British Verdict on American Girl Scout Cookies 

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I'm getting old, as my generation of girl scouts went DOOR TO DOOR selling cookies. I had a customer base of neighbors that waited for me to come by and take their cookie order every year. And one year my mother, who was our troop leader, over ordered cookies so I wen't door to door selling the extras. Had a few people run out of their house and flag me down on the street because they'd found an extra $2 and wanted another box! Girl Scout Cookies are a big deal.

frozen thin mints are great. Somoas are my absolute favorite.

Girl Scout cookies don't get you high, but some Girl Scouts have set up shop outside marijuana dispensaries.

Tip: freeze Thin Mints, then bite a small piece of the side, carefully submerge in milk and after the cookie absorbs the milk, quickly put it in your mouth before it falls apart. You're welcome.

"Are they made out of real girl scouts?"

“There was a recession! What was I supposed to do?!” That made me laugh way too hard. 😂🤣

When I was a kid, Girls Scouts would come to your door and you'd order your cookies from them but you had to wait several weeks before you actually got the cookies.

I live in Savannah, the founding home of the Girl Scouts. I bought so many boxes, gave away most to bartenders and waitresses, and STILL have a freezer full of Thin Mints.

Sounds like he was shaken down by the Girl Scout Mafia.

My favorite Girl Scout cookies are: Thin Mints and The Somoas! Have a good one!

My coworkers daughter is a Girl Scout, so I'm watching this while eating my Thin Mints. Those and Samoas are my absolute favorites. I love this time of year.

If I could only ever have one type of girl scout cookie for the rest of my life it would be hands down Samoas.

You don't like mint AND you don't like peanut butter... That's un-American!!! Wait... You... Aren't... 😂

Thin Mints forever! :)

THIN MINTS for the win! Always and forever.

When I was diagnosed with Gluten sensitivity I wanted to cry because of my love of these cookies. Then the sad sad Toffee one came out. I thought I was tricked into eating sawdust...even milk couldn't help it.

When I was a Girl Scout the trefoil cookies had the letters GS instead of the face symbol.

My favorite is the Samoa's. Everyone has a different one. But with Samoa's I will open a pack and say I will only eat 2. Then after eating those 2 I will look down and see a row and a half gone. I swear.

“Unoffensive”, what a great descriptor for Girl Scout cookies. Very apt.

We used to have the Lemonades in my area, but haven’t for a couple of years now. This year we did get the Lemon Ups, and they’re ok, but the Lemonades were way better. I just “discovered” the Trefoils last year (I, obviously, knew they were a thing, just had never tried them), and now they are one of my favorites. But, nothing beats the Thin Mints! They are the best!

I was a Girl Scout too. Love The Samoas, trefoils, Lemon, thin mints have the perfect amount of mint, YUM. A few years ago Girl Scouts were selling cookies outside of a Wal-Mart store, close by where I live, in Texas. A man drives up, gets out of his car & grabs their cash box. They ganged up on him, took it back, screamed & yelled at him A LOT!!! One of the girls took his car keys. Lots of people gathered around for the girls. Cops showed up & hauled him away. His car was towed. I guess they charged him with attempted robbery of Girl Scouts. He was found guilty. He wasn't in jail long enough. He couldn't afford to get his car out. No one would help his sorry butt either😂😂😂 Way To Go Girl Scouts!!!

I love these reaction videos/collabs with The Wife. It's a real snapshot of what gets Lost In The Pond.

Former GS here! I currently have two daughters who are also GS. Thank you for your support. :D

I will freely express my politics online. I will debate theology at the drop of a miter/hijab/kippah. I revel in disabusing anti-vaxers. But voicing an opinion about which Girl Scout cookie is best? I'm not brave enough to do that.

I'm not sure that one can judge by eating one at a time. They're too small. One needs a mouthful. It's like judging a cheese burger by taking one nibble.

Girl Scout cookies, and a LARGE cup of coffee, yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Such memories. The cookies were 50 cents a box when I sold them. Hope the tradition of scouts and cookie sales continues.

I've never met a girl Scout cookie that I didn't like. They are all scrumptious and the little girls are so cute!😊❤

Oh gee, the English guy likes the toffee best? 😂 Seriously though, I know others have said it here and I'm sure Tarah has probably told you as well, but freezing your Thin Mints makes them even better! Crumble them up and add them to ice cream or a milk shake. You can't go wrong!

Do- si -does are my favorites! Well, behind Somoas. LOL

They always corner me as I'm leaving the grocery store and say "Would you like to buy some cookies?" and I say "Yes I would."

Do-si-does rock!

Good video. I was a little concerned for your safety after reading the title. Remember, the only thing the mob fear are the Girl scouts.

Carmel Delites (Samoas) are my favorite with Thin Mints a close second.

Over the past few years, there's been some very smart Girl Scout troops that have set up outside of sporting events. They have huge carts filled with boxes of cookie, and they sell a TON of cookies to people leaving the game.

Depending on the bakery, the names are different. Where I’m from, the bakery was ABC. Standards were as follows (in no particular order): Shortbread Thin Mint Peanut Butter Sandwich Peanut Butter Patty Caramel deLite I believe our s’mores were the chocolate covered version. It’s been twenty years since I’ve sold a GS cookie!

My favorites are dosidoes and the mints.

During each Girl Scout Cookie season, I have to buy a year’s supply of Samoas.

My dental hygienist is the mother of a very young Girl Scout. This woman helps her daughter sell cookies to a nearby military base where her husband works. She described how she has to unload large boxes of cookies off of a truck & stack them up in her living room. Oh, and thin mints are by far her best seller.

Girl Scouts really is a great program for children. I love what they do.

The Samoas are my favorite girl scout cookies. I also loved Savannah Smiles (Lemon cookies) which were replaced with 🍋 ups . I liked the 🍋 ups and like the fact they have encouraging messages we all need to see, if we remember to read them before the cookies are eaten 😁😋🍴😍😆

You are forgetting rule one for some of the cookies.. Like Thin Mints and Samoas.. YOU MUST FREEZE THEM FOR MAXIMUM DELICIOUSNESS

I remember when Girl Scout Cookies costs $2 per box. Now they are $5 per box.

When I got a stomach bug and couldn't even keep water down, Thin Mints and green grapes were what helped me get my appetite back and stop being sick.

I like it when the parents let the girls do the selling. It helps the girls develop confidence, and it's also fun to buy cookies from a group of kids at a card table. Where I live, they set up outside the local Ace Hardware store, and also at the BART station (that's the local commuter train system). I tried the S'mores, and while they don't taste much like real s'mores, they're pretty good for a sandwich cookie.

The moment you realize other countries dont have girl scout cookies. 😮 that's crazy 🇺🇲

Did you notice that your cookies, sold in and around Chicago, were made by The Little Brownie Bakers. But strangely there was no notice on the box that "no Brownies were harmed in the making of these cookies", unlike many cosmetics that say "not tested on animals" or movies that say "no animals were harmed in the making of this movie".

As a Brownie scout in the late 50’s, I carried Thin Mints all over the neighborhood to sell. The peanut butter sandwich cookie was one of my favorites. In the early 60’s. Then the Shortbread. Yum

Frozen Thin Mints....no cookie is better. Plus it makes them last longer (theoretically, but how long would they last anyway?)

This year I bought a box of Thin Mints from a Girl Scout and her FATHER who were set up outside of Chick-fil-a.

I am old enough that samosa were called 'caramel delight", trefoil was just "short bread" and I forgot what tagalongs where called. I was the last member of my group 677, made it to Senior scout. So I was in high school in 1998 and a girl scout, some th thing I am proud of.

FOUR boxes of Thin Mints is the absolute minimum order for a moral character.

Love love LOVE the Tagalongs ... tho I don't eat them very often.

I think I'll create a mint peanut butter cookie and name it Lorenzo's Folly.

I so enjoy you two. Thank you!

I was a Girl Scout and of course I sold Girl Scout Cookies! My favorite back then were the Thin Mints! I'll have to agree that my least favorite was the Do-Si-Dos (however it's spelled). But the Girl Scout organization had added a "new" cookie since my day called "Samoas", a sort of butter cookie drizzled with chocolate, caramel and coconut!!! Mmm-mmm-mmm! My favorite --- hands down!!!

There's nothing more American than seeing a young girl selling Girl Scout cookies....in front of the cannabis dispensary. It's actually becoming a tradition around here.

This was so fun. We never had the Lemon cookies and I would love them. My husband's favorite is the thin mints and it is extremely hard for him to pass them up. He reluctantly has had to but does pay for a box then give it to someone standing around the table. My mom was a troop leader as was my sister. They went door to door, first taking orders and in my mom case after a month would fill a wagon with the cookies to deliver them. My sister used her van. Love seeing you both and enjoyed sharing the memories. I am still shocked at the absence of window screens in the UK. Had noticed it but just thought it was a London thing but now that I begin to reflect on the homes I have seen in the UK I realize I have never seen a screened porch neither.This had bothered me for years and I was so happy to have this confirmed, everyone in the states thought I was batty ( another reason for window screens, we have very friendly bats) Really enjoy spending time with y'all

I could listen to Lawrence say squirrel all day.

Since I was technically a Boy Scout, I didn't get to join up and sell cookies. I was a police explorer which, at the time, was classified as part of the Boy Scouts of America.

I want lemon ups in the South!!

Used to love the Samoas and Thin Mints until they changed the formulas in the late 90s. One of my curses is the ability to taste the "artificial".

I remember Thin Mints since the 1950s. Still my favorite.

Thin mints are my all time favorite cookie, but must be eaten fresh out of the freezer! Yum!

Do-si-dos are only good (in my opinion) when you double stack them like you do with oreos to make them "double stuff".

I would never be disappointed if the only two cookie types in the jar were Thin Mints and Tagalongs. Both are glorious.

Like the vlogs.They are clean cut and informative.

Okay everyone send him boxes and boxes of thin mints!!!!!!!

"If I wanted cookies I'd have purchased them in the store!" '

Love all of your videos !!!

When I was in Girl Scouts my mom was a co-leader. We had three all of them were troop member's moms. It was a good combination of different peoples expertise.

Hey Tara! I miss girl scout cookies. I used to be a Girl Scout too .

Samoas are called something like Caramel Delights in the West.

Tagalongs and thin mints in the freezer are incredible!

It's nice to see them around town in February.

I didnt know there were other cookies I only ever here the girls say THINMINTs , to which I reply ILL TAKE THEM ALL!!!NOW

If they did make barbecue flavored Girl Scout cookies I would probably eat those until intense regret also...

Some places around the US have a different type of s’mores. I believe it’s a graham cracker/cookie with a marshmallow layer, all dipped in chocolate

YOu are so right that most leaders are either mothers or grandmothers of troop members. Campus Scouts (the college level) was geared toward community involvement for the good it does rather than badges. I would guess most leaders who do not have girls in the program, like I was, are part of this group. After 15 years as a Scout member, I moved on to being an assistant leader for a few years.

I like making peanut butter sandwiches using two Treffoils, sorry to be such an American.

Samoas are my favorite. Thin mints and tagalongs are tied for second.

Back in the sixties my mother was a brand new assistant troop leader. When the cookie drive came around, the troop leader bailed on her. So she was left to handle receiving dozens of boxes of cookies. They were stacked in my father's workshop, taking up a good third of the space. These were the days when the troop received the cookies, and then the girls went around selling them. One of my enduring memories of that time is peddling my bike around several blocks, going door to door selling cookies. Wonder of wonders, the troop managed to sell every one of those boxes. We bought several thin mints and a sampling of the others. I can vouch for the fact that thin mints are best when frozen.

Thin Mints are absolutely my favorite Girl Scout cookie! I used to be a Girl Scout, too, and I’ve tried many kinds of Girl Scout cookies, and Thin Mints are far and away the best! It’s not even close.

I manage to stay cookie “clean” all year until February when my neighborhood cookie “dealer” comes around.🤣 Thin mints are my weakness!

I didn't know there were different ones.

The lemon Girl scout cookies are very regional. I was a girl scout in Florida and we had the Lemonades when they first came out. My troupe kind of ate then entire sample box of the Lemonades because they were so good. Now I live in Colorado. Our lemon Girl scout cookies are called Savannah Smiles. They're very dry and are covered in a dusting of powdered sugar. Not as good as the Lemonades, but still lemon (they're shaped similar to lemon wedges) cookies.

Frozen thin mints and ice cold milk are an absolute mouthgasm!

Love the cookies. I think it's mostly because I have to wait a whole year to get them. I have never heard of a lemon up, though.

Too bad you weren’t around in the 1980s...maybe 1990s at the latest. The cookies were much better and you got much more

In Canada, Girl Scouts are called Girl Guides, but they sell the Girl Scout (Guide) cookies all across Canada. Not as many kinds though, just Chocolate and Vanilla in spring, and Chocolate Mint in the Fall.

Firstly, I only just found this channel and I am loving it! Secondly, I really would like to try that lemon cookie! You are just lovely to watch and have given me something to smile about all day today. Thank you!

How poor does your sense of taste have to be to not love peanut butter? Tagalongs for the win!!!

i'm happy that you're in illinois. that makes it alot easier for me to understand your experiences. i live about an hour drive down I-90 away from chicago, and i typically visit the city multiple times a year.

When I was in Girl Scouts (yes, my mother was the Brownie leader) there were only the shortbread trefoils and thin mints, then the shortbread chocolate covered shortbread with peanut butter filling. They were good because as an alternative to thin mints because a person could only eat so many thin mints before feeling sick from too much mint, whereas there was a rate-limiting factor for the peanut butter ones. They were extremely messy.

GS cookies are ok, well, actually I like quite a few of them but I’d rather give my limited $$ for handmade cookies actually made by actual kids, for better or worse, instead of corporate cookies. I’ll take an under-baked, malformed thing over a perfectly machined thin mint any day.

They are horrible! Why do people go crazy for them?

FYI: The trefoil (shortbread cookies) and Thin Mints have been a favorite since 1964.

I was a girl scout for a couple of years when i was a kid. The names have changed on some since I was in scouts. My favorite one is the Samoa. Chocolate, coconut and caramel.

They're overpriced crap.