It’s not too late to satisfy your Girl Scout cookie cravings
Don’t worry if you have a Thin Mint dependency and are worried about finding the cookie you love. If you missed one-on-one opportunities to purchase the cookie craving you suffer from annually, don’t stress out.
In addition to winter, mud, spring, summer, fall and stick, don’t forget to add cookie to the list of seasons in Vermont. And you have at least a month of Girl Scout cookie season left.
You can still get your Thin Mints, Samoas or Tagalongs. Of course, you might not follow the majority in being obsessed with any of these three most popular flavors.
Maybe you’re more of an individual and yearn for Adventurefuls (a brownie-inspired cookie topped with caramel crème and a bit of sea salt), Lemonades (you can probably guess what flavor this cookie is), Trefoils (the original Girl Scout shortbread cookie), Do-si-dos (a crunchy oatmeal, peanut-butter sandwich cookie), S’mores (if you don’t know what this cookie is like you might want to join the Girls Scouts and go camping more) or Toffee-tastics (a cookie sweetened by toffee bits that’s the only one that’s gluten-free).
Cindy Bradley, leader of Charlotte’s Troop 30066, said now the Girl Scouts cookie-selling season switches from in-person sales to sales from booths outside of stores. You can find her Girl Scouts standing behind tables, hawking their irresistible wares at places like Walmart on Saturday, Feb. 24, 8-10 a.m. and then continuing later that day 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Joann’s. On Saturday, March 2, they will be at Walmart again 8-10 a.m., and afterward at Tractor Supply 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. On March 8, Troop 30066 will be selling cookies to the college crowd at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center 3:30-5:30 p.m.
This is the 107th year that Girl Scouts have sold cookies in Vermont. Nearly 700,000 Girl Scouts participate in the cookie program, said Ginger Kozlowski, communications and public relations manager of the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains.
“During this highly anticipated time of the year, girls flex their entrepreneurial muscles and acquire important life skills, like money management, team building, public speaking and decision making,” Kozlowski said. “Girl Scouts do more than sell delicious treats; they’re entrepreneurial powerhouses creating a more equitable future for themselves and the world. Every box of cookies sold provides invaluable experiences for Girl Scouts such as service projects, troop travel and summer camp.”
The members of the troop earn prizes based upon how many boxes they sell. Prizes start at selling 75 boxes, which gets them a patch, Bradley said. It goes up from there.
And wow, does it go up. When each girl has sold 5,000 boxes, the troop can choose a trip. We’re not just talking about a trip to Burlington or Plattsburgh. This year the trip would have been to Paris for seven days for just over $400. That’s for lodging, airfare and everything.
Bradley said they won’t be able to go to Paris this year, but in the past Troop 30066 won a trip to Costa Rica. There are Girl Scout lodges in places like Mexico and Sweden.
“Every year they offer a trip of some kind, so I’m anxious to see what 2025 will offer,” she said. Needless to say, her goal is to take her girls on another trip, hopefully next year.
Bradley has been involved with Girl Scouts in Charlotte for at least 20 years. She got involved when her daughter was young, as a way to help her get over being shy. Now, scouting is a multi-generational family activity with Bradley’s daughter helping as an adult and her granddaughters involved in scouting.
The Charlotte troop meets 6-7:30 p.m. on two Mondays every month. Even though the troop’s initial cookie order has been made, she added, “It’s never too late to get cookies.”
If you don’t see the Girl Scouts at one of their scheduled locations for sales, you can email Bradley.
“When I see those girls stand to get their badges, they are so excited because they finally earned this badge. It just makes my heart swell,” Bradley said.