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tammywammy

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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.

Favorite Girl Scout Cookie [View all] 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
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