Ok, I'm not liking the Girl Scouts thin mint cookies.....

[a kennedy]

bought two boxes, and they've changed them. Used to be smooth and kinda glossy finish, real minty tasting, now still kinda minty tasting, but the texture is so different, and they've got tiny holes in them. What's up with that?? Oh, and the oatmeal ones?? Ugh......no taste what so ever, like cardboard, just awful. Anyone else experience this??

[CincyDem]

1. IIRC they changed a couple years ago. A sad time in our household. Haven't been back since. :-( n/t

[Freddie]

2. They are made by different bakers regionally

And yes they have changed over the years. I'm fond of Samoas/Caramel Delites and the chocolate has gotten more "artificial" of late. Didn't stop me from eating a box.

[Siwsan]

3. I stopped buying them, years ago.

I loved the chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies. I'd buy those, the shortbread and the mint. Then I noticed a massive change, right about the time they switched from Burry as the supplier. After a few years of disappointment, I gave up.

Now the quality and selection leaves me absolutely cold.

[a kennedy]

4. and the price......yikes, double in price for less product as well.

and I do remember now that you say about the switch from Burry as the supplier......like helping them out, now, will just give money, and tell them to keep the cookies.

[brewens]

5. I realized those things don't really work anyway a couple years ago.

The last time I bought some, it happened to be a group selling right across from our local Planned Parenthood. I bought four assorted boxes and told one of the girls to take them to the staff over there. The last time I saw a bunch selling I just gave them a donation. I think they told me they put donations into cookies for troops overseas.

[Hoyt]

6. Been my favorite for decades. Didn't notice holes in ones I just ate.

[Dream Girl]

7. They have been gross for years. Waxy chocolate, cardboard and fake flavors

I just give ‘me some money and tell them to keep the cookies

[McCamy Taylor]

8. No transfats. Try the lemon cookies. They are great.

The old favorites are not the same without the transfats. However, some of the newer recipes are good.

[Skittles]

11. that's what I get

the lemon ones

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. I just give the troops $$$ n/t

[NotASurfer]

10. Once upon the long ago, did the Scouts homebake?

There may be a niche here for future entrepreneurs to make premium cookies in small batches that taste like cookies. And if they want to run it like a business, hire suitably supervised Boy Scouts to do the baking (paid in boxes of Thin Mints) & focus on sales and marketing.

[TuxedoKat]

12. Funny you should mention this

At the grocery store last night I bought a box of back to Nature Fudge Mint Cookies and they are pretty good. They were in the natural foods section of my grocery store.

I rarely buy GS Cookies anymore even though I was both a scout and a leader as they are so expensive and the scouts don't get that much of a percentage for their efforts, they get more money if I just give them a donation. When I was a scout, cookies were .50 per box and the troop kept .25 of each box sold. When I was a leader about ten years ago, cookies were $3.50 per box and the troop kept almost .35 per box!!!

Just noticed that back to Nature also makes lemon and peanut butter cookies too. If you like to bake, you can always find a copycat recipe on the web too.

http://www.backtonaturefoods.com/what-we-make/cookies/

[bluestarone]

13. Just bought some Keebler fudge mint cookies!

Almost the same as the old GS recipe to me!