Talking About Girl Scout Cookies

2021 marks the 109th year of Girl Scouts selling Cookies! The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl- only, girl-led business in the world.

Dates • Girl Scouts will take pre-orders for cookies February 5-21st (with delivery in mid to late March) • Order online through April for delivery by a Girl Scout in March OR pay additional shipping for direct delivery within days • Girl Scouts Cookie Booths begin March 26th

Varieties & Cost

• Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming sell eight varieties of cookies: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Lemon-Ups, gluten free Toffee-tastics, and Girl Scout S’mores™ • Girl Scout Cookies in Montana and Wyoming will sell for $4 per package with the exception of our specialty cookies, the S’mores and gluten-free Toffee-tastics, which sell for $5 per box • GSMW hasn’t raised its cookies prices since 2013

What the Girl Scout Cookie Program Means for Girls

• The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches girls financial literacy—and yes, they earn badges • The program helps develop five essential skills—goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics • All of the revenue earned from cookie sales – every penny after paying the baker – stays with the local troops and council • Girls decide how to spend their troop cookie money and reinvest it in their neighborhoods through service projects and learning experiences, including travel.

Fun Facts • Thin Mint cookies are the most popular Girl Scout Cookie across Montana and Wyoming with Samoas coming in a close second. Samoas and Thin Mints are generally the top two cookies in the USA. • Famous Girl Scouts include Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Sheryl Crow, Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Barbara Walters, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. • Our baker, Little Brownie, bakes over 4.9 million Thin Mints per day during peak baking times. • Little Brownie Baker makes its own caramel for Samoas. It’s cooked the old fashioned way in copper kettles and heated to exactly 234 degrees. • To bake Do-si-dos and Tagalongs, they use 230-thousand pounds of peanut butter per week.

If you are asked questions about sensitive subjects, please direct them to Kristi Osterlund at the GSMW office at 800-736-5243.

2021 Girl Scout Cookie Season | Reviewed/Revised: 1.25.21