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In 1922, the Girl Scout magazine The American Girl suggested cookie sales as a fundraiser and provided recipes. In the 1920s and 1930s the cookies were actually baked by Girl Scouts and their families; in 1936 the national organization began licensing commercial bakers to produce them. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Girl Scouts sell to their own relatives and friends. Traditionally, they then walk around the neighborhood and town to visit people's houses, taking orders for number of boxes of each cookie type (Thin Mints, Samoas, etc.) desired by each house and the amount the total order of each customer will cost on a paper chart. Parents also sell to co-workers in the workplace. (In recent years, due to safety concerns, the emphasis is shifting toward cookie booths, where girls make sales from tables in well-frequented public areas, under the supervision of adult troop leaders). Kinship is a biological and/or familial relationship between two organisms. ... This article is about the receptacle called a box. ... A customer is someone who purchases or rents something from an individual or organisation. ... The term adult describes any mature organism, but normally it refers to a human: one that is no longer a child / minor and is now either a man or a woman. ...

As an incentive to sell, Scouts are offered prizes (stuffed animals, trinkets, coupons, credits toward Girl Scout camp, activities, or uniforms, etc.). These incentives vary from Girl Scout council to council, but girls generally earn incentives of successively higher value for the number of boxes they sell. The accumulation of prizes is usually cumulative, so that a girl who has won the prize for selling 100 boxes of cookies will still also get the 75-box prize, the 50-box prize, the 25-box prize, the 20-box prize, the 15-box prize and the 10-box prize. In some councils, girls may choose to earn more money for their troop instead of prizes, if they are working toward a troop goal such as a trip or other expensive activities. A prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. ... Stuffed animals of ducks A stuffed animal of a bunny A stuffed animal describes a toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton, and other similar materials. ... Trinket Island (86 sq km) is part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. ... A coupon is a ticket or document that can be exchanged for a financial discount on a product. ...

Exact details vary from Girl Scout council to council, as each council negotiates with the baker and sets their own prices. The individual troop selling the cookies typically receives about $0.40 to $0.60 per box. After the cookies are paid for, the majority of the additional monies go to the Girl Scout Council, and are used to pay for events and activities for the girls, maintenance of the council's Girl Scout camps and other properties, cookie sale incentives, and Council administration costs. Each council can provide a breakdown showing how cookie money is used in that council (this information is usually printed on the back of the girl's Cookie Order Form).

The typical package of Girl Scout cookies costs more and contains a smaller quantity of product than a seemingly comparable package of supermarket cookies. However, according to the Girl Scouts, the cookies are priced at fair market value; and therefore, a purchaser who "keeps the cookies" rather than "leaving them with the Girl Scouts" may not claim any portion of the cost as a charitable donation under U. S. tax laws. ...

Varieties of Girl Scout Cookie

Girl Scout cookies are made by large national commercial bakeries under license from Girl Scouts of the USA. The bakers that the organization licenses change from year to year; as of 2005 they are ABC/Interbake Foods and Little Brownie Bakers. Licensed bakers can offer up to eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies. The national Girl Scout organization reviews and approves all varieties proposed by the bakers, but requires only three types: Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos and Shortbread/Trefoils. The other kinds can be changed every year. Each bakery names its own cookies. Thus the exact kinds, names, and composition of the cookies varies. Some examples of Girl Scout cookie varieties include: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thin Mint: The most enduring and universally familiar Girl Scout Cookie of them all. These round, mint-flavored cookies covered with dark chocolate perennially sell the most boxes of any cookie. Thin Mints have never changed their name. Species See text The true mints are perennial herbs in the family Lamiaceae. ... Chocolate comes in dark, light, and white varieties with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ...

Do-si-dos or Peanut Butter Sandwichesor Savannahs: A sandwich cookie. The round, bumpy perforated oatmeal cookie top and bottom surround what seems to be a peanut butter-flavored layer inside. Savannahs were made by Burry (now out of business) and were named after Savannah, Georgia, where founder Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop meeting in 1912. American deli sandwiches An italian sandwich The sandwich is a food item typically consisting of two slices of bread between which are laid one or more layers of meat, cheese, or other filling, together with optional or traditionally provided condiments, sauces, and other accompaniments. ... Peanut Butter in jar Peanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, usually salted and sometimes sweetened. ... Nickname: Hostess City of the South Location in Georgia Founded  -Incorporated 1733   County Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham Mayor Otis S. Johnson Area  - Total  - Water 202. ... Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Trefoils or Classic Shortbread: These shortbread cookies are shaped like the Girl Scout Trefoil design. Scot Teas were a similar, lighter sugar cookie made by the now defunct Burry. The first Girl Scout Cookie recipe was a sugar cookie.

Tagalongs, or Peanut Butter Patties or Hoedowns: These round cookies with a cookie center are covered with chocolate, having under their swollen chocolate surface an inner layer of peanut butter, much like the marshmallow under the chocolate surface in Mallomars. Peanut Butter in jar Peanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, usually salted and sometimes sweetened. ... Pink marshmallows. ... Mallomars are a cookie in the marshmallow sandwich genre, produced seasonally at Nabisco. ...

Samoas or Caramel deLites: These consist of a circular vanilla cookie about 2inch in diameter with a small hole in the center, covered in caramel and toasted coconut and then striped with chocolate. (The name is a takeoff on S'Mores, a traditional campfire dessert made by melting chocolate bars and marshmallows between two Graham crackers). Vanilla is a flavoring, in its pure form known as vanillin, derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... A piece of caramel confectionery. ... Binomial name Cocos nucifera L. Also a song by Harry Nilsson The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). ... Chocolate comes in dark, light, and white varieties with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... A smore is a traditional campfire treat consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a slab of chocolate, sandwiched between two pieces of Graham cracker. ...

Golden Yangles: A sugar-free cookie. These yellow, triangular cookies taste more like cheese puffs than traditional cookies. They are a favorite among diabetic and dieting Girl Scout cookie customers. A sugar is a carbohydrate which is sweet to taste. ... Yellow is the color of light with a wavelength between 565 nm and 590 nm. ... A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a two-dimensional figure with three vertices and three sides which are straight line segments. ... Cheese puffs are a puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... Dieting is the practice or habit of eating (and drinking) in a regulated fashion, usually with the aim of losing weight. ...

Lemon Chateaus: Another sugar-free cookie. These round, yellow, lemon-flavored cookies are option geared toward favorite among diabetic and dieting customers.

As of 2004, the best selling Girl Scout cookies are: 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Thin Mints (25% of total sales)
• Samoas/Caramel deLites (19%)
• Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs 13%
• Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos 11%
• Shortbread/Trefoils 9%

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Criticism

As of 2005, Girl Scout cookies, like many other commercially baked cookies, contain trans fat—one gram per serving in the case of Thin Mints. Federal guidelines issued in early 2005 call for people to minimize their consumption of trans fat, which is now widely regarded as unhealthy for the heart. Concerned parents have urged the Girl Scouts to address this and other health concerns about the cookies, suggesting that the cookie program is at odds with the Girl Scouts' forthcoming "healthy living" initiative. The Girl Scout organization has replied that the cookies are a treat which "shouldn't be a big part of somebody's diet," and say that they are "encouraging" the companies that bake the cookies to find alternative oils. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A trans fatty acid (commonly shortened to trans fat) is an unsaturated fatty acid molecule that contains a trans double bond between carbon atoms, which makes the molecule less kinked compared to cis fat. Research suggests a correlation between diets high in trans fats and diseases like atherosclerosis and coronary...

External links

• Official Girl Scouts Cookie FAQ
• ABC Bakers Girl Scout cookie varieties
• Little Brownie Bakers cookie varieties
• So Much for Squeaky Clean Cookies (Cookie health controversy)
• Ratings and Reviews of Girl Scout Cookies on RateItAll