Anonymous wrote:Girl Scout mom here - I agree, most of them are not very good and I HATE the focus on selling cookies/fundraising. Girl Scouts is so much fun, but they like to bill cookie sales as "entrepreneurship" and it's not, it's just plain fundraising and I hate it.

I agree. And the emphasis on door to door sales is so, so problematic from a safety standpoint. Plus the girls do all that work and literally get paid pennies. It is such a scam.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like someone doesn’t know that thin mints go in the freezer. life changing, OP. Try it.

Also, I’m sorry. These activities will be behind you before you know it though. I’m pretty sure my girl is in her last year of scouts so I’m a bit nostalgic.

Op here, my kids don't do girl scouts but lots of their friends do. So my doorbell was ringing like crazy, my texts and emails piling up, and getting accosted outside the supermarket. I buy a box or two from the closest friend but they're just so not worth it to me.

And yes I've frozen thin mints. Meh.

You don't have to buy them for yourself, you can donate money to the "Troop 2 Troop" program and they will send boxes to the military. They really do it, I have several friends who said they received boxes when they were stationed overseas and loved getting them. One co-worker told me that sometimes by the time they got them, they were in crumbles, and he really enjoyed making "thin mint cereal". He bought some to donate from my daughters!

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like someone doesn’t know that thin mints go in the freezer. life changing, OP. Try it.

Also, I’m sorry. These activities will be behind you before you know it though. I’m pretty sure my girl is in her last year of scouts so I’m a bit nostalgic.

Generic cookies are better like aldis and giant brand all make better generic knock off girl scout cookies and they are much cheaper.

Generic cookies don't allow the troops to raise funds for life changing activities. If you don't like the cookies please consider making a donation. It's really a fund raiser.

Girl Scout mom here - I agree, most of them are not very good and I HATE the focus on selling cookies/fundraising. Girl Scouts is so much fun, but they like to bill cookie sales as "entrepreneurship" and it's not, it's just plain fundraising and I hate it.

Agreed. They’re made with poor quality ingredients and are no better than generic supermarket cookies. People are attached because of nostalgia and ties to Girl Scouts and “girl empowerment”.

I was just thinking how much I like them. I haven’t had them in awhile, they’re surprisingly good, IMO. I guess there’s a reason they sell so many of them.

Don’t buy. Problem solved. If you decide to buy, STFU and buy.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like someone doesn’t know that thin mints go in the freezer. life changing, OP. Try it.

Also, I’m sorry. These activities will be behind you before you know it though. I’m pretty sure my girl is in her last year of scouts so I’m a bit nostalgic.

Op here, my kids don't do girl scouts but lots of their friends do. So my doorbell was ringing like crazy, my texts and emails piling up, and getting accosted outside the supermarket. I buy a box or two from the closest friend but they're just so not worth it to me.

And yes I've frozen thin mints. Meh.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like someone doesn’t know that thin mints go in the freezer. life changing, OP. Try it.

Also, I’m sorry. These activities will be behind you before you know it though. I’m pretty sure my girl is in her last year of scouts so I’m a bit nostalgic.

Generic cookies are better like aldis and giant brand all make better generic knock off girl scout cookies and they are much cheaper.

I like 'em.

They are overrated for sure.

Looks like someone doesn’t know that thin mints go in the freezer. life changing, OP. Try it.

Also, I’m sorry. These activities will be behind you before you know it though. I’m pretty sure my girl is in her last year of scouts so I’m a bit nostalgic.

The gluten free cookies are tasty. I hate the rest.

There are two bakeries. The one that serves the DC area is gross. ABC bakers in other states have the GS cookies like we had back in the day

ABC is the one that has vegan options too

They're just not even good. There. I said it. I feel better now.