Originally Posted By mickeymeg I remember once talking to someone who mentioned they were a Girl Scout Leader. I just can't quite remember who it was. Raise your virtual hand if you are this Girl Scout leader and have any interest in an idea from a Canadian Brownie Leader.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk I used to be a Girl Scout leader and may be taking over my daughter's troop. There are probably others here.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg One of our girls asked me the other day if Brownies in other places also sold cookies. I thought it might be fun to try and arrange a cookie swap as I think yours are significantly different than ours.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Oh. Yes the Brownies sell cookies. Our cookie season is over. The cookies come in around the middle of February, but perhaps we could in 2013?
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 mm what kind of cookies do you guys have? Wondering if they are different. I am a assistant leader in my daughters Brownie troop.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I think Girl Scout cookies are delivered to different areas at different times of the year. I think Missouri just delivered Mid_March but mine are all gone. I tried to hide those Thin Mints in the freezer. Really I did!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg We have Chocolate mint ones in the fall and chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies in the spring. I am Happy to do a trade with any other units =)
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Here is a link to the cookies sold in the U.S. <a href="http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/" target="_blank">http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/</a>
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ That's one of the bakeries.... the other is here: <a href="http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/" target="_blank">http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/</a>
Originally Posted By tashajilek Go figure you darn Americans have like 50 varieties lol. I cross the line to Washington all the time and often see a cookie stand outside of Fredmeyer. I never knew the cookies were different and now i am wanting to try something else! This thread is reminding me of the recent episode of the office.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I recognize the five traditional varieties. I was a girl scout from age 6-18 and sold cookies every February in So Cal. I do have Thin Mints in my freezer right now ... mmmm....
Originally Posted By mickeymeg If anyone wants to trade some for some Classic canadian Girl Guide cookies, just say the word =)
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin Trade my Thin Mints... sacrilege! But it sounds like a fun idea for some troops.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I never knew the cookies were different and now i am wanting to try something else!" Well, the different bakeries supply different areas. And according to my friend Jeffrey who's tried both, I need to get my hands on some Thin Mints from whichever bakery is not the one that supplies our local cookies here in Austin. Which means that next year when it's cookie time, I need to hook up with an LPer in Washington state since I think Jeffrey specifically mentioned that WA gets the other bakery than the one we get here in Austin.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I wonder if your thin mints are like the chocolate mint cookies we sell in the fall ? Ours are crunchy cookies with a soft mint centre
Originally Posted By Labuda Nope, not the same thing. Thin Mints are a crispy cookie covered in a thin layer of chocolate. I think the mint flavoring is in the chocolate "icing" part, not the chocolate cookie, but since I've not had Thin Mints in a couple of years now (EGADS! Maybe next year I'll do what I used to always do and get 2 boxes then fill the freezer and allow myself a box a month), so I'll let someone else tell us that part for certain. Your cookies sound kinda nifty, though - remind me when they're on sale in the fall and I'll maybe buy a box. Just hoot you the money for that and hipping via Paypal or some such.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Thin Mints used to be a white wafer with chocolate mint coating. The new baker changed it to a chocolate wafer with a chocolate mint coating. Now I use the term "new" but it has been at least 8 years since they changed.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I think that the thin mints I have had in California, Washington, and Michigan since 1988 have all been the chocolate wafer with thin chocolate coat. Also, they are round, not with scalloped edges. I nibble off the chocolate so I always see the wafer. I'm not confident about 1988-1998 so much though. Mmmm, I want to eat all the different types now.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Thin Mints used to be a white wafer with chocolate mint coating. The new baker changed it to a chocolate wafer with a chocolate mint coating. Now I use the term "new" but it has been at least 8 years since they changed." I've NEVER seen a Thin Mint with a white cookie inside! Trust me on this - I was buying them 12 boxes at a time from about 1999-2007 or so, and had always bought at least two boxes a year before that, going as far back as 1995 or so. So I'll guess you've gotten cookies from the bakery that the councils I've been around don't use. No idea if the Thin Mints I had as a kid were white or chocolate cookies, though - I just remember always finding them tasty and being bummed when Mom bought a box of the shortbread cookies instead.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk I am bad with dates Labuda. Could be longer than 8 years. When I sold them as a kid the wafer was an ivory color.
