I'm a scout 11 years and running! Girl scouts were started on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia by Juliette Gordon Low. They started selling cookies in 1917 and the girls DID make them themselves at the beginning!
Maybe a Girl Scout can answer this. I was told that the peanut butter sandwich cookies are the same thing as nutter butters, and manufactured for the girl scouts by tha same company. True?
We moved to a new state a few years ago and we dont know many people here yet. So we lost our cookie connection. Yes they sell them in front of Walmart but we like to invest in one or two girls. This year I found this adorable little girl so her mom and I exchanged numbers and when I told my son who's 18. His response is OMG mon you found us a dealer. Lol my son has used the connection a lot lol
where I’m from caramel de-lights are called samoas peanut butter sandwiches are called Do-si-dos Shortbread are called Trefoils Peanut Butter Patties are called Tagalongs Thanks-A-Lots are called All Abouts Lemonades are called Lemon Chalet Cremes It’s weird seeing them with different names
Fun fact: they have different names depending on the bakery. Peanut Butter Patties are called Tag A Longs and Caramel Delights are called Samoas and Peanut Butter sandwich are called Do Si Dos in Georgia. Also, some cookies are regional. We don't have Thanks A Lot or the Lemonade here. And the Smores ones are totally different here. They are a sandwich style
I noticed this too. I live in the North East and I was actually eating the Girl Scouts S'mores cookies while watching this. I did not expect them to be a completely different cookie.
I don't know about the others, but Caramel DeLites and Samoas are not identical; Samoas have dark chocolate and Caramel DeLites have either milk or sweeter plain chocolate. The peanut butter sandwich cookies, whatever they're called, are godly. Maybe there is a difference with those, as well, because the Do-Si-Dos I've had were much better than NutterButters. (Makes me sad I can't eat them anymore.) :'( ETA: www.wideopeneats.com/girl-scouts-cookies-map
OMG! I was totally wondering why they changed the names. I'm in NY, same here. I want to try the Lemonade ones. Never heard of them. And I was a Brownie. (My mother was a cookie mother...she hated it)
Absolutely, these are the best cookies (Europeans don't like sweets that are too sweet, and these fit perfectly). Caramel is way too sweet, and I also because I'm European, don't like PB.
They can be quite a good incentive for work ethic. But it can also get hyper competitive and turn into an exercise of parents forcing kids to spend all their free time on patch projects (instead of just letting the kids go out doors to have unstructured fun with friends).
The patches on the back are for participation in many cases. Serves as a scrapbook of sorts for each level of girl scouting. The badges on the front have requirements. Daisies typically have three steps, Brownies have five, etc... it gets incrementally more involved as they age through the program. The new “Journey” awards on the front are also quite involved. Many of them are broken into three or four segments that combine together as research and skills required for a Take Action Project that must be a sustainable effort. TAP’s aren’t one-off service projects like dropping off for a food/clothing/animal shelter drive-it’s like building and maintaining a Little Free Library or renovating an outdoor portion of an animal shelter yard and maintaining it for the pets that pass through. Or an educational video for your school about bullying or stranger danger. Sustainable impact in the community. I started GS in 1987. The TAP and Journey stuff is all new to me as a Program Mentor for my daughter’s troop, but it’s very much more leadership and goals driven on a community basis than it was when I was a girl.
The Ronald McDonald house is a place where families can stay for free while children receive medical treatment for life threatening illnesses, like cancer. I love that they are donating the first $500 they make to that charity.
@@Judy_R yes. They're nationwide I believe. I throw all of my change into the donation box every time I go through McDonald's. Another good charity is Saint Judes hospital. No child is ever refused treatment regardless of ability to pay. I'm in Texas, not Tennessee but here local contractors build a house to be raffled off every year. Tickets are $100. I've bought one every year for the last 20 years. I haven't won yet though lol. Doesn't really matter though because it's tac deductible to boot. Nothing lost.
I loved that! Our Ronald McDonald House in Lubbock is so amazing. There is even a Ronald McDonald play room at the children’s hospital there too. I always give everytime I’m at McDonald’s!
There's a Ronald McDonald House near Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. It's a great charity. Families of children in the hospital can stay there free of charge.
I want to say a huge thank you to all the girls and adults who let you film them. I'm in Ireland and like you Joel and Lia I've only ever heard of girl scout cookies on TV (first time ever was in Friends) or in movies. It is great to see the sales in action and I agree, those girls are so full of confidence that I would never have had when I was that age. So girls, if you're reading the comments thank you so much for sharing this with us people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I hope you made lots of money 😊💜
Part of the fun of buying Girl Scout cookies is seeing the girls proudly and confidently tout to what causes the funds go. They get very creative with their displays for the cookies and the different troops will take turns stationing outside grocery stores during cookie season. The girls learn impressive sales skills.
@@traczebabe Aaaww you are so sweet too 😊 Thank you. So many nice legends on here! I was just grateful because there is very much a culture over here of not letting your kids be on camera or blurring out their faces and I just feel in a situation like this an Irish parent wouldn't have agreed to it. And it's just so lovely to see the process of selling the cookies and how proud those girls were of what they were doing, it meant a lot for me to see it so I hope the parents or the kids see my comment 😊
Paula Fegan I’m sure they will! Knowing they will be on a UA-cam you can be sure their whole Girl Scout troop will see it, their schoolmates, grandparents. I don’t the culture there is wrong. I would have a difficult time putting my children’s & grandchildren’s faces on social media. My son doesn’t allow pictures of his kids on social media. Maybe it’s the Irish in me! ☺️. I’m very proud to have Irish ancestry and the DNA to prove it! Needless to say I have a soft spot for Ireland. Take me up on the cookie offer any time!
Greetings from TEXAS. My son, while deployed to Iraq, emailed me that January saying, “Mom, It’s Girl Scout cookie time!” I sent loads of boxes of GS cookies that year to Iraq. ALSO... my father loves Nutter Butters, but he calls them Nuttie Buddies. Now that’s what all the grandchildren call them!
I can tell you from experience, service members love getting Girl Scout cookies! Though they usually experience some heat during shipping that causes them all to melt together. But that's ok. Eating thin mints in the shape of a baton is still enjoyable! 😂
When I buy Girl Scout cookies, I buy cookies for our service men and women. I ask the Girl Scout I buy from to choose the kind of cookies for me. I am so thankful that they do this.
Girl Scout Cookies are available only once a year. They are always popular and everyone has their personal favorite. People stock up and put them in the freezer to get them through until the next year.
There was a girl who set her cookie table up outside of a pot dispensary. Talk about a genius idea. The following year, from what I heard, they came up with rules against that.
@@jmcosmos , for sure, they were great, J&L should have asked also......I just added onto my friend's daughter's order...she is a Brownie. Some for us some for troops!
@@dalesplitstone6276 'Tes trew, fer dat ... so you can still donate money but direct what it's to go for and feel virtuous all at the same time! (And I should say that OpCookieDrop hasn't been around all that long, so it might not have been a thing when you began.)
I'm a Girl Scout (it's my ninth year) and honestly I'm super impressed with how the girls were behaving at the booth. Keep up the good work fellow Scouts! Also, fun fact: cookies usually go for $4 or $5 per box, and troops here in VA only get 70 cents per box.
Yea.thats noticed that we were being used as nearly free labor by this bakery. That's why I didn't want to participate as a Girl Scout (Brownie)- it seemed exploitative. (I was a strange kid.)
@@lizrivera389 I'm not a cookie fan (I like York peppermint patties), but these thin mints are a marvel! Never thought of freezing them, but I see the point, like choc-peppermint ice cream. My husband bought a box, and we ate it in three days.
They are only sold once a year. And different parts of the country have different names for the cookies: the caramel “delights” are also called Samoa’s. The peanut butter chocolate cookies are called Tagalongs. The shortbread are called Trefoils. In Florida they all come in boxes. But they all taste awesome. 🍪🍪🍪
I’m loving this Texas series! I look forward to it as much as I did Vlogmas, and New Jersey/New York honestly. I watched every single day. Honestly I think it would be really awesome if you did this in a few states. I don’t know what your budget is, I know that’s not a cheap suggestion just something I personally think would be pretty darn cool if it were possible. Thank you for entertaining me and bringing some joy into my life three times a week. Love you guys 💜
@@jessiereeve2780 I graduated from Southern Utah University in Cedar City - discovered that Utah is like a whole different country (love the pioneer spirit and Dutch oven cooking!) It would definitely make a good show.
I’m in Texas so I have never had the Samoas. I did google the difference and apparently thy have more Carmel and have darker chocolate than the Carmel Delights. I don’t care either way they are bomb!
I live in Oregon and I’m a Girl Scout. But we sell different cookies (with different names), the main difference is the lemon cookies ours is called savannah smiles and have powdered sugar on them. Also we don’t have “thanks a lots”. Instead of those we have “toffeetastic” which is a cookie that has toffee chunks in it( and they’re gluten free!) where I live Girl Scout cookies start mid February to to early April, or the end of March. You should come to Oregon 😁 Caramel delites =Samoa’s Thin mints =thin mints S’mores= s’mores Shortbread= trefoils Peanut butter patties= Tagalongs Lemonade= savannah smiles Peanut butter sandwich = do si dos
That tells me your council is buying from Little Brownie rather than ABC as we do in Austin. You're calling off the Little Brownie brand names. And the one amazing variety Little Brownie offered on the East coast for a few years was a dried-cranberry cookie. My wife was an absolute FOOL for those things.
The Ronald McDonald House Charity is an awesome charity! They help keep families close to their children who are in the hospital. The RMHC in Austin is on the same block as Dell Children’s Hospital. We’ve actually stayed there a few times when our son had brain surgery, medical testing, & other major procedures. They charge a nominal fee, & they only ask that you keep your room clean & leave it clean & ready for the next family. They also provide at least one meal per day to the families, if they wish to eat there. When I was a kid, I never understood how big an impact the Ronald McDonald House could have on a family. It’s definitely changed my view, that’s for sure! Now, if I’m at McDonald’s, & they ask me if I’d like to donate a dollar to RMHC, I gladly say, “YES!”
Bethany Vega my son was born at Little Rock, Arkansas in 2006 an stayed at Arkansas Children’s Hospital an we had to stay in the Ronald McDonald house while he was in the hospital recovering from Heart Surgery! Love love the Ronald McDonald House!
Yes I loved that they were there for me. I had identical twin daughters at 33w my water broke, I had them at the choctaw hospital and they sent them to saint Francis hospital in Tulsa I stayed with them for 2w they are health 3 1/2 now but I was so happy they were there.
We had the opportunity to stay at a Ronald McDonald house when my daughter had a major surgery. The one in our area charges quite a bit. For $5 more a night, we chose to stay at a hotel that had a pool and free breakfast. We had two other children, ages 14 and 7, and we needed a way to occupy them while we were at the hospital. My daughter's surgery was over 9 hours. Grandma came along and took the boys swimming all day. The hotel had a shuttle to and from the hospital. It is great for some families, but we found a local hotel more useful.
Thanks for informing me about what the RMDH does. I had a kid in school who lived in one and this girl bullied her for months and then finally beat her up. I was pissed that the bully beat this girl up so I fought the bully for the girl and got expelled because I broke the bullies nose. I felt like maybe I should have minded my business since the adults acted like I was in the wrong but seeing this comment I’m so happy I beat her behind! Now I will be donating money to the RMDH.
Woohoo! You found the Girl Scout cookies! Glad you enjoyed them, each found your favorite and you got to experience a little slice of US culture😊! So love watching your reactions...lol!
Mint freak here so thin mints are my guilty pleasure with the Girl Scout cookies and definitely from the freezer so you can dunk them in your coffee without them falling apart. I agree with you about the shortbread though. Once you have real Scottish shortbread nothing else compares. 😊
For a second when you said that you wished you had some tea I was very confused, because I'm American in the most Americans dip cookies in milk instead of coffee or tea. Then I remembered...
In different parts of the US, they label the cookies under different names. Carmel delights are called Samoa’s where I am from. Peanut Butter Patties are called Tagalongs, and these are my favorite.
Jwb52z I had never heard of Prosecco until I connected with Joel & Lia. So I went out and bought myself a bottle and was stunned at how delicious it is! Thanks Joel & Lia!!!
There are the equivalent of girl scouts in the UK, I think he meant that there isn't anything like girl scout cookies. Selling cookies like that definitely doesn't happen in the UK.
Lia, I’m not going to lie, you used to bother me and I only watched this channel for Joel but seeing you interact more with Americans in these vlogs have made me appreciate you more and I think you’re a nice person. I think that you’re just a proud Brit and there is nothing wrong with that! I appreciate that you have a respect for culture! Thanks for doing these videos! And Joel, you’re amazing too!
The Samoa’s are my family’s absolute favorites! We get at least 4 box’s of them at a time!! ❤️❤️ Still waiting for our order to come in from our dealer! 😂😂
The Girl Scouts were so cute and glad that you got to interact with them. Lia, you look stunning in this video and sorry that you bumped your head on the sofa. So fun watching you two experience new things in Texas. Every Texas video is such a delight to watch!! Thin mint are my personal favorite and so addictive. Girl Scout cookies are a once a year thing. They aren't for sale in Arkansas yet and must have to stagger different parts to keep up with the demand.
Thinking Out Loud yes I do that too. I keep half of them in the freezer so they last longer 👌 storing them like some critter storing food for the winter
Siobhán K. Lol, Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts is a tradition very much unique to the USA, with its early origins being based on Native American practice of philanthropy volunteer etc
Super fun video!! The DeLites are my favorite!! The Thanks A Lot (Rachel) are excellent when used to make real s'mores!! I sold these 40 years ago. They were also sold long before me! The Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Sandwiches have remained the same. The others have changed through out the years. Delicious! We also used to sell them door to door in our neighborhood. We didn't have stands in public places. We had legwork!! Though the stands are much safer for the girls!
I refuse to buy from the stands. Todays girls are just plain lazy. I walked miles and miles through three connecting subdivisions knocking on doors. Sure not everyone bought them at the door but i put in the effort. I keep getting told it is so the girls aren't attacked or something. However a couple of years ago i called several local police departments . Not a single one had a record of any attack on a child selling mints, cookies or boyscout tickets. I have never found an incident documented online. These girls are just too lazy to put in the work
I've already bought three boxes just for myself this past month... Anyway, Joel and Lia, I just want to say thank you for such amazing videos! You guys are so nice, funny, and genuine and I really admire that about you guys. Thank you!
The attraction to the thanks-a-lot cookies isn't so much the taste, but that they have 'thank you' written on each in a different language. They're my personal favorites.
I'm 20 and used to be a girl scout more than 10 years ago, I would wear those exact sashes😂 The best memories💖 My favorite cookies are the thin mints. The best way to eat them is to freeze them😍
I find it odd that here in FL they cookies are called different things, like the peanut butter patties are called Tag a longs and the caramel ones are called Samoas. Glad you guys enjoyed them💓
Come on....Thin Mints for the win. They’re the OG Girl Scout Cookies. Girls Scouts Cookies are only for sale in January and February in southern states and March and April in northern states.
The original GS Cookie from GA , where it began was Chocolate chip. As years went by Thin Mints became very popular. Something refreshing after a dinner. (1960-1980).
Did you guys get a new camera?!? Video looks GREAT!!! 👏🏼 and love the new intro :) please don’t ever get rid of the jingle though. It gets stuck in my head for days and I love it lol
Btw! Frankie has been binge watching your videos all week. I’ve converted him to a mega fan now and showed him all the inside jokes 😂 hope you guys had fun at vid con!
Family tradition. I sold Girl Scout cookies when I was a girl now my five year old is a Girl Scout and she’s selling. Yay! Girl Scout cookie season is January-March
When I was a girl scout, we sold them door to door. Over the years the names and packaging changes a little. The price has also gone up from $3.50 a box to $5 or $6 a box now. Girl scout cookies are only available once a year around summer time then you have to wait till next year. The girl scouts is a great program and I regret quitting in my younger years. They gave me lots of life skills I will never forget. THIN MINTS FOR LIFE!
One of the great things about the Girl Scout cookie program is that it teaches the girls not just skills, but also self-confidence and poise. Notice how the mom and dad stepped aside and let the girls do the selling, accounting, explaining. . . I think the organization coaches the parents to stay out of the way as much as possible. Several years ago a Girl Scout posted an article reviewing all the cookies she was given to sell. She liked most of them, but was quite frank in her opinion that some of them were terrible. It got a lot of national publicity, because people couldn't believe she would criticize products she was supposed to promote. My feeling was that I'd love to buy from her because she was honest. When medical marijuana was legalized in a few states, some Girl Scouts would set up sales outside of the dispensaries. I thought this was brilliant marketing, when you consider that marijuana famously gives people the munchies.
Girls Scout cookies are only sold for a few weeks in mid February and early March. I believe the shortbreads were the first they sold, and thin mints are the most popular.
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 i was confused because where i buy them here in florida they are called Samoas so i recognized the cookie but not the name & felt for a moment my whole life was an unsolved puzzle, but alas w research it turns out 2 different bakers produce GS Cookies & they name them differently. Odd but true.
Thin Mints and Tagalongs (peanut butter patties) my fav!! 💕 girl scout cookies only once a year! And the time of year differs from state to state Come to Boston! Lots of history!
Haha watching people eat Girl Scout cookies for the first time is always fun. I was a Girl Scout about 25 years ago. My favorites are definitely the Caramel Delights. Here's a little secret, idk how many Keebler products you get in the UK but they have a cookie(biscuit) called Coconut Dreams that are almost exactly the same. So if you need a Caramel Delight fix, try and find those :)
Yes, Joel and Lia. Girl Scout cookies only happen once a year. It's common to sign up for them at work, as co-workers with daughters in the Scouts bring around sign up sheets. And speaking of confidence, I remember doing some work out in a turnip field one day - collecting freshly plowed up winter turnips for the pigs - and seeing the school bus drop off one of the farmer's girls. Not long after, here she comes, determinedly stomping across the field, still in her school uniform, with her wellies on, wielding the Girl Scout cookie order sheet and a pen. She handed them off to us and waited expectantly while we dutifully signed up. Clearly, no thank you was not to be an option! :D
How, pray tell, does the girls getting their parents to dragoon their co-workers into buying the cookies develop any of the skills that cookie sales are supposed to inculcate?
Thanks a lots are my favorite. I was a girl scout and my granddaughter is too. So was her mother, my daughter in law. The slogan is " Be prepared " great childhood memories.
I was a Girl Scout for 13 years (5-18) so it honestly warms my heart to know that you made a point to support them! Also, I love the fact that y'alls two favorite cookies were also mine (Caramel deLites, or, Samoas in my day, and Lemonades)! Also, next time you come to Texas, be sure to visit Houston, there's so much to do and see there, especially if you want to give a rodeo another try. The event that you went to seemed a lot more like a county fair (rodeo on a smaller scale). The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the biggest in the world, but make sure you also buy a ticket to one of the concerts, because that's how you get in to see the bull/bronco rides, mutton busting (little kids riding sheep, it's adorable!), chuck wagon races, and barrel racing. Generally the Houston Rodeo runs from late February to mid-March! Either way, please come back and visit us again, Texas loves y'all!
We get so excited here for girl scout cookie season! They only come around once a year. Thin mints are definitely the most popular. However, my favorite are the tagalongs. The peanut butter & chocolate ones.
I personally was selling Girl Scout cookies fifty years ago. We only went door-to-door; setting up stands is a more recent development. They actually started about one hundred years ago and they were originally home baked. They’ve been commercially baked since the 1930’s.
The coconut caramel ones are called Samoa’s and are the best 😋 we bought recently some, and the s’mores ones looked differently at the ones you just ate 🤷🏽♀️
Thin Mints are by far my favorite. I also really like the Caramel Delights and the lemon ones. When you pull out Thin Mints during lunch at school everyone at the table would ask for them.
The bakeries are regional I believe. So the cookies you got in Texas might not have tasted exactly the same as if you got them when you were in New Jersey, for example.
It’s just once a year. I love, love the first two you tried. I have to force myself not to go crazy for me or my kids. So it’s probably a good idea it’s only once a year!
Hi Joel and Lea! Just finished viewing this video for a second time. I first viewed it some months ago when it was first posted. It is now heavy duty Girl Scout Cookie season in NJ. Girl Scouts are now minding their many posts outside of food stores and malls to raise money for many different charities as well as funding their many activities of their own local troop (group). I (now age 71) was a Girl Scout as well as was my daughter back in the day. Thank you for being so nice and charming to those young ladies. I know that they had to be thrilled to meet you guys and especially for your generosity in having purchased 8 boxes of cookies. FYI cookies are now $5.25 a box. From Elaine la profe de NJ.
The cookies in Austin are produced by ABC Bakers. Little Brownie Bakers produce GS Cookies in San Antonio. Almost everyone I know likes LBB better than ABC for Thin Mints, Samoas (Caramel deLites), and Tagalongs (Peanut Butter Patties).
My mom was a Girl Scout Leader for over 20 years while we were all growing up . She was ‘cookie chairman’ and our house was filled with cases of cookies every February. Hate to say, but they were only 50 cents back then. 😱 I’m so happy you were able to experience them !!
Joel is now hopelessly addicted to GS cookies! lol We think it's bad enough to be hooked on something only available once a year, but he is now hooked on something only available once a year in another country... poor lad smh... now you know a little bit more about what it's like to be American 🇺🇸
I laugh Everytime you two call cookies " biscuits" lol! Here in US, they are two totally different things! 😋We wouldn't dip our cookies in tea, we dip our cookies in a glass of ice cold milk! Yum!😉 And cover our biscuits with either gravy, butter or honey, jelly.😊 You guys should find a "Firehouse Subs", and try an awesome sub sandwich!! 😆
@@JustMe-rg7sv These two care so much for each other. Who knows, we might see a deeper commitment from them in the future. Cue Neil Diamond's "The Story of My Life".
I'm a scout 11 years and running! Girl scouts were started on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia by Juliette Gordon Low. They started selling cookies in 1917 and the girls DID make them themselves at the beginning!
Best thing as a girl scout was visiting her house in Savannah.
I buy tons of girl scout cookies from Savannah
You post makes me want to sing the girl scout anthem, On My Honor!
Maybe a Girl Scout can answer this. I was told that the peanut butter sandwich cookies are the same thing as nutter butters, and manufactured for the girl scouts by tha same company. True?
I used to live in Savannah 😂
Girl Scout cookies are crack...once you are hooked, you are hooked...
Why do loads of them have peanut butter? Odd!!! PB is so oddly popular in the U.S. x
We moved to a new state a few years ago and we dont know many people here yet. So we lost our cookie connection. Yes they sell them in front of Walmart but we like to invest in one or two girls. This year I found this adorable little girl so her mom and I exchanged numbers and when I told my son who's 18. His response is OMG mon you found us a dealer. Lol my son has used the connection a lot lol
Thin mints are so amazing. I once ate like 12 at one time and it was hard to feel guilty.
12 cookies or 12 boxes?
yup, took me 3 tries in a 12 step program to kick the habit.
where I’m from caramel de-lights are called samoas
peanut butter sandwiches are called Do-si-dos
Shortbread are called Trefoils
Peanut Butter Patties are called Tagalongs
Thanks-A-Lots are called All Abouts
Lemonades are called Lemon Chalet Cremes
It’s weird seeing them with different names
I was wodnering if they changed the names. Maybe its a regional thing.
Some of them aren't even the proper cookies like the Smores.
It is because it is a different Baker
@@AZMasterbaker no it is the Baker
Lauren Faine ikr that was so weird
Fun fact: they have different names depending on the bakery. Peanut Butter Patties are called Tag A Longs and Caramel Delights are called Samoas and Peanut Butter sandwich are called Do Si Dos in Georgia. Also, some cookies are regional. We don't have Thanks A Lot or the Lemonade here. And the Smores ones are totally different here. They are a sandwich style
Thanks for that explanation. I didn't know the cookie name was different based on region/bakery.
I noticed this too. I live in the North East and I was actually eating the Girl Scouts S'mores cookies while watching this. I did not expect them to be a completely different cookie.
the peanut butter sandwiches were called gouchos when I was a girl scout lots of years ago
I don't know about the others, but Caramel DeLites and Samoas are not identical; Samoas have dark chocolate and Caramel DeLites have either milk or sweeter plain chocolate.
The peanut butter sandwich cookies, whatever they're called, are godly. Maybe there is a difference with those, as well, because the Do-Si-Dos I've had were much better than NutterButters. (Makes me sad I can't eat them anymore.) :'(
ETA: www.wideopeneats.com/girl-scouts-cookies-map
OMG! I was totally wondering why they changed the names. I'm in NY, same here. I want to try the Lemonade ones. Never heard of them. And I was a Brownie. (My mother was a cookie mother...she hated it)
I just ate an entire sleeve of Thin Mints. No regrets.
Absolutely, these are the best cookies (Europeans don't like sweets that are too sweet, and these fit perfectly). Caramel is way too sweet, and I also because I'm European, don't like PB.
me too!!!!!
I know the feeling they are really good out of the freezer
For the thin mints
Jennifer Cunningham I brought 5 boxes of thin mints and ate 2 for myself. No regrets at all
Girl Scout cookies are just crack that only deals once a year 😂😂
Robin Mattingly basically
Robin Mattingly If you want actual crack find a boyscout lol
@@taehyunkim5709 I can't lol
Yes, we anxiously await our dealer
Sounds like someone needs a cookie.
Those young ladies at the beginning worked really hard on those sashes. Each patch/merit badge represents an accomplishment.
They were so lovely!
They can be quite a good incentive for work ethic. But it can also get hyper competitive and turn into an exercise of parents forcing kids to spend all their free time on patch projects (instead of just letting the kids go out doors to have unstructured fun with friends).
The patches on the back are for participation in many cases. Serves as a scrapbook of sorts for each level of girl scouting. The badges on the front have requirements. Daisies typically have three steps, Brownies have five, etc... it gets incrementally more involved as they age through the program.
The new “Journey” awards on the front are also quite involved. Many of them are broken into three or four segments that combine together as research and skills required for a Take Action Project that must be a sustainable effort. TAP’s aren’t one-off service projects like dropping off for a food/clothing/animal shelter drive-it’s like building and maintaining a Little Free Library or renovating an outdoor portion of an animal shelter yard and maintaining it for the pets that pass through. Or an educational video for your school about bullying or stranger danger. Sustainable impact in the community.
I started GS in 1987. The TAP and Journey stuff is all new to me as a Program Mentor for my daughter’s troop, but it’s very much more leadership and goals driven on a community basis than it was when I was a girl.
The Ronald McDonald house is a place where families can stay for free while children receive medical treatment for life threatening illnesses, like cancer. I love that they are donating the first $500 they make to that charity.
@@Judy_R yes. They're nationwide I believe. I throw all of my change into the donation box every time I go through McDonald's. Another good charity is Saint Judes hospital. No child is ever refused treatment regardless of ability to pay. I'm in Texas, not Tennessee but here local contractors build a house to be raffled off every year. Tickets are $100. I've bought one every year for the last 20 years. I haven't won yet though lol. Doesn't really matter though because it's tac deductible to boot. Nothing lost.
@@Judy_R Yeah there's one here in Philadelphia too. It's really nice, everything they do.
@@Judy_R - Hi Judy! I live in Palo Alto -- and I pass by the Stanford Ronald McDonald House! I've actually donated to and volunteered for them!
I loved that! Our Ronald McDonald House in Lubbock is so amazing. There is even a Ronald McDonald play room at the children’s hospital there too. I always give everytime I’m at McDonald’s!
There's a Ronald McDonald House near Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. It's a great charity. Families of children in the hospital can stay there free of charge.
Oh! The girls did such a good job explaining! Yay!!
I want to say a huge thank you to all the girls and adults who let you film them. I'm in Ireland and like you Joel and Lia I've only ever heard of girl scout cookies on TV (first time ever was in Friends) or in movies. It is great to see the sales in action and I agree, those girls are so full of confidence that I would never have had when I was that age. So girls, if you're reading the comments thank you so much for sharing this with us people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I hope you made lots of money 😊💜
Part of the fun of buying Girl Scout cookies is seeing the girls proudly and confidently tout to what causes the funds go. They get very creative with their displays for the cookies and the different troops will take turns stationing outside grocery stores during cookie season. The girls learn impressive sales skills.
Yeah they usually hang out in front of Walmart brings back alot of memories of when I sold them as a girl scout cub along time ago.
Paula Fegan You are so sweet! I want to send you a ton of Girl Scout Cookies!!!! I really would! If you want to take me up on it, let me know!
@@traczebabe Aaaww you are so sweet too 😊 Thank you. So many nice legends on here! I was just grateful because there is very much a culture over here of not letting your kids be on camera or blurring out their faces and I just feel in a situation like this an Irish parent wouldn't have agreed to it. And it's just so lovely to see the process of selling the cookies and how proud those girls were of what they were doing, it meant a lot for me to see it so I hope the parents or the kids see my comment 😊
Paula Fegan I’m sure they will! Knowing they will be on a UA-cam you can be sure their whole Girl Scout troop will see it, their schoolmates, grandparents. I don’t the culture there is wrong. I would have a difficult time putting my children’s & grandchildren’s faces on social media. My son doesn’t allow pictures of his kids on social media. Maybe it’s the Irish in me! ☺️. I’m very proud to have Irish ancestry and the DNA to prove it! Needless to say I have a soft spot for Ireland. Take me up on the cookie offer any time!
Greetings from TEXAS. My son, while deployed to Iraq, emailed me that January saying, “Mom, It’s Girl Scout cookie time!” I sent loads of boxes of GS cookies that year to Iraq. ALSO... my father loves Nutter Butters, but he calls them Nuttie Buddies. Now that’s what all the grandchildren call them!
Vicki Nesting Hearts Nutty buddies are a different thing entirely! It’s those wafer things
I can tell you from experience, service members love getting Girl Scout cookies! Though they usually experience some heat during shipping that causes them all to melt together. But that's ok. Eating thin mints in the shape of a baton is still enjoyable! 😂
While in Austin I had an Indian roommate and bought him a box of Thin Mints. He demolished the whole thing in one sitting.
Adam Johnson I don’t blame him lol thin mints are the best
Your roommate is actually American then😂
@@raeannaroylance5401 Not if he is from India.
@@0816M3RC I was trying to make the joke that if you like thin mints, it exposes the American in anyone-no matter where they were born😅🇺🇸
I feel ya! I can do the same with Tagalongs! Those things are like crack!
When I buy Girl Scout cookies, I buy cookies for our service men and women. I ask the Girl Scout I buy from to choose the kind of cookies for me. I am so thankful that they do this.
"we only thought it only existed in films"...
that literally made me laugh out loud!
Thin Mints are the business. Especially when frozen.
They also have Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mint Cereal. Also bombastic.
I've seen Thin Mint and Samoa ice cream at Kroger grocery stores!
Girl Scout Cookies are available only once a year. They are always popular and everyone has their personal favorite. People stock up and put them in the freezer to get them through until the next year.
Thin mints forever!!
There was a girl who set her cookie table up outside of a pot dispensary. Talk about a genius idea. The following year, from what I heard, they came up with rules against that.
Actually, if you find a local Girl Scout headquarters location, you buy all you want from them. Or so, it used to be..
@@KitCatForever777 Aw, far out, man!!😁✝️⚜️
didn't they start selling them in stores year round?
I wish the scouts would have explained the Cookie Drop on the poster, if you want to buy but not eat, they send to US servicemen , retired or active
Yes, that would have been better, but hey--when you're ten it's hard to remember everything.
@@jmcosmos , for sure, they were great, J&L should have asked also......I just added onto my friend's daughter's order...she is a Brownie. Some for us some for troops!
I didn't know this. I'm diabetic, so I have just donated money instead of buying cookies for about the last decade.
@@dalesplitstone6276 'Tes trew, fer dat ... so you can still donate money but direct what it's to go for and feel virtuous all at the same time! (And I should say that OpCookieDrop hasn't been around all that long, so it might not have been a thing when you began.)
When I was at Walter Reed the girls must have brought in a pallet of a thousand boxes for us. Absolutely the best thank you!
Once a year. Usually from January through February. My seasons go cookie season, winter, spring, summer, and fall.
Weird we get ours right at Valentine's day and it's through March I think. It would make sense for it to be spread out like that though
Love Thin Mints! Very clever and fun! Those kids were so cute. Great job guys! Thanks! L&C 👍♥️😘🇬🇧
My favorite way to eat Thin Mints is to keep them in the freezer. They taste sooo good cold.
@@stephaniebertrand6578 yes!! 👍
To answer a question the girls couldn't, yes, the troops used to bake the cookies themselves- up until the 1930's.
thepeculiarcat , the first troop to bake cookies was the Mistletoe troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma as a service project! (In the 1910s)
In the 60s we definitely did not 😂
You need to try the Lemonades dipped in a nice Honey Chamomile Tea, or Green Tea.
when i hear about cookies dipped in tea it brings back horror stories.
I'm a Girl Scout (it's my ninth year) and honestly I'm super impressed with how the girls were behaving at the booth. Keep up the good work fellow Scouts! Also, fun fact: cookies usually go for $4 or $5 per box, and troops here in VA only get 70 cents per box.
I remember when they were $3.50 a box. Still managed to rake in more than $200 a season. Almost made $300 one year. God, that was a lot of walking.
We only get 10 cents
Yea.thats noticed that we were being used as nearly free labor by this bakery. That's why I didn't want to participate as a Girl Scout (Brownie)- it seemed exploitative. (I was a strange kid.)
Thin Mints are best consumed frozen. They are the best.Also the shortbread were originally called Scott Teas.
Frozen thin mints definitely for the win.
@@lizrivera389 I'm not a cookie fan (I like York peppermint patties), but these thin mints are a marvel! Never thought of freezing them, but I see the point, like choc-peppermint ice cream. My husband bought a box, and we ate it in three days.
We call them Trefoils here because that’s the name of the Girl Scout logo
When he was little, my son called them “cold cookies”.
Caramel Delights are the superior Girl Scout cookie!
But maybe I just feel that way because my mom can and regularly does make her own Thin Mints....
Thin mints have always been my favorite, I believe they are the best sellers.
They are only sold once a year. And different parts of the country have different names for the cookies: the caramel “delights” are also called Samoa’s. The peanut butter chocolate cookies are called Tagalongs. The shortbread are called Trefoils. In Florida they all come in boxes. But they all taste awesome. 🍪🍪🍪
Jackie Santana I have yet to meet a Girl Scout cookie I didn’t like. They are so addictive!!
They are actually different recipes. A Peanut butter Patty does not taste like a Tagalong.
Jackie Santana here’s more information on that for you. flowingdata.com/2015/03/09/girl-scout-cookies-differ-by-region/
Carla M. I live in central Florida and the lemonades, thanks-a-lots, and the s'mores come in the bag package here not in a box.
Samoa's are officially the best!
"We'll get you back home and on the loo immediately!" 😂😂😂
Girl Scouts started selling cookies in 1917 in one troop and they were homemade at that time.
I’m loving this Texas series! I look forward to it as much as I did Vlogmas, and New Jersey/New York honestly. I watched every single day. Honestly I think it would be really awesome if you did this in a few states. I don’t know what your budget is, I know that’s not a cheap suggestion just something I personally think would be pretty darn cool if it were possible. Thank you for entertaining me and bringing some joy into my life three times a week. Love you guys 💜
That’s the plan this year x
I agree! They should hit some mid eastern states and further west! I think Utah might be a funny surprise. We're a bit weird here, I guess 😂
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 If you come to Cambodia, I'll show you around. I've lived here almost 12 years now and work developing the film industry.
@@jessiereeve2780 I graduated from Southern Utah University in Cedar City - discovered that Utah is like a whole different country (love the pioneer spirit and Dutch oven cooking!) It would definitely make a good show.
Would love to see you in Kentucky.
Samoas (carmel delites) are the bomb.
Rebecca Marcus It’s a toss up with them and Thin Mints. I need both!
Thin mints are a close 2nd for me as well.
My faves as well.
I’m in Texas so I have never had the Samoas. I did google the difference and apparently thy have more Carmel and have darker chocolate than the Carmel Delights. I don’t care either way they are bomb!
I’ve only had the Samoa’s, I’d be really interested in trying the DeLites. I wonder where they’re sold?
That Girl Scout was an absolute champ! Way to go!
Rocket Moose Right, she knew her stuff
I live in Oregon and I’m a Girl Scout. But we sell different cookies (with different names), the main difference is the lemon cookies ours is called savannah smiles and have powdered sugar on them. Also we don’t have “thanks a lots”. Instead of those we have “toffeetastic” which is a cookie that has toffee chunks in it( and they’re gluten free!) where I live Girl Scout cookies start mid February to to early April, or the end of March. You should come to Oregon 😁
Caramel delites =Samoa’s
Thin mints =thin mints
S’mores= s’mores
Shortbread= trefoils
Peanut butter patties= Tagalongs
Lemonade= savannah smiles
Peanut butter sandwich = do si dos
That tells me your council is buying from Little Brownie rather than ABC as we do in Austin. You're calling off the Little Brownie brand names.
And the one amazing variety Little Brownie offered on the East coast for a few years was a dried-cranberry cookie. My wife was an absolute FOOL for those things.
Alaska has the same names as you do in Oregon! I’ve always wanted to do a side by side comparison of the two.
I used to be a Girl Scout and I’m from Michigan and ours are the same names as Oregon
Florida sells under those names too
YESSS Georgia too
The Ronald McDonald House Charity is an awesome charity! They help keep families close to their children who are in the hospital. The RMHC in Austin is on the same block as Dell Children’s Hospital. We’ve actually stayed there a few times when our son had brain surgery, medical testing, & other major procedures. They charge a nominal fee, & they only ask that you keep your room clean & leave it clean & ready for the next family. They also provide at least one meal per day to the families, if they wish to eat there. When I was a kid, I never understood how big an impact the Ronald McDonald House could have on a family. It’s definitely changed my view, that’s for sure! Now, if I’m at McDonald’s, & they ask me if I’d like to donate a dollar to RMHC, I gladly say, “YES!”
Bethany Vega my son was born at Little Rock, Arkansas in 2006 an stayed at Arkansas Children’s Hospital an we had to stay in the Ronald McDonald house while he was in the hospital recovering from Heart Surgery! Love love the Ronald McDonald House!
I love RMDH, volunteer at the one in Houston a few times a year. Played Santa when I went near Christmas last year.
Yes I loved that they were there for me. I had identical twin daughters at 33w my water broke, I had them at the choctaw hospital and they sent them to saint Francis hospital in Tulsa I stayed with them for 2w they are health 3 1/2 now but I was so happy they were there.
We had the opportunity to stay at a Ronald McDonald house when my daughter had a major surgery. The one in our area charges quite a bit. For $5 more a night, we chose to stay at a hotel that had a pool and free breakfast. We had two other children, ages 14 and 7, and we needed a way to occupy them while we were at the hospital. My daughter's surgery was over 9 hours. Grandma came along and took the boys swimming all day. The hotel had a shuttle to and from the hospital. It is great for some families, but we found a local hotel more useful.
Thanks for informing me about what the RMDH does. I had a kid in school who lived in one and this girl bullied her for months and then finally beat her up. I was pissed that the bully beat this girl up so I fought the bully for the girl and got expelled because I broke the bullies nose. I felt like maybe I should have minded my business since the adults acted like I was in the wrong but seeing this comment I’m so happy I beat her behind! Now I will be donating money to the RMDH.
Caramel delights are also great frozen.
Woohoo! You found the Girl Scout cookies! Glad you enjoyed them, each found your favorite and you got to experience a little slice of US culture😊! So love watching your reactions...lol!
Mint freak here so thin mints are my guilty pleasure with the Girl Scout cookies and definitely from the freezer so you can dunk them in your coffee without them falling apart. I agree with you about the shortbread though. Once you have real Scottish shortbread nothing else compares. 😊
We did that!!! So yummy!!
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 did it taste lovely as well in Lia's tea?
I'm with you! I call thin mints girl scout crack! They are so yummy! I also quite agree about the shortbread! ❤
For a second when you said that you wished you had some tea I was very confused, because I'm American in the most Americans dip cookies in milk instead of coffee or tea. Then I remembered...
"Are they made from real Girl Scouts" -- Addams Family (movie)
Ha! Ha!! Lol!!! I thought i was the only one who appreciates that line!!
I believe this comment only works when it's Wednesday. ;-)
Lol!!
SGlitz 😂😂😂
We have a disclaimer on our booth sign that they are not.
In different parts of the US, they label the cookies under different names. Carmel delights are called Samoa’s where I am from. Peanut Butter Patties are called Tagalongs, and these are my favorite.
Two diff bakers and recipes ;) Council's contract with one or the other.
Retry the thin mints after they are frozen. It's a whole different experience. Trust me.
Liz Rivera YES!!!!!
They said they tried the frozen prior to the video.
Oh yess they’re so goodddd
Liz Rivera yesss
The ONLY WAY To Have Them!
Speaking of prosecco, I am about half a generation older than Joel and Lia, but I never would have probably known about prosecco without this channel.
Music to our ears
Jwb52z I had never heard of Prosecco until I connected with Joel & Lia. So I went out and bought myself a bottle and was stunned at how delicious it is! Thanks Joel & Lia!!!
Same here. ;) Still haven't tried it yet though.
I like Prosecco but only if it isn’t too sweet.
I had never heard of prosecco either before watching Joel and Lia. I have not tried it yet.
I DIED at “I’m bloated, me” 😂😂 like, same.. All the time 😆😵
I love how Joel just want to keep eating the Caramel delights....those look really yummy. Glad you enjoyed the cookie-fest!
Omg I am a girl scout!
HollysHodgepodge we have brownies and girl guides and then for boys there are beavers and scouts
@@Ecbb610 Oh cool!
There are the equivalent of girl scouts in the UK, I think he meant that there isn't anything like girl scout cookies. Selling cookies like that definitely doesn't happen in the UK.
@@NickLea Oh ok👌🏼
You can dip the shortbread cookies in frosting....
Joel and Lia are the epitome of friendship and I love it.
Heather Flanders yes! Just two best friends enjoying the world together!😊 buuut, if I was lia I would end up falling in love with Joel 😍lol
wait what
Lia, I’m not going to lie, you used to bother me and I only watched this channel for Joel but seeing you interact more with Americans in these vlogs have made me appreciate you more and I think you’re a nice person. I think that you’re just a proud Brit and there is nothing wrong with that! I appreciate that you have a respect for culture! Thanks for doing these videos!
And Joel, you’re amazing too!
The Samoa’s are my family’s absolute favorites! We get at least 4 box’s of them at a time!! ❤️❤️ Still waiting for our order to come in from our dealer! 😂😂
The Girl Scouts were so cute and glad that you got to interact with them. Lia, you look stunning in this video and sorry that you bumped your head on the sofa. So fun watching you two experience new things in Texas. Every Texas video is such a delight to watch!! Thin mint are my personal favorite and so addictive. Girl Scout cookies are a once a year thing. They aren't for sale in Arkansas yet and must have to stagger different parts to keep up with the demand.
Carmel-de-lights are my favorite too, but I know them as samoas
Samoas, aka Caramel delights, are my favorite. Forget Thin Mints. I’ll buy Somoas to last me the whole winter.
They are also good frozen. They should try them that way as well.
Thinking Out Loud yes I do that too. I keep half of them in the freezer so they last longer 👌 storing them like some critter storing food for the winter
Oh hands down my very favorite!
I just bought some girl scout cookies, I either didn't notice the Caramel ones or they didn't have them, that sound good
My favorite
We will all remember that time Joel farted in Texas. I c o n i c
ICONIC
😂😂😂
Totally my favorite part.
I thought he was going to say "operation cookie drop" while doing it.
Twice!!!
Watching y’all eat Girl Scout cookies makes me happy! I love Girl Scout cookies, I actually used to be a Girl Scout and I remember selling these!
Thin mints... Always the thin mints!
Yes. Gotta have more than one to get the flavor going.
Thin mints for sure
Frozen thin mints!
@@tallflguy never tried it frozen but I sure will
ONLY thin mints, for me!
In my opinion the best are Savanha Smiles, which are a different type of lemon cookies, and thin mints best frozen with hot coco.
yes! everyone gives them crap but they are soo good
Don't forget the ice cold milk!! Milk and cookies!!
In the UK it's tea and biscuits.
@@jenniedarling3710 OMG dip em in milk...im here eating a 1/2 gallon of Cookies and Cream Ice Cream.
Wish we had Girl Scout cookies in Ireland!!! 😋👍🏻
They are addictive.
Siobhán K. Lol, Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts is a tradition very much unique to the USA, with its early origins being based on Native American practice of philanthropy volunteer etc
Super fun video!! The DeLites are my favorite!! The Thanks A Lot (Rachel) are excellent when used to make real s'mores!!
I sold these 40 years ago. They were also sold long before me! The Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Sandwiches have remained the same. The others have changed through out the years. Delicious!
We also used to sell them door to door in our neighborhood. We didn't have stands in public places. We had legwork!! Though the stands are much safer for the girls!
I refuse to buy from the stands. Todays girls are just plain lazy. I walked miles and miles through three connecting subdivisions knocking on doors. Sure not everyone bought them at the door but i put in the effort. I keep getting told it is so the girls aren't attacked or something. However a couple of years ago i called several local police departments . Not a single one had a record of any attack on a child selling mints, cookies or boyscout tickets. I have never found an incident documented online. These girls are just too lazy to put in the work
@@teriannebeauchamp254 True - comparable to Halloween trick-or-treating - have an adult go with them and no worries.
Your interaction with the girls was adorable. It’s so much fun to watch your channel.
I've already bought three boxes just for myself this past month...
Anyway, Joel and Lia, I just want to say thank you for such amazing videos! You guys are so nice, funny, and genuine and I really admire that about you guys. Thank you!
Aw thank you so much Charlotte, that's made us smile!
ACK! You just dissed Thin Mints? You both can return to the UK forthwith! :-) Thin Mints are addictive.
Edison Wato LoL Right, I ordered them to scrub their tongue 😛 🤣😂
It’s impossible to open a sleeve of thin mints and not eat the whole thing.
I never liked them when I was a kid, but as an adult I was so into them LOL
Lmao!
Toss them in the freezer. Life changing...
The attraction to the thanks-a-lot cookies isn't so much the taste, but that they have 'thank you' written on each in a different language. They're my personal favorites.
I'm 20 and used to be a girl scout more than 10 years ago, I would wear those exact sashes😂 The best memories💖 My favorite cookies are the thin mints. The best way to eat them is to freeze them😍
Caramel delights are my favorite!!! I don't normally like coconut, but those cookies are an exception. Lol
SAME!
This is me!! The only time I want coconut is when the Girl Scout cookie sales start.
@@ern1406 and the day after I eat my last frozen box.
Ditto!
Brian Paq-Sav me and my son just finished off the box we bought a few days ago. I may have to buy some more before the 20th. Lol
I find it odd that here in FL they cookies are called different things, like the peanut butter patties are called Tag a longs and the caramel ones are called Samoas. Glad you guys enjoyed them💓
There are two different bakers and they have different names for the cookies
I am 75 and sold cookies door to door. Then they were just sandwich cookies. Vanilla and chocolate
I miss the sandwich cookies.
I am 52 and did the same. Also still have my sash lol
Still available in Canada. We have those 2 and thin mints.
@BlackSH0veldeath love them and watch Sorted too
That is amazing! My daughter has been in gs since kindergarten
Come on....Thin Mints for the win. They’re the OG Girl Scout Cookies. Girls Scouts Cookies are only for sale in January and February in southern states and March and April in northern states.
The original GS Cookie from GA , where it began was Chocolate chip. As years went by Thin Mints became very popular. Something refreshing after a dinner. (1960-1980).
Well how the heck do you have them without a glass of ice cold milk? Clearly that’s why the Mints were underrated ❤️
I was a Girl Scout back in the day. Thin mints are my favorite. ❤️
Did you guys get a new camera?!?
Video looks GREAT!!! 👏🏼 and love the new intro :) please don’t ever get rid of the jingle though. It gets stuck in my head for days and I love it lol
No, just good natural lighting!!! Aww glad to know you like it!
Btw! Frankie has been binge watching your videos all week. I’ve converted him to a mega fan now and showed him all the inside jokes 😂 hope you guys had fun at vid con!
Family tradition. I sold Girl Scout cookies when I was a girl now my five year old is a Girl Scout and she’s selling. Yay! Girl Scout cookie season is January-March
Stephanie Vargas lol that’s funny ! I know this guy who’s dad used to sell crack now his son sells crack how funny ! 😄
When I was a girl scout, we sold them door to door. Over the years the names and packaging changes a little. The price has also gone up from $3.50 a box to $5 or $6 a box now. Girl scout cookies are only available once a year around summer time then you have to wait till next year. The girl scouts is a great program and I regret quitting in my younger years. They gave me lots of life skills I will never forget. THIN MINTS FOR LIFE!
Summertime? They are available during Feb/March each year.
I live in Savannah, Georgia where the Girl Scouts originated.
Oh wow. How did I not know that..I’m from Georgia. Not savannah ga, though.
One of the great things about the Girl Scout cookie program is that it teaches the girls not just skills, but also self-confidence and poise. Notice how the mom and dad stepped aside and let the girls do the selling, accounting, explaining. . . I think the organization coaches the parents to stay out of the way as much as possible.
Several years ago a Girl Scout posted an article reviewing all the cookies she was given to sell. She liked most of them, but was quite frank in her opinion that some of them were terrible. It got a lot of national publicity, because people couldn't believe she would criticize products she was supposed to promote. My feeling was that I'd love to buy from her because she was honest.
When medical marijuana was legalized in a few states, some Girl Scouts would set up sales outside of the dispensaries. I thought this was brilliant marketing, when you consider that marijuana famously gives people the munchies.
My mom literally buys 30 boxes of Tagalongs from my sister’s troop and we go through them within 2 weeks 😂
Of course you do. Those things are delicious.
Girls Scout cookies are only sold for a few weeks in mid February and early March. I believe the shortbreads were the first they sold, and thin mints are the most popular.
When they are sold depends on where you live. It's pretty much distributed across the US during the school year calendar.
Joel, those are my favorite too. I don't blame you for going back for thirds.
They were the things dreams are made of!
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 i was confused because where i buy them here in florida they are called Samoas so i recognized the cookie but not the name & felt for a moment my whole life was an unsolved puzzle, but alas w research it turns out 2 different bakers produce GS Cookies & they name them differently. Odd but true.
I almost always smile the entire time Joel & Lisa are talking. Just generally pleasant people!
Thin Mints and Tagalongs (peanut butter patties) my fav!! 💕 girl scout cookies only once a year! And the time of year differs from state to state
Come to Boston! Lots of history!
yesss go to Boston please🙏🙏🙏
Haha watching people eat Girl Scout cookies for the first time is always fun. I was a Girl Scout about 25 years ago. My favorites are definitely the Caramel Delights. Here's a little secret, idk how many Keebler products you get in the UK but they have a cookie(biscuit) called Coconut Dreams that are almost exactly the same. So if you need a Caramel Delight fix, try and find those :)
omg you just made those little girl scout's days! That whole interaction was so wholesome
Yes, Joel and Lia. Girl Scout cookies only happen once a year. It's common to sign up for them at work, as co-workers with daughters in the Scouts bring around sign up sheets. And speaking of confidence, I remember doing some work out in a turnip field one day - collecting freshly plowed up winter turnips for the pigs - and seeing the school bus drop off one of the farmer's girls. Not long after, here she comes, determinedly stomping across the field, still in her school uniform, with her wellies on, wielding the Girl Scout cookie order sheet and a pen. She handed them off to us and waited expectantly while we dutifully signed up. Clearly, no thank you was not to be an option! :D
How, pray tell, does the girls getting their parents to dragoon their co-workers into buying the cookies develop any of the skills that cookie sales are supposed to inculcate?
@@brucealanwilson4121 by teaching them how to delegate tasks. :-) (kidding. I have the same thought about moms who bring the signup sheets in to work)
My parents never did that. We had to go door to door with a parent though unless it was someone who we knew
New subscriber here. Love you Skinny Legends! Prosecco and Girl Scout Cookies - what a great way to spend the day.
Aw welcome Hugh!! Such a great day!
Thanks a lots are my favorite. I was a girl scout and my granddaughter is too. So was her mother, my daughter in law. The slogan is " Be prepared " great childhood memories.
Loving the new intro!
Going to Texas from anywhere (including the states that border it) is like going to another country.
I was a Girl Scout for 13 years (5-18) so it honestly warms my heart to know that you made a point to support them! Also, I love the fact that y'alls two favorite cookies were also mine (Caramel deLites, or, Samoas in my day, and Lemonades)! Also, next time you come to Texas, be sure to visit Houston, there's so much to do and see there, especially if you want to give a rodeo another try. The event that you went to seemed a lot more like a county fair (rodeo on a smaller scale). The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the biggest in the world, but make sure you also buy a ticket to one of the concerts, because that's how you get in to see the bull/bronco rides, mutton busting (little kids riding sheep, it's adorable!), chuck wagon races, and barrel racing. Generally the Houston Rodeo runs from late February to mid-March! Either way, please come back and visit us again, Texas loves y'all!
We get so excited here for girl scout cookie season! They only come around once a year. Thin mints are definitely the most popular. However, my favorite are the tagalongs. The peanut butter & chocolate ones.
Thin mints are the best
Annette Burns Frozen Thin Mints are even better!!
I personally was selling Girl Scout cookies fifty years ago. We only went door-to-door; setting up stands is a more recent development. They actually started about one hundred years ago and they were originally home baked. They’ve been commercially baked since the 1930’s.
The coconut caramel ones are called Samoa’s and are the best 😋 we bought recently some, and the s’mores ones looked differently at the ones you just ate 🤷🏽♀️
Walkers shortbread is to die for
Panera makes a good shortbread, too.
Homemade shortbread is much better.
Thin Mints are by far my favorite. I also really like the Caramel Delights and the lemon ones.
When you pull out Thin Mints during lunch at school everyone at the table would ask for them.
The bakeries are regional I believe. So the cookies you got in Texas might not have tasted exactly the same as if you got them when you were in New Jersey, for example.
Actually there are only two bakeries for them, and yes they do differ some in their recipes. Each council can choose the bakery they prefer.
It’s just once a year. I love, love the first two you tried. I have to force myself not to go crazy for me or my kids. So it’s probably a good idea it’s only once a year!
Hi Joel and Lea! Just finished viewing this video for a second time. I first viewed it some months ago when it was first posted.
It is now heavy duty Girl Scout Cookie season in NJ. Girl Scouts are now minding their many posts outside of food stores and malls to raise money for many different charities as well as funding their many activities of their own local troop (group). I (now age 71) was a Girl Scout as well as was my daughter back in the day. Thank you for being so nice and charming to those young ladies. I know that they had to be thrilled to meet you guys and especially for your generosity in having purchased 8 boxes of cookies. FYI cookies are now $5.25 a box. From Elaine la profe de NJ.
The cookies in Austin are produced by ABC Bakers. Little Brownie Bakers produce GS Cookies in San Antonio. Almost everyone I know likes LBB better than ABC for Thin Mints, Samoas (Caramel deLites), and Tagalongs (Peanut Butter Patties).
🤤Yes the caramel delites though😭😭😭👌🏾👍🏾they are so good!
My mom was a Girl Scout Leader for over 20 years while we were all growing up . She was ‘cookie chairman’ and our house was filled with cases of cookies every February. Hate to say, but they were only 50 cents back then. 😱 I’m so happy you were able to experience them !!
Don’t think the delights will be making it home 😆
They did not 😂
They are awful 😂
Joel is now hopelessly addicted to GS cookies! lol We think it's bad enough to be hooked on something only available once a year, but he is now hooked on something only available once a year in another country... poor lad smh... now you know a little bit more about what it's like to be American 🇺🇸
Those are my favorite 😊
Good way to start my morning.
I'm binge watching your videos while I'm sick with COVID-19. As a mom and Girl Scout leader, thanks so much for supporting them!
I laugh Everytime you two call cookies " biscuits" lol! Here in US, they are two totally different things! 😋We wouldn't dip our cookies in tea, we dip our cookies in a glass of ice cold milk! Yum!😉 And cover our biscuits with either gravy, butter or honey, jelly.😊 You guys should find a "Firehouse Subs", and try an awesome sub sandwich!! 😆
They're back home in England, so it's too late to try Firehouse.
@@kylecain6685 oh! I was going by the date this video was published! Oh well, always a day late and a dollar short! Lol!😊
@@JustMe-rg7sv These two care so much for each other. Who knows, we might see a deeper commitment from them in the future. Cue Neil Diamond's "The Story of My Life".
@@ugandaknuckles3996 That would be delightful! They are such an attractive , bouncy couple! I think they would be great as a couple!!♥️