I certainly hope they don't stop selling cookies! Tagalongs are the most delicious things on the planet!

I don't think they are necessarily going to sell fewer cookies or stop selling them. I think they just mean that too much of the focus for girls in the organization is on selling cookies. Not on earning badges, learning lessons, and making friends -- but on selling cookies.

I'd tend to agree. What else are girl scouts known for besides cookies any more?

i would sacrifice one of my limbs to have a supply of samoas (caramel deLites). oh my. i have some phone calls to make.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Getting rid of the cookies would kill me! And not because I like thin mints. It would impact so many other businesses too! Think of the warehousing companies that every year since the inception have store and distributed the cookies. That's just one, I'm sure there are many many more.

GS cookies must STAY!

Mmmmm now I'm craving some thin mints! Hopefully they don't stop selling them, but if they did at least that would be one less treat I wouldn't have to worry about snacking on.

My niece is a girl scout. I have been to the meetings. Frankly its nothing like it used to be and that may be the reason its down , also with so many other extra curricular events and parents working so much more that might be a reason also.

All that her troop did was raise money for trips, sell cookies, and sometimes decorate banners for parades, the patches they earn dont mean anything to them anymore (I still have my sash from brownies and girl scouts). When i was a brownie, we went camping and volunteered and picked up trash and learned new skills......

Nooooooooooo! I might have to stock up on Samosas.

I dont buy the cookies anymore, too many calories too high in fat and too expensive!

and the "good for you" ones taste like my avitar.

Oops, Samoas, not Samosas

TLS you mean Samoas right? which are now called "caramel delites"

My little sister was a girl scout, all the way through her senior year in high school. That's dedication. I did notice the decline in cookie sales, and also in interest in those cute little girls sitting outside the doorways of Safeway.

Aaahhhh, thin mints...

I severely doubt this means the demise of GS cookies-- they're a huge cash cow. I do think the GS needs to put less emphasis on selling cookies and more on skill building and community service when it comes to the girls.

When I was a scout, my troop opted out of the chintsy prizes to keep a portion of our cookie money. That, plus saving and other fundraising activities afforded us a trip to Europe! It was a wonderful lesson in personal planning and savings.

I hope they don't stop making the Edy's Light Girl Scouts Samoas Ice Cream because it is SOOOOOOOO GOOD.

I have to brag for a minute: I was the number one seller of cookies in my whole area when I was in Girl Scouts. Okay, thanks for letting me get that out.

Now let me say this, that was the one bright spot of Girl Scouts. I didn't learn anything useful like my brother and boyfriend did in boyscouts. They learned survival stuff, making knots, and all kinds of other stuff. I was in the Girl Scouts for years too, so it wasn't for lack of time. I really think that the Girl Scouts need to do something, but selling less cookies isn't one of them. They need to focus less on "girl" stuff and teach girls about all kinds of things, broaden their horizons. Make sense?

I got kicked out of the G.S. when I was very little at one of my first meetings. Apparently I was too unruly. And I hate their cookies so I would be glad if they all go away.

i HATED selling cookies. i would sell like 7 boxes each year. for me, it was the absolute worst part of girl scouts.

Hopefully they can the changes and keep the cookie sales as a well. I don't know what I'd do without my yearly Samoas and Thin Mint fix. Although I have noticed it's been getting harder and harder to track down Girls Scouts to by from, I had to call the local office to find a troop nearby.

I hated selling the cookies, too. We were encouraged to NOT go door-to-door, which basically meant you had to rely on how many your parents/their friends/your relatives would buy. My mother didn't work, and my father owned his own small business, so they couldn't even take the order form to work with them (like most parents do).

I actually no longer like girl scout cookies now that they've switched bakers. I don't think they taste the same, and I think the new versions taste too plasticky or something.

As for being a girl scout, it all depends on your troop leader and her level on involvement. When I was a brownie/junior girl scout my leader was excellent. We went camping, learned survival skills, learned first aid, how to sew, how to work video equipment, computers, etc. (We went on very few trips, though.) When I became a cadet, my leader 'retired', and our new leader focused solely on raising money. We sold cookies, candy bars, you name it. We went on a few trips, but I quit soon after receiving my silver award, because I'm not a salesperson. I've never been - and never will be - any good at it, and I didn't want to remain in something that only focused on that.

Well, that and I was too old. I was starting high school and didn't want the other kids thinking I was a nerd. ;p

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I hate cookie time in my office, the women get so competitive! I mean the first sign of the cookie order sheet? BAM they are at your door, and if you already ordered from someone else, OMG the looks of sheer panic! I used to order one box from everyone untill the GS started to make their cookies with solid gold and I couldnt afford them anymore.

NO! this cannot, I repeat cannot happen! Though I eat far less cookies than I used to, I can't go without tagalongs, those shortbread cookies, Samoas (bka caramel delights) and thin mints! I was a daisy and then became a girl scout and did ok when cookie time came around, but I sure do help those little green girls out now!

I think they should just sell these cookies in the stores and do other things in Girl Scouts besides selling cookies. Like someone mentioned, the Boy Scouts do so much more, so true! They need to get back to what it's supposed to be all about!

I bought some girl scout cookies from a girl in my apartment building almost 2 weeks ago, and I'm still waiting!

A former 1st grader Brownie here, I remember that getting a badge wasn't motivating at all, needless to say I was only a GS for one year. They should give out REAL prizes... anyway, it would be horrible if the world became absent of the Samoas!!

Girls scout cookies are so good!

I'm gold award scout. I have been saying this for years that there needs to be less emphasis on cookies and more about community service and fundraising without the use of cookies.

I was always upset that girl scouts were known for cookies and not local community involvement. Every one knows what a eagle scout is and what goes into that. Why not a gold award recipient? I have to explain that all the time on my resume. People are too into cookies to realize there is more to girl scouts than cookies. In a lot of ways I blame national for not making people aware and obviously just focusing on cookies.

Anyhow, just figured I'd make a comment.

Won't affect me in anyway. I agree with the "poster" about office rats peddling their wares - I hate it.

Girl's Scout Cookies are so bad nutrition-wise, but oh so good.

I wouldn't be devastated if they were gone forever (I hated selling them when I was a Girl Scout), but I don't think they have to sacrifice selling cookies in order to change their image. But I do think they should focus on community service and technology more- it is the 21st century, adapting wouldn't hurt them. But I'm sure there's someway to do both- wouldn't selling the cookies benefit them by allowing them to pay for some sort of technology classes/opportunities?

Well they could try selling them online too..?

I guess I am going to have to stock up on Samoas this year. I love those cookies! I quit Girl Scouts when I was 11 because of the way people acted around cookie selling time. My last year in scouts, I was selling really well and my leader found out. She wanted her daughter to be the number one seller in our troop so she bought 100 boxes of cookies from her daughter to outsell me. I thought it was ridiculous so I delivered the cookies, turned in my stuff and never went back to scouts.

Oh geez...why oh why can't they sell those yummy Samoas at the grocery store? I've been asking that question forever. Does anyone have an answer? ... lol...seriously!

SaMOAS!!!! i just recently found Samoa ice cream for edy's but unfortunately its only limited edition, but nice coincidence that you guys are talking about them...YUMMMM!!!

omg this cannot happen!

I guess those varieties of cookies are for the U.S.? Because the only ones I've seen in my part of Canada - British Columbia are the 1st one's picture (chocolate-covered chocolate mint) & the vanilla creme/chocolate creme ones (both in the same box)... Although as a former Brownie myself I try to support them, I'm afraid that I can't do it because the quality has gone down as the prices have gone up. Of course, when it came to my niece I felt duty-bound to buy 2 boxes...

She went from Brownie & a few months as a Girl Guide before becoming disillusioned with her troop & quitting (others soon followed)when they stopped the camping trips, volunteering & learning new skills to focus solely on selling cookies & other "marketing" ideas... Make money, make money! and nothing to really show for it; certainly wasn't for the girls who worked so hard with bottle drives & selling cookies.

The 1 thing I can't stand are stale cookies - and that's AFTER taking the cellophane OFF the box! I've taken to making my own now - Almond cookies - YUM! I'm told they taste like shortbread. So, by accident, I make Sugar-Free Almond Shortbread Cookies. And the best part is I know exactly what goes in it too.

huh - that would really suck i think if there weren't any more girl scout cookies - that's something that we all look forward to each year. i wonder if the GSA would consider putting them for sale on their website if they decided not to have the girls sell them anymore. i feel like they are a staple in our society now..even though it's not as much as it was in the past.

i was a brownie when i was younger and i think that it's a 'rite of passage' for girls to sell them...

I never knew many girls who were girl scouts growing up. It just wasn't that big in our area, BUT I do LOVE Samoas (Caterpillar girl, as of last year they were still called Samoas). I would be horrified if they stopped selling them.

i don't know any girl scouts anymore so I haven't had any of these delicious cookies in years. I was a daisy (jr brownie) and then a brownie and then a junior girl scout and I remember just loving it most of the way through. I quit because we got a new mom as the leader and everything we did had to revolve around her church and I found that insulting as a fifth grader i guess haha

but i really didn't like the cookie selling process other than filling out the form. i remember having to deliver the cookies after a huge snow storm and it was a complete nightmare! i wish i could find my sash wtih all the badges because my mom used to show my hers from when she was a girl and i thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

Y'know, if the Girl Scouts hadn't raised their prices so much over the years, they probably would have more sales!

When I was a Girl Scout myself, each box was $2.50.

I was a girl scout for 8 years and my troop didn't focus a lot on the cookies. We volunteered at nursing homes, went camping, did crafts, and went to jamborees. I still have all my badges (20 years later) and am psyched my niece is a brownie.

I learned how to bake a lot of the cookies like thin mints, caramel delights (it changes based on geographic area btw!), peanut butter patties, and shortbread. But I always buy a box from the GS in my neighborhood.