Comments on: Confessions of a Girl Scout Cookie Hater

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:22:53 +0000

I think Girl Scout cookies are bad for you, are made with ingredients that have been found to be bad for you and a total waste of my money. The problem with donating them to charity is that I would be giving them something that they too may not enjoy.
The Girl Scout troop in our area would not let my daughter join. We sold them in our hometown as Brownies before we moved. When we moved, all the troops here acted like cliques and refused members they “didn’t know.” When I offered my time and energy to be a scout leader I found out I had to pay hundreds of dollars to classes to be a leader. We gave up on Girl Scouts.

By: Denise Santoro Lincoln

Denise Santoro Lincoln — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:04:15 +0000

Hi misterkay — This year our local troop is actually offering the option to purchase cookies that will be donated (not sure to who). At least this way you can purchase them from your boss but not have to eat them.

By: misterkay

misterkay — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:45:03 +0000

Hear hear, though a year late. In total agreement with the sentiments. Cookies are supposed to be treats and if you’re going to treat yourself do it right i.e. good quality chocolate, freshly baked creations, mouth watering flavors. The cookies themselves are on par with the generic supermarket brand cookies in the large extra value packages. Now it’s 2010 and cnce again girl scout cookie time has come (it’s midwinter here in the East–no signs of spring just yet). Bad enough that the dull, uninspiring snacks are merely unpalatable, the worse part is being obliged to purchase several boxes of the crud when your boss asks for your support. I used to say “Can’t I just make a donation to the girl scounts instead!” which is generally received with a blank, vaguely menacing, stare. So I’ve learned well enough best to buy them and promptly give them away or leave them opened in the office ktichen. However I feel a touch of cruelty in so doing.

By: Blair Tindall

Blair Tindall — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:24:53 +0000

Yeah, they’re awful. I was a girl scout from grades 2-12, brownies through cadets — the whole nine yards. I couldn’t stand them even as a kid. They’re grainy, cheaply-produced, and bland. I hear people waxing poetic and wonder why. Many people slammed doors in my face when I sold door to door in NC, and I could hardly blame them. Why can’t they have some nice soft macadamia nut cookies or oatmeal ones?

By: cheyenne

cheyenne — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:25:46 +0000

i am a girl scout and have been since i was 6 years old. They are the cookies of the world whether they are sold by girl scouts or girl guides they are the best cookies on the planet

By: gloria

gloria — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:42:52 +0000

I am concerned about the quality of these cookies more than the taste. I believe they should sell cookies that are only made with natural, organic, wholesome ingredients. The cookies that they sell now are quite unhealthy. For many years people have been buying these cookies without questioning the ingredients …

By: Lalia Helmer

Lalia Helmer — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:57:58 +0000

Today was the last day of the Girl Scout Cookie sale. The troop that was set up in front of the grocery store was featuring their Gifts of Caring Community Service Project, where customers buy cookies to be donated to one of three charities: a local food bank, the military, or the Red Cross. Since I love their cookies but hate to have them around, I was happy to be able to donate the cookies to someone who would appreciate them. The Girl Scout cookie sales has got be one of the earliest social ventures around.

By: Michael Walden

Michael Walden — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:47:17 +0000

I can’t stand Cookie Scout cookies either! Long ago, I liked the peanut butter cookies, back when they were called “Savannahs”, and the shortbread cookies back when they were sprinkled with sugar and called “Scot-Teas”. I’ve never ever liked the thin mints, which have always tasted like chocolate covered toothpaste. Maybe my palate has aged away from them but there are so many better cookies out there. And at four bucks a box – we’re not talking about good value, either. I know it’s a charity drive but, hey – give me something for my money!

By: MARVA

MARVA — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:10:24 +0000

You’re pretty much right about the other cookies though. Well said.

By: MARVA

MARVA — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:09:29 +0000

If you truly cannot appreciate the deliciousness of the samoa, you must be missing most of your tongue, or have lost sense in your tastebuds. …Something is awry. I would visit my local health care professional if I were you.