licensed companies were Little Brownie Bakers (LBB), a subsidiary of Keebler, which is owned by Ferrero SpA; and ABC Bakers, a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, which is owned by George Weston Limited. In 2023, the same two companies were producing all Girl Scout cookies.

What's the oldest Girl Scout cookie? ›

In July 1922, Girl Scout national headquarters published an edition of The American Girl magazine for all Girl Scouts. The issue contained a recipe for a sugar cookie that could be baked and sold to raise funds for local councils. Thus, the simple sugar cookie was arguably the first true Girl Scout Cookie.

While the flavor was “extremely popular,” says the Girl Scouts, “we are taking a pause this season to prioritize supplying our classic varieties.” Nothing is permanent except, of course, for change.

According to data from the GSUSA, the top three best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are: Thin Mints. Caramel deLites/Samoas.

All Girl Scout cookie varieties were impacted by supply chain issues last year, but Raspberry Rally cookies became particularly hard to come by. The cookies quickly sold out online, which led some shrewd sellers to list boxes on eBay and resell them at an outrageous markup.

Because the Girl Scouts licenses two bakeries — ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers — and each Girl Scout Council decides which to contract with, and the two bakeries use different names for the (almost) same cookies. So what one bakery calls Samoas is called Caramel deLites by the other.

While many are donated to food pantries, what's happening to the rest isn't always clear. The national Girl Scouts office said councils are encouraged to donate excess inventory to a charity of their choice with a signed agreement specifically stating that cookies can't be re-sold.

Thanks-A-Lot is a shortbread biscuit dipped in chocolate with a thank you message. It replaced Shout Outs.