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B Calm

(28,762 posts)
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:52 AM Jan 2016

Favorite Girl Scout Cookie

Yep, it's that time of the year again when your granddaughter hits you up for overpriced cookies.


39 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Thin Mints
14 (36%)
Peanut Butter Sandwiches
3 (8%)
Caramel de-Lites
2 (5%)
Lemonades
1 (3%)
Shortbread
1 (3%)
Mango Cremes
0 (0%)
Peanut Butter Patties
3 (8%)
Thanks-A-Lot
1 (3%)
Somoas
14 (36%)
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Favorite Girl Scout Cookie (Original Post) B Calm Jan 2016 OP
All this poll is going to do is lead to the necessity of a GD:GSC. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2016 #1
I predict thin mints will win...Probably my fav too, butI do like those peanut butter sandwiches... hlthe2b Jan 2016 #2
Question hobbit709 Jan 2016 #3
LOL.... love it! hlthe2b Jan 2016 #4
Love it! B Calm Jan 2016 #5
They make some many cookies I don't understand how they aren't running out of Girl Scouts underpants Jan 2016 #6
I like it as a strain.. snoringvoter Jan 2016 #7
This poll is worthless without Samoas. Atman Jan 2016 #8
Sorry, you can vote now! B Calm Jan 2016 #10
I did! Atman Jan 2016 #22
Samoas! femmocrat Jan 2016 #9
Tagalongs, not Thanks-a-lots FSogol Jan 2016 #11
Hmmm B Calm Jan 2016 #13
Wow, never saw those before. They must have different cookies in different regions. FSogol Jan 2016 #15
The names are region based tammywammy Jan 2016 #27
Our peanut butter sandwiches are called Do-si-dos n/t FSogol Jan 2016 #18
It looks like the changed the name of the Samoas! Atman Jan 2016 #23
love the tag alongs MiniMe Jan 2016 #26
Are they made from real Girl scouts? FSogol Jan 2016 #12
If I recall from my leader days justamama83 Jan 2016 #14
Nope, regional and recipe differences. Here's a LA times article on the differences FSogol Jan 2016 #16
Yeah- knew it was regional justamama83 Jan 2016 #28
Thanks. Really interesting unc70 Jan 2016 #30
Samoas are rage...... stonecutter357 Jan 2016 #17
thin mints or I'll cut you Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #19
Damn, you are no different than B Calm Jan 2016 #25
Love - or used to love before sugar problems - Shortbread cookies packman Jan 2016 #20
I remember the girls selling cookies outside a pot dispensary. B Calm Jan 2016 #44
now i want a lemon cookie stonecutter357 Jan 2016 #21
Samoas, man n/t DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #24
Where is the none option? bigwillq Jan 2016 #29
Meet the Cookies HuckleB Jan 2016 #31
Looks like "Thin Mints" is the winner! B Calm Jan 2016 #32
Thin mints = phylny Jan 2016 #33
People buy Girl Scout Cookies besides Thin Mints? branford Jan 2016 #34
Samoas, then Thin Mints. nt TeamPooka Jan 2016 #35
They don't make my favorite anymore. spiderpig Jan 2016 #36
Whichever one pisses off conservatives the most REP Jan 2016 #37
Samoas. I could eat a box of them hifiguy Jan 2016 #38
Samoas. Frozen and crumbled over ice cream EllieBC Jan 2016 #39
Whichever the gluten free variety is this year nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #40
least fancy kind - short bread Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #41
Shortbread!!!! nt LostOne4Ever Jan 2016 #42
just buy some damn cookies KG Jan 2016 #43
Thin Mints after they've been in the FREEZER! AwakeAtLast Jan 2016 #45
Keebler Grasshopper cookies are exactly like Thin Mints (nt) Ino Jan 2016 #46
 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
1. All this poll is going to do is lead to the necessity of a GD:GSC.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:54 AM
Jan 2016

And then we can fight over which cookie is better.

hlthe2b

(109,202 posts)
2. I predict thin mints will win...Probably my fav too, butI do like those peanut butter sandwiches...
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:55 AM
Jan 2016

But admittedly I have never tried most of the newer varieties (newer than the two above and the shortbread "sandies", which I also like)...

I eat virtually no sweetened foods except fresh fruit now, so I only buy to give away. sigh.... but the memories linger.

underpants

(189,999 posts)
6. They make some many cookies I don't understand how they aren't running out of Girl Scouts
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:57 AM
Jan 2016

I guees the slice them really thin or something.

 

snoringvoter

(178 posts)
7. I like it as a strain..
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:58 AM
Jan 2016

Oh you mean cookies?

I'd have to go with Trefoils.

Samoas used to be my favorites, but they are now too sweet.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
8. This poll is worthless without Samoas.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:05 AM
Jan 2016

C'mon...between Thin Mints and Somoas, there simply is nothing else to discuss.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
22. I did!
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jan 2016

But damn you! Now I have to go out into the freezing cold and find some Girl Scout cookies!

FSogol

(47,287 posts)
15. Wow, never saw those before. They must have different cookies in different regions.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:16 AM
Jan 2016

The Peanut Butter Patties are called Tagalongs around here. I just ordered some here (and some thin mints) at the office.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
27. The names are region based
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 12:08 PM
Jan 2016

If I buy cookies from Fort Worth they have different names than Dallas. I think each council decides which of the two bakeries to buy from.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
23. It looks like the changed the name of the Samoas!
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:38 AM
Jan 2016

That Caramel deLite sure looks like a Samoa.

justamama83

(87 posts)
14. If I recall from my leader days
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:16 AM
Jan 2016

Samoas and Carmel de lites are the same cookie - they changed the name to Samoa a few years ago.

justamama83

(87 posts)
28. Yeah- knew it was regional
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 01:04 PM
Jan 2016

They had told us that they were all going to use Samoa- but I guess they forgot to tell the different bakeries that- we use ABC Bakers here in this region. Interesting that they are different recipes. I know the Samoas do not taste right this year- unless that's just me

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
20. Love - or used to love before sugar problems - Shortbread cookies
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jan 2016

and a glass of cold milk. Ah, the memories. Wife was a thin mint person.

A little girl with a sweet face selling cookies, whomever thought of this was a genius. Then again, how about that story of Girl Scouts selling their cookies outside a marijuana shop in Colorado and making a small fortune before they thought better of it. Marketing powerhouses.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
36. They don't make my favorite anymore.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 08:28 PM
Jan 2016

It was like an Oreo with a chocolate cookie on one side and a vanilla cookie on the other.

REP

(21,691 posts)
37. Whichever one pisses off conservatives the most
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:21 PM
Jan 2016

No grandchildren - that's what happens when you forget to have children (or undergo two surgeries to make damn sure you can't) - but for some reason, Girl Scout Cookies piss off conservatives.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
38. Samoas. I could eat a box of them
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:24 PM
Jan 2016

and then start on another with absolutely no shame.

EllieBC

(3,445 posts)
39. Samoas. Frozen and crumbled over ice cream
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:56 PM
Jan 2016

Or just straight from the box. Or slightly warmed...with ice cream.

I have my sister send them to me every year.

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