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Girl Scout cookies have not been good for the past several years. It's as though the food industry has taken it upon themselves to decide how much sugar and salt is good for me.
There was nothing like a stack of the shortbreads and a glass of cold milk.

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My FAVORITE girl scout cookies are the do-si-dos. I LOVE them so much. I get so excited when it is cookie time.

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Maybe that's why Samoans are big people.

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I agree with the post, however, it was disappointing that the quality of the cookies diminished when the ownership of the bakery changed (several years ago now). It was as if the new owners thought that changes needed to be made to the cookie ingredients (and the packaging) to ensure an even longer shelf life. What the new owners don't realize is that Girl Scout Cookies are consumed rather quickly (or they are put in the freezer). I used to run the annual cookie sales for my GS Service Unit. What I learned is that consumers were turned off by the changes the new owners made. Our GS Service Unit customers dwindled to just those who buy the cookies to support GS. We lost the customers who used to buy the cookies because they liked them more than what they could buy elsewhere. If you like the tag-a-longs and the thin mints now, you should have tasted them before. They were my #1 and my husband's #1, respectively. My troop used to sell 20x what we can sell today of these two cookies alone.

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Every year I get asked to buy cookies, from my friend's, neighbor's or co-workers kids. And I do the same thing every year. I hand over $5 and tell them to keep the cookies. I have a hard enough time keeping my weight down during the holidays without having a box or two of cookies around. Besides I would rather use my calories on an extra holiday drink or two!

I am a formerly very overweight child that is a normal in shape woman that works hard at it every day. I swear by drinking plenty of water, avoiding carb laden meals in the evening and trying to get exercise whenever you can. I also try to wear a pedometer to keep track of miles and try to do 10,000 steps every day.

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samoas are high in fat because they have coconut, a fatty fruit, but that kind of fat isnt that bad

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I did not know the insider info about the bakery but I did notice a change in the cookies. So much of a change that I have no problem walking past the table... I don't even look twice. They were the only cookies that I ever liked. Now I am completely cookie-less!

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I don't care WHAT is in Samoas - they are delicious! I carefully watch my my diet and exercise all year long, but when my Samoas are delivered I eat an entire box by myself and wash them down with a few glasses of cold milk. YUMMY!

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How about they are the worst cookies in the world? Isn't that reason enough to stay away from eating them? YUK!

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Samoas, Tagalongs, Cafe Cookies are my favorites, and so what, they're expensive and come around once per year. Some of life's pleasure shouldn't be taken for granted, but enjoyed in the time you have here. All things in moderation, and enjoy them when you can.

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There are 2 different bakeries in the U.S. that make Girl Scout cookies. Each Council chooses which bakery to use; most stick with the same year after year. My Council in Northern California has always used Little Brownie Baker and the cookies are still wonderful. Our All Abouts, BTW, are rectangular rather than round, and I have never heard of Thanks-A-Lot cookies.

In San Francisco, their Council has used the other bakery and I have never liked their cookies.

I was a leader for 15 years, "retired" in 2004. I was on the Product Sales Training Team for 5 years (charter member, until Team dissolved when Product Sales training was taken over from Product Sales by the regular Training department).

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The cookie gallery should have included photos of all the cookies mentioned for those of us who are not familiar with every kind of GS cookie.

Having said that, I have a "thing" for the Samoas....

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I have wanted to sound off about this since last summer--the "sugar free" brownies are the worst tasteless attempts at cookies I have ever tried--I am diabetic (insulin dependent) and of all the "sugar free" food I have tried, these tasted old, stale, and completely without taste that was remotely pleasing. Send them back to the kitchen to try another recipe.

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Let's not forget "Caramel Delights"!

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I love them ALL
But I will not buy them because right after the Holidays is a bad time to sell them. EVERYBODY is on a diet from the Holidays and not in the mood for more calories.
Why dont they sell them around May when people are not that diet obsessed anymore.
wrong timing in my book.

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I stopped buying the girl scout cookies when they stopped selling chocolate chip cookies. All due to being politically correct. Stopping a few people from buying cookies wont stop the obese epidemic.....

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well well .all we had to do is say no .lol those children eyes & mouth saying please .just one box thats all i tell them im on a restride diet .if that dont work i just walk away .do i feel bad .yes butiv learn only way to do it .or ill be a sucker & buy the whole big box

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As a former GS who has eaten more than my fair share of GS cookies, I have to say that I too have noticed a difference in the quality of the cookies. So sad!! I used to buy multiple boxes but now I usually just buy one box of thin mints for old times' sake and am disappointed when I eat them...but I keep buying them hoping they will live up to the cookies of my past.

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dude, they stopped selling the chocolate chip cookie girlscout cookies forever ago. They were never that great anyway. Choc Chip can be bought all year round. Samoas........ mmmmm, that's right!

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I'm a trefoil girl- I like it plain and simple. And with a glass of cold milk? Ahhh...

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