When I was a Girl Scout we called Samoas Caramel Delights. Then my last year they switched it to Samoas. Also, one of my favorites was the lemon sandwich cookies, I forgot what they were called. And they also had these vanilla cookies dipped in a lemon creme or white chocolate on the bottom - I think they called them Lemonades. Part of me misses being a Girl Scout :(
emmymadeinjapan There are two different bakeries that are authorized to make the Girl Scout cookies. Depending on which bakery provides the cookies to your area, you will see some variations in the cookie names and also the cookies themselves. I personally prefer the Samoas and Tagalongs to the Caramel Delites and Peanut Butter Patties.
emmymadeinjapan There are also different flavors depending on the baker that have different flavors. Also some of the places now have different gluten free option depending on the baker.
+emmymadeinjapan If you ever get the chance, try the thin mints frozen! Also, if you freeze boxes, they will last for years, if I remember right. Helps if you want to stock up while they're out. :]
i live in texas too, but they're called samoas where i'm from! the name differs depending on your location, since two companies make the cookies for girl scouts :-)
I'm from Texas, too, and when I was little and a Girl Scout myself they were called Samoas but they've changed it to caramel delights now. Nice to see its still called Samoas in other places. :)
This video just reminded me that I have a box of Girl Scout cookies that I hid from myself in back of my cupboard. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, but I'm about to eat an entire sleeve of thin mints...
Thin Mints are my favorite!! I can eat the whole box in one day lol I used to be a girl scout when I was in the 5th grade. That was 10 years ago omg I feel old now :P
MrsToshiro I live in Texas. When I was young my Mother told me the same explanation for the Samoa cookies,"there so good,after one you always want Som-mo-ah! LOL
As a Girl Guide leader in the UK I can vouch for the incredible work the "world association of girl guides and girl scouts" does for girls all around the world. The cookies are a fantastic way for the girls in the USA to not only fundraise in order to keep the organisation accessible to girls of all backgrounds and support all members but also to give the girls good life skills and understanding of business on a small scale at least :-) I'm a leader for the girls aged 10-14 and then 14 - 26, I also help occasionally with a group of girls aged 7 - 10, being able to offer them all the opportunities we do is life changing not only for them but us as leaders, l first became a leader at 14, the girls I used to help with are now coming up to being adults and seeing them grow in confidence and become amazing young women is worth it. They always talk fondly of the memories they make, Love it!
I was a Girl Scout and can't wait until my 2 year old daughter is old enough to join! I have the best memories of camping, learning skills like sewing and how to start camp fires, and selling cookies every year. I still buy cookies every year, my favorites are Thin Mint and Tagalongs, but I buy at least one box of every kind.
Joey Wu NOT SURE BUT I THINK YOU CAN ORDER THEM ONLINE NOW BUT NOT COMPLETELY SURE!!!! If you do find a site that sells them they should be $4 per box! :D good luck
I'm not sure if it's the same in America, but in the UK with our Girl Scouts, which are called girl guides, there is a group for old women who were previously in the girl guides are called the trefoil guild. Hence the name Trefoil, for the cookies, I think. I wish they did girl guide cookies here in the UK but it just isn't a thing.
ItsJustGabi Close, Girl Guides were started in 1910 in the UK (trefoil Guild came later as an option for older Guiding members of those not associated with helping as a leader directly with a unit but wanted to help so to fundrase and support as a whole, trefoil guild still exists for women 18+) A group of girls went along to a scout camp and demanded something for the girls so baden powell felt he had to listen and so his sister agnes baden powell started Girl Guides, later Baden Powells wife Olave would take over the organisation. This was slowly taken abroad across the next few years and the organisation was taken to the USA but called Girl Scouts. In the UK we have never really taken up on the cookies, some groups used to sell cookies at Christmas back in the 90's but it was never an official Guiding thing just something advertised through Guiding and was through a third party company they were never official girl guiding cookies so to speak. I'm a Guide, Senior Section and Brownie leader :-) The above history comes from being PR trained in 2010 during our centenary heard the history of Guiding so many times during that one year haha
If anybody didn't know, Girl Scout Cookies are only availible once a year for a certain amount of time so whenever there's a chance to get them people buy LOTS. I usually get anywhere from 20 boxes of variant flavors to last me the year.
I find this so funny because I graduated high school last June and with that bridged to adults from Girl Scouts. I come from a huge Girl Scout family, my mom started Girl Scouts in 1964 and has been a Girl Scout leader ever since! I've been watching you since you lived in Japan! So long ago, ahh!
Thank you for doing this Emmy! Being an Australian I have always wondered what all the fuss is about with these girl scout cookies, now I want some for myself!!
When I was in Girl Guides (in Canada) we had 2 types of cookies. We sold the minty chocolate ones in the winter, and a pack that was half chocolate sandwich cookies and half vanilla sandwich cookies, printed with the trefoil (it looks like a clover) printed on top in the summer.
I don't know if anyone answered this yet, but the money goes to multiple places. Most goes to a troop account which they can use for trips or supplies or other fun stuff. A portion goes to the origanization itself, allowing them to give poorer families a reduced price for camp (i would never have gone to camp as a kid if it wasnt for that and im so grateful that i got that opportunity) and keep the camps and centers running. A portion also gets donated to charaties and other organizations. I always encourage people to buy (if they can afford to) even if they don't like them because they can donate the cookies and still have their money go to a great cause. Also girlscouts are so LGBT and disabled inclusive its great and everyone should support them. I'm sorry for such a long comment but ugh I just have so many feelings about girlscouts
The first girl scout cookies were made in Muskogee, OK where I live. We even have a statue dedicated to the girl scouts and their cookies at the Three Rivers Museum here in town.
I haven't had all of the flavors either but I would say of the ones I have had my favorite is the Samoa's ...then thin mints....then the chocolate one with peanut butter! I haven't tried the rest but I want to now that I've heard you describe them especially the one you said was similar to a digestive biscuit! =}
uberfreak2 Keebler is most definitely not the same baker as Girl Scout cookies. ABC and Little Brownie Bakers produce cookies for Girl Scouts year round to meet demand.
Im so straight but God, she is soooo fuckin gorgeous. This is the first time Im seeing any of her video. Im gonna go on a marathon of her vids. God bless me.
They brought the old names back! But I do miss the lemonades, they were my favorite (besides thin mints they were my life) and ra ra raisins? No, just no.
Thank you for reviewing Girl Scout Cookies, Emmy! I was a GS for many years as a kid & have many happy memories from those times. This may be my first comment, even though I have watched almost all of your great videos! My favorite flavor Girl Scout Cookies are the Do-Si-Dos, and my bf likes the Trefoils the best. We actually met in Savannah. They are headquartered in Savannah, GA, and I think the new Savannah Smiles are yummy too. Thanks for posting! :)
I was a girl scout about 20 years ago. The names were different then. I think it was a regional thing, but then they all merged. For example, Samoas were called Caramel Delights. Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Do See Dos are my favorite.
Ashley Weill don't worry, they haven't been replaced. the girl scouts use two different bakers to supply the entire country. the troop emmy's cookies came from were made by the original baker (thus, they have the original names like samoas and tagalongs instead of caramel delites and peanut butter patties). the secondary baker makes the lemonades while the original makes the savannah smiles for their lemon cookie. which cookies are offered just depends on where you live.
In my town in North Carolina the Do-si-Does are known as "grandpa cookies" because everybody's grandfather likes those the best. And they all dip them in sweet tea, so you were right on with that!
Wow! It's so interesting how the cookies names are so different depending on the region they are sold in! Here there are lemonades, thanks-alots, caramel delights, peanut butter patties, thin mints, and short breads. :) I am a Girl Scout myself! :)
In California they sell special regional type of cookies called Lemonades. They're so good. They're like shortbread cookies with a lemon cream on the bottom. They're my favorites besides Thin Mints. If you ever have the change you should totally try them!! 💛
I have been a girl scout for 8 years and I normally sell about 700 boxes of cookies every year. The most popular cookies where I live are Thin mints, Tagalongs, and Samoas. My favorite cookie is the trefoils and I prefer to eat them with peanut butter 😍
I love samoas, do-si-dos, and trefoils sooooo much. Trefoils with vanilla icecream is soooo amazing. I just bought some Girl Scout samoas cupcake mix. They just came out so I guess I'll try them sometime this week!!
Fun fact almost all the flavors are called by different names here in the south! I live in South Carolina. We have shortbread, caramel delight, peanut butter patty, and i believe the yellow box is called something different as well but i never really cared for those. I was a girl scout and i loved it sooooo much! I honestly think we have more than 7 kinds here as well!
my favorite are Samoas. There are actually 12 types of girl scout cookies, it depends on what region you are in for the types that are sold. I remember when I was little they use to sell Lemonades in my region but I haven't been able to find them in a long time. They are still listed on the website.
The prices are different in different places, because some of the money is used to fund scholarships and pay for the camps that Girl Scouts own in that area. Also, the cookies are named differently in different areas because they are by different bakers. I've been a girlscout for ten years.
Emmy, I used to call square dances in my long-distant youth and you are correct about the do-si-do being a square dance step. Thanks for another entertaining video. Can't wait for the next installment. 😉
I never realised there were so many different flavoured Girl Scout Cookies This was an interesting review great idea for a taste test video Emmy. Some of those cookies look pretty good.
To others outside of the country. You can't buy them all year round. For maybe a month you will see different Girl Scout troops outside grocery stores selling cookies. So it's like a special treat each year to buy your favorites.
I've never tried Girl Scout cookies but I was in Girl Guides for years here in Canada. We only ever had three varieties of cookies: chocolate mint (which was available only in the fall), and chocolate cream and vanilla cream (which came together in one box in the Spring). The Chocolate mint cookies were always my favourite though. .
Girl scouts all over the Country have square dances, so that is probably the main reason behind naming those peanut butter cookies do-si-dos 😊 I used to be a girl scout
Speaking of grasshoppers, this local coffee/tea shop near me has a drink called the grasshopper which is this super minty, milky, green tea drink. Delicious.
In Canada we only have thin mint and cookies similar to Oreos with a more shortbread texture that come in chocolate and vanilla. In Canada it is called girl guides.
In Minnesota tagalongs are peanut butter patties. Do-si-dos are peanut butter sandwhich. Savannah smiles are lemonades. Thin mints are thin mints. Trefouls are shortbreads. Samoas are Caramel delights. Amd we dont have rah-rah-raisin. Hah funny how in different states the names change.
In New Zealand we have Girl Guides which I believe are the same as Girl Scouts (I have never been one) They also sell cookies but I don't think they have different flavours. There are plain Vanilla ones and ones with Vanilla and a thin layer of chocolate on the bottom.
My all time favorite Girl Scout cookie has to be the Lemonades, followed closely by Thanks-a-lots. My art teacher in High school had a daughter who sold them all the time, It was a great time in my cookie eating life.
I wish you could make more videos like this one. I loved how it was a little more natural and free flowing.. I can tell you were in a happy mood, not that u ever aren't... Hehehe I loved the video! :)
Girl Scouts were actually founded in 1912 in Georgia by Juliette Gordon Low and established in 1915 lol I was a Girl Scout for 14 years and they retold us all the history every year and tested us twice a year at competitions
Hubby's favorite is also Thin Mints. He even makes a "Dirty Girl Scout" drink with Peppermint Schnapps and Chocolate liqueur! He'll eat the Tagalongs and Do Si Dos as well. My favorites are Samoas (called that because you always want "some more"!) and Do Si Dos with milk. Trefoils with milk are also heavenly. At Sprouts today I saw Bigelow "Girl Scout Cookie" tea! They had chocolate mint and coconut caramel flavors. And of course there is GSC ice cream as well!
Wish you could have tried Lemonades, the cookies in the southern region! BTW, as a Girl Scout that is super cool you bought them all! That makes me so happy when people get them all!
It's funny because in Missouri our cookies look different and some have different names like the Tag-a-longs (or it might have been the Dosidos) are just called something along the lines of Peanut Butter Patties (or something I can't remember) and look a little different. Our Thin Mints are COMPLETELY different too! In Missouri they're very thin and are packaged in a foil wrapping. The chocolate is so thin that you can see the cookie underneath and they're SO good
here in singapore, girl scout cookies are only sold in schools, it's like a way to raise funds for the school too. so for me, i personally choose the thin mint cookies! super huge fan of anything mint related!! :D
I just recently bought girl scout cookies flavored tea!! They're made by Bigelow tea company. I got the thin mints one. They also had samaos flavor. I haven't tried it yet but thought it was really interesting and had to get it!
