Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, and while you may jump at the chance to answer what your favorite Girl Scout cookie is (Thin Mints!), do you know all there is to know about the yummy treats? We've rounded up 10 secret facts about Girl Scout cookies... keep reading!
1. In 1933, Girl Scout cookies cost less than 25 cents. At one point, you could score 6 boxes of cookies for $1.24. Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia Council sold the cookies in the city's gas and electric company windows.
2. There was a Girl Scout cookie shortage during World War II. The shortage was caused by an insufficient supply of necessary ingredients like flour, butter, and sugar. In addition to keeping their cookie sales limited to two boxes per customer (sad face), Girl Scouts also sold calendars.
3. By 1948, 29 bakers were licensed to sell Girl Scout cookies. Now? There are only two bakers in charge: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers.
4. During peak baking times, Little Brownie bakes over 4.5 million Thin Mints per day. Per. Day. That's a lot of Thin Mints!
5. Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and Trefoils/Shortbreads are here to stay. All cookies must be approved by Girl Scouts of the USA, but Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and Trefoils/Shortbreads are three recipes that are non-negotiable.
6. The first cookies were home-baked. In the 1920s and 1930s, Girl Scouts baked their own sugar cookies in their home kitchens. Interested in trying the original Girl Scout cookie recipe out? It can be found here!
7. Thin Mints are the all-time favorite. Thin Mints alone account for a quarter of all sales. That's a lot. But they weren't always called Thin Mints! In the 1950s, they were known as Chocolate Mints.
8. How many boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold each year? Around 200 million. Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey sells around 1.2 million!
9. There are tons of discontinued Girl Scout cookie varieties. Forget-Me-Nots (granola), Daisy Go Rounds (cinnamon-flavored cookies shaped like daisies), and Van'chos (vanilla and chocolate cremes) to name a few.
10. Buying Girl Scout cookies can be tax-deductible. If you buy the cookies for donation purposes and they go back to Girl Scouts or are donated to the military as part of our Council Gift of Caring, then there's a chance that you can write them off as a charitable donation. But if you buy the cookies for yourself, then you can't write them off since the cookies were bought at fair market value.
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