Six boxes of girl scout cookies

[BOSSHOG]

All thin mints tucked away in the freezer. I'm set for the year. One sleeve a month; one of life's little pleasures.

[Taverner]

1. You have way more will power than I

[nonconformist]

2. My heart belongs to Caramel Delights/Samoas

*swoon*

I need to find me a Girl Scout, stat!

[AllegroRondo]

13. Have you seen the Samoa ice cream?

I think Bryers makes it. They also do Thin Mint.

[nonconformist]

18. Oh my goodness.... no I haven't

But I will definitely look for it next time I'm at the market!

Samoas + ice cream = bliss

[Seedersandleechers]

3. I haven't seen a girl scout cookie in 20 years

Guess I live in the wrong part of town...I use to love the peanut butter ones...

[mondo joe]

4. Ew. I really don't like any girl scout cookies. I bought from a friend's daughter on the condition

that she give the boxes I bought to a senior center instead of me.

[BOSSHOG]

8. That's very nice of you

to give them to Seniors. I may do that as well. I'm sure they will be appreciated.

[mondo joe]

12. I wanted to support her troop but REALLY didn't want the cookies - they ended up using a sign

to the effect that you could buy a box for the senior center.

Of course with my luck I'll end up in a senior center with a bunch of donated cookies I don't like and I'll have no one but myself to blame.

[aikoaiko]

5. Are they made of real Girl Scouts?

;)

[rkc3]

20. One of the few funny lines from the Addams Family movie.

[notadmblnd]

6. Thin mints are my favorite and I didn't buy

ah well, they'll look better on someones elese butt I guess?:shrug:

[chelsea0011]

7. 6 Boxes of thin mints good for a year. That barely makes it in a week

with me.

[BOSSHOG]

11. I force myself to ration

One sleeve a month and one sleeve only. My wife doesn't like them so they are all mine.

[Richard Steele]

19. You've got some serious willpower. Thin Mints are ADDICTIVE! nm

[flyarm]

9. ahhhhhhhhh thin mints.. my lifes pleasure!! but i lovethem frozen!!

they are sooooo good cold ...

i had a friend who used to make a pie crust with them!..i wish i had the recipe!!

There are no better cookies on earth!!

wellllllllll...maybe malomars!!..but they would be a close second to thin mints!!

fly

[BOSSHOG]

15. All of ours (mine) are in the freezer

and stay there until being devoured. I had some last night with a cup of hot tea.

[Norrin Radd]

10. I'm all about the Do-Si-Dos. They only last a few days around here.

Have to wait until March, though.

[wicket]

14. The girl scout I got mine from (my cousin)

She was also collecting donations of boxes to send in a care package to Iraq. I bought a couple of boxes for myself and then got 5 for the Iraq care package. It was a very sweet thing for her to do!

[BOSSHOG]

16. Outstanding Idea

That will be one welcome care package.

[wicket]

23. Absolutely

It was a very sweet thing for her to do.

[mod mom]

17. I am the mother of a girl scout and have written a letter about the content

(partially hydrogenated oils) in all the cookies. My family eats organic and I take the time to check contents of the foods I buy. I don't understand how an organization that promotes responsibility, health and leadership can't even provide one option of healthy product.

My husband sells my daughter's cookies at work, but I do not allow her to sell an unhealthy product. She's in third grade and old enough to understand the reasoning behind my action.

[NotGivingUp]

26. i got this from their site...

Girl Scouts of the USA is proud to announce that all Girl Scout cookies are now "zero trans fat per serving" with the same great taste that has made them one of America's favorite treats over the years. While some "zero trans fat per serving" varieties of Girl Scout cookies were available in 2005 and 2006, this year all varieties will contain less than 0.5 grams trans fat per serving, which meets or exceeds the FDA guidelines for the "zero trans fat" designation.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Share??? *big eyes and pouty lips*

[all.of.me]

22. one sleeve a month?!?!

what incredible willpower! i could eat that in a day. then feel sick, but still.....

[Sweet Freedom]

24. My daughter is a Brownie

and our order comes in tomorrow. I too, stocked up on thin mints! Yummy.

(Now I just have to figure out how to haul 65 boxes of cookies to my office on Monday!)

[MissMillie]

25. I bought a box to make a donation

and then handed that box to the first person who walked out of the store where the girl scouts were selling them.

I didn't want to consume the calories.

[Sal Minella]

27. Most people are not aware how little of the price goes to the Scouts.

The cookie companies manufacturing the cookies make out like bandits, because the cookie company gives maybe 35 cents a box back to the Scouts (this was what I found several years back while working for a newspaper and investigating how much the Scouts actually get from selling the cookies).

I remember the Scouts receiving 35 cents a box for each box sold, but this was several years ago and it may have changed or I may mis-remember -- I hope someone can find out how much each Scout troop now receives from the cookie manufacturer for each box sold.

Every time I try to give cash donations to the Scouts standing in front of me with their order sheets, they are clearly disappointed.

The kids are highly motivated by winning prizes for selling beaucoup boxes of cookies, the cookie-makers make a bundle, and the people who buy the cookies are duped into thinking their money is going to the Scouts when actually it's going to the cookie manufacturer who is essentially bribing the kids to push the cookies.

So while I hesitate to call the Girl Scout Cookie industry a scam run by the cookie manufacturer, I can't seem to come up with a different word. I hope somebody can prove me wrong, and that the cookies have now become a great fund-raiser for each local Scout troop.

[moc]

28. I have ~25 boxes staring at me from the other side of my office and ~50 boxes in my house.

Yes, my daughter is a Girl Scout.

Lord, give my diet commitment strength. :spank: