Girl Scout Cookie Recipes, 11 easy recipes that use different flavors of Girl Scout Cookies including Thin Mints, Tagalongs, and Samoas. Also a list of Girl Scout cookie flavors and where to buy Girl Scout cookies.
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season! Yay! I was a Girl Scout. My daughter is a Girl Scout. So this is very near and dear to my heart.Although, if you’re like me, you buy a bunch of boxes, eat way too many, then not sure what to do with the rest of the boxes you just bought so how about some Girl Scout cookie recipes?!
So I thought I’d come up with a short list of some easy recipes that use different types and flavors of this year’s Girl Scout Cookies. Before the Girl Scout cookie recipes, a little information…
Where Can I Buy Girl Scout Cookies?
Well, I know for most of you, you see Girl Scouts everywhere this time of year selling at stores, work, and everywhere else.
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For those of you who haven’t seen the cookies out and about right now, you can use the cookie finder on the Girl Scout website. You can enter your zip code, download an app, or order online.
List of Girl Scout Cookies
The types of Girl Scout Cookies may change a little year to year so this list may get outdated here at some point. Also, different parts of the country have different varieties of Girl Scout Cookies. You can visit the Girl Scout website to see the latest flavors and see photos and other information.
As of right now the price of our local Girl Scout Cookies is $5/box but could be more or less where you live.
- Girl Scout S’mores – There are two different types depending on where you live. Chocolate, Marshmallow, and a graham cookie.
- Caramel deLites / Samoas – My personal favorite, these cookies have chocolate, caramel, and coconut. They go by different names depending on where you live.
- Thin Mints – A chocolate mint cookie which is another favorite of many!
- Peanut Butter Patties / Tagalongs – Again, this particular cookies goes by different names depending on where you live. The cookie is topped with peanut butter and coated in chocolate.
- Shortbread / Trefoils – Goes by two different names depending on where you live, but both are a classic shortbread cookie.
- Do-si-dos / Peanut Butter Sandwich – Crunchy oatmeal cookie sandwich with a peanut butter filling. And like many others, name varies depending on where you live.
- Lemonades / Savannah Smiles – Lemon cookies that vary a bit not only on their name, but also the cookie themselves.
- Thanks-A-Lot – Shortbread cookies with a layer of chocolate fudge on the bottom.
- Toffee-tastic / Trios – Gluten free cookies. The Toffee-tastic cookies are butter cookies with toffee chips. The Trios cookies are peanut butter oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips.
Girl Scout Cookie Recipes:
If you have boxes of Girl Scout cookies and not sure what to do with them, here is a quick list of some fun desserts you can make with them for parties or just your family!
11 Girl Scout Cookie recipes:
1. Mint Chip Cookietini (Snappy Gourmet) – Fun dessert co*cktail with a glass lined with chopped Thin Mints cookies.
2. Strawberry Ice Cream Cake (Grandbaby Cakes) – This easy dessert uses the Girl Scout Cookie shortbread as a crust and topped with strawberry and vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, and fresh strawberries.
3. Samoas Moose Munch (Country Cleaver) – Fun dessert snack with popcorn, chopped Samoas cookies, coconut, chocolate, and an easy homemade caramel.
4. Thin Mint Stuffed Brownies (The Frugal Foodie Mama) – Doesn’t get much better than these fudgy brownies and Thin Mints combination!
5. Tagalong Cupcakes (My Baking Addiction) – Chocolate cupcakes topped with a peanut butter frosting, chocolate glaze, and Tagalongs.
6. Thin Mint Key Lime Tart (Cooking on the Weekends) – Check out this interesting combo of a homemade key lime tart with Crème de Menthe and Thin Mints cookies.
7. Samoa Cookie Ice Cream Cake (Beyond Frosting) – This is what dreams are made of! Or at least my dreams… Anyways, this easy ice cream cake combines Samoas, a homemade no-churn ice cream, coconut, caramel, and hot fudge.
8. Peanut Butter Banana Pudding (The Chic Site) – Banana pudding with peanut butter and Trefoils.
9. Lemon Blueberry Parfaits (Little Brownie Bakers) – Lemon pudding with blueberries and Savannah Smiles cookies. Easy!
10. Girl Scout Cookie Fudge (Dine and Dish) – Use any variety of Girl Scout cookies in this easy homemade chocolate fudge recipe.
11. Girl Scout Shake (A Zesty Bite) – Homemade milkshake with ice cream, Caramel deLites, and Peanut Butter Patties. But I bet you could easily swap out your favorite Girl Scout Cookies!
FAQs
The best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are: Thin Mints® Caramel deLites®/Samoas®
What are the 2 most popular Girl Scout Cookies? ›
Almost 60% of women in Congress were Girl Scouts. Sales of Thin Mints alone have managed to beat Oreos in previous years. Samoas have been a beloved variety since they were first introduced in 1974. Thin mints and Samoas/Caramel deLites are the top two selling cookies every year.
What are the ingredients in Girl Scout Cookies? ›
INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BROWN SUGAR (SUGAR, MOLASSES), SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR), BUTTERMILK, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BAKING SODA ...
How much was Girl Scout Cookies in 1917? ›
These cookies were packaged in wax paper bags, sealed with a sticker, and sold door-to-door for 25 to 35 cents per dozen.
What's the least popular Girl Scout Cookie? ›
Toffee-Tastic
These cookies lack everything: flavor, looks, sweetness, texture, ect. They're even boring to look at. The cookie is described by The Girl Scouts of the USA as “rich, buttery cookies with sweet, crunchy toffee bits”, however I disagree with their description.
What is the healthiest Girl Scout Cookie? ›
Trefoils. “Relatively low in saturated fat and delivering the most cookies per serving, Trefoils are one of my top picks,” says Rodriguez. These iconic shortbread cookies are one of the only picks that have 4 cookies per serving size. They're also the lowest in added sugar with 5 grams per serving.
What are the most expensive Girl Scout Cookies? ›
Additionally, some councils, like the Girl Scouts of Louisiana-Pines to the Gulf, have been selling their “specialty flavors,” including the Toffee-tastic and S'mores cookies, for the premium $6/box and selling their regular cookies, like the Thin Mints, Tagalongs, and Samoas, for $5/box for years now.
What are the old Girl Scout Cookies called? ›
In 1951, Chocolate Mint, Peanut Butter Sandwich and Shortbread were the only flavors of Girl Scout cookies available. Now commonly known as Thin Mints, Do-si-dos and Trefoils, they are also the only cookies that can't be eliminated from the lineup.
What is the new Girl Scout cookie for 2024? ›
The 2024 lineup includes classics such as Thin Mints®, Samoas®/Caramel deLites®, Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs®, Adventurefuls® and other fan favorites. “When people buy Girl Scout Cookies, they're buying so much more than cookies.
Why are Girl Scout cookies so expensive? ›
Did you know that prices are set at the local level by each of the 100+ individual Girl Scout troops? Some states raise their prices depending on inflation and production costs, while others may choose not to.
The names and recipes of four popular cookies are distinct because of business contracts between local Girl Scout Councils and the bakeries, whose recipes and ingredients differ. Across most of North Carolina, Girl Scouts sell cookies produced by ABC Bakers.
What is 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.
Did Girl Scouts ever bake their own cookies? ›
The era of home baking didn't last long: In 1934, the Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia Council sold the first commercially baked version. Two years later, the national Girl Scout organization switched to commercial bakers, and that was the end of the Girl Scout baking era.
Why did they change the name of Girl Scout cookies? ›
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.
What is the best selling cookie of all time? ›
Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.
What Girl Scout Cookie is reselling for $200? ›
To this day, you can still find listings on eBay for Raspberry Rally boxes. The priciest of these listings found at the time of publication was $200 for one box. This isn't the only recent Girl Scout news that will undoubtedly disappoint the Cookie Monsters among us.
What Girl Scout Cookie is selling out? ›
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.
