In the early days girl scout members made their own cookies with their moms, all using their sugar cookie recipe… These were the ingredients:
Girl Scout Cookie, circa 1922
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar plus additional amount
- for topping (optional)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
In the 30s a box of cookies cost 23 cents!
During the war there was a shortage of the main ingredients for cookies, GS sold calendars! And in the 50s the classic cookies were sold: Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbreads, and Chocolate Mints (aka Thin Mints).
Through 60s, 70s and 80s more variety of cookies were introduced, there was even sugar free ones, but they didn’t sell enough to warrant them being produced. Now you know why GS don’t have sugar free varieties.
In the 90s they introduced prizes for the girls…
in the 2000s they started to make boxes more bold and colorful, depicting what the girl scouts learn and stand for.
In our promise we say that we will use resources wisely… On that girl scouts and ABC bakers have reduced cardboard boxes by having special packaging for Thanks-a-lots and this year for the Lemonades! more than 300 tons of cardboard have been cut out of the waste stream annually. That’s enough paperboard to fill 14 garbage trucks!
Learn more about the History of Girl Scout Cookies
Learn more about the variety of cookies Girls Scouts offer.
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Join us on 2/8 to Celebrate Girl Scout Cookie Day – Thanks for your support!
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