What happened to Girl Scout Samoas cookies? - STU BYKOFSKY (2024)

1. Thank you, Stu, for providing this vital information to us cookie lovers. I’m gonna give you a tip because I like you: best cookies I EVER had can be found right here (The Amazing Cookie), and it comes with a great cause: https://colletteys.com/. Trust me.

   1. I’ll stick with Famous 4th Street, thanks. I will buy Samoas to support the GS cause.
      As a friend noted, Thin Mints lie. I ate 2 boxes and didn’t get thin.

      1. Another fun fact: Girl Scout Cookies were born in Philadelphia!

         1. Not according to the Girl Scouts. It says Muskogee, OK. MISTLETOE TROOP.
            Are you thinking of Mother’s Day?

2. Dang you, Stu, you’re upping my total calorie intake again! LoL

   1. Sorry. 🤭

3. HAPPY MONDAY !!!
   Pallie,
   For years we would buy the cookies for the kids to have a snack.
   Then, we would just give the girls cash because they would ship cookies overseas.
   Then the GSA stopped supporting our troops, so I no longer support the cookie sales
   PS.,
   Still sick

   1. I hope you get better.
      As to not supporting troops, this is from Girl Scout webite
      https://www.gsccc.org/en/members/for-parents-and-families/supporting-military-families.html

      1. I just looked at the website. Not much help.
         Back in the day, you approach the cookie station and you are asked to buy cookies. I would pull out a double sawbuck and asked if they sent cookies overseas. The youngest girl there would know the answer.
         Then, a few years later the GSA stopped. “Too much trouble “ !
         Check it out!

         1. I can’t really check it out, without wasting a lot of time for very little reward.

            1. Yet you put up a website that misleads one to think that’ you actually researched the topic ‘. NOT !

            2. It seems that the GSA \ participation is optional. According to my research:
               “If your local Girl Scout troop participates in a program called “Gift of Caring,” you can simply check off on the form that you want your order sent to military stationed overseas.
               In fact, individual Girl Scouts, or their Troop, now manage their sales on line, so it may be up to the individual scout. Here’s from the Girls Scouts 2022 “Troop Cookie Manager Manual”:
               “Action steps: Talk to girls about the importance of delivering on their promise to customers. They can also consider offering a Girl Scouts® Gift of Caring option.”

               So, it’s not the GSA abandoning the troops. Could be that the troop option complicates sales, and a GSA troop or scout decide not to offer it. (“Too much trouble”) Here’s the Manual. https://www.gscnc.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gscnc/documents/Troop%20Manual%202022.pdf
               Of course, if you want to send the troops cookies, you can buy them from a scout and “… you can send boxes of [Girl Scout] cookies directly to organizations that specifically work with sending care packages and shows of support to the military. Organizations like Any Soldier, Hugs for Soldiers, or Soldiers’ Angels are ready to assist and get those treats directly into the hands of troops.”https://www.romper.com/p/how-to-send-girl-scout-cookies-to-troops-because-thin-mints-are-always-a-joy-19772979
               Though I can see that might be “too much trouble.”

            3. Thanks for this and I was going to tell Tony he could send the cookies himself.

4. I found eating the box the GS cookies came in tasted better than the cookies.

5. Somoas are amazing and are my favorite also, I’ve never seen them called “Caramel Delights”. I like the thin mints as well but they are a distant 2nd. Nobody’s hit me up yet, I guess they will soon enough. I will always support GSA.

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