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Stick With Thin Mints; The New Girl Scout Cookie Flavors Are Nothing Special
"The Girl Scouts experience is all about the cookies and it's not." It's very hard to write anything negative about Girl Scout cookies, but some things need to be said. The new flavors released this year, Dulce de Leche (a "Latin" caramel cookie) and Daisy Go Rounds (100-calorie packs of Teddy Graham-like "daisies" which replaced last year's similar-minded Cinna-Spins) are not that tasty. Stick with Thin Mints—even if this year, due to rising flour and oil prices, there are two fewer Thin Mints in every box. Serious Eaters were curious about the new flavors. Some found them "quite delicious" and dunkable in tea. Others were "on the fence." And still others, "meh" and "eh." And yikes, even a "whiff of...How Much Do Local Girl Scouts Earn on Cookies? About 50¢ a Box
Serious Eats community member Zchef2Know gives some great insight into the behind-the-scenes revenues of Girl Scout cookies. If the numbers are accurate (and it appears they are), a local troop makes about 50¢ a box. In that case, Zchef2Know says, you'd best help them by buying one or two boxes and donating the value of any additional boxes directly to the troop....Girl Scouts Getting Stingy with Cookies
Dallas Morning News: "Fewer cookies were packaged into Thin Mints, Do-si-dos and Tagalongs boxes this year and the Lemon Chalet Crème cookies were resized to compensate for the rising cost of baking staples. All other flavors remain the same, according to the Girl Scouts of the USA." [via @homesicktexan]...PostSecret Postcard Admits to Girl Scout Cookie Addiction
"I'm selling a SCAM. And I'm addicted." From PostSecret, the site that publishes anonymous postcard confessions sent in by readers. Related Is a Girl Scout Cookie Still the Same with a Different Name? [SE Talk] Girl Scout Cookie Sales Start This Month, Or Make Them at Home...Girl Scout Cookie Sales Start This Month, Or Make Them At Home
Bakingbites.com Just in time for your sweets-banning New Year's resolutions, the Girl Scout troops are back this month, armed with cookie order forms. You know you want some. But if you're watching the expenses or hydrogenated oils, or just can't wait until the actual boxes show up this spring, Baking Bites has recipe spin-offs for some favorites (Thin Mint, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, and Tagalongs). While it would shatter the image of magical elves or fairies faraway shaping each Thin Mint or sprinkling coconut onto each Samoa, these might, gasp, taste better, while still looking authentic. Are you cutting back on Girl Scout cookies this year, for economical or local food activism reasons? Related Death of the Girl Scout Cookie? Girl...Death of the Girl Scout Cookie?
Founded in 1912, the Girl Scouts are pushing their 100th anniversary. But with few camp sites offering internet access and iPhone reception, and first aid badges losing hipness, the organization is fighting to remain relevant. With membership falling, the Girl Scouts hired a management consulting team and came up with one solution: de-emphasize the cookies. Apparently they want to be associated with more 21st century girl power, which doesn't leave room for the sweet snacks. Wait. Shouldn't cookies be associated with every era? And hope? And happiness? Since when does cutting them fix anything? Not to mention the entrepreneurial skills involved in selling cookies. November is usually prime time for the pigtailed brigade to go door-to-door and sweet-talk you...TGIF!
Your Friday LOLSquirrel brought to you by icanhascheezburger.com....Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
For the first time, the Girl Scouts are selling 100-calorie packs in a flavor they've baptized Cinna-Spins.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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