Girl Scout Cookies on Sale: Find a Booth In Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, MD — They don’t exactly help our New Year’s resolution to lose weight, but Thin Mints, Samoas and other tasty cookies are now on sale.

Girl Scouts will be out in force this weekend in the Washington, D.C., area selling their cookies. Look for Scouts selling their goods at Safeway stores in Bethesda and Bowie, Giant and Walmart stores in Bowie, and the Kmart in Edgewater, along with venues in Silver Spring, Upper Marlboro and elsewhere in the region.

The Girl Scouts have a handy “cookie locator” you can use to find a cookie booth near you in the Washington, DC, area.

Girl Scout cookie booths are popping up this month in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, in front of many popular local retailers, coffee shops, banks and grocery stores.

Here's where to find Silver Spring booths:

Friday, March 10

• Giant Food at 1280 East-West Highway
• Giant Food at 11221 New Hampshire Avenue
• Safeway at 116 University Boulevard West
• Safeway at 10101 New Hampshire Avenue
• Shoprite at 12028 Cherry Hill Road

Saturday, March 11

• Giant Food at 1280 East-West Highway
• Giant Food at 11221 New Hampshire Avenue
• Giant Food at 8750 Arliss Street
• Parkway Deli at 8317 Grubb Road
• Safeway at 10101 New Hampshire Avenue

Sunday, March 12

• Giant Food at 11221 New Hampshire Avenue
• Giant Food at 8750 Arliss Street
• Safeway at 10101 New Hampshire Avenue
• Safeway at 116 University Boulevard West
• Safeway at 909 Thayer Avenue

Friday, March 17

• Giant Food at 11221 New Hampshire Avenue
• Safeway at 10101 New Hampshire Avenue
• Shoprite at 12028 Cherry Hill Road

For additional locations on Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March 19, click here.

Or you find information on downloading the Girl Scout Cookie Finder App. Or a girl you know can invite you to buy your cookies online with the Digital Cookie platform, now in its second year.

This year, you’ll likely find seven cookie varieties, including Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles and Rah Rah Raisins, at a cost of $4 a box.

The top sellers are (percentage of total 2011–12 sales):

• Thin Mints (25 percent)
• Samoas/Caramel deLites (19 percent)
• Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs (13 percent)
• Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos (11 percent)
• Shortbread/Trefoils (9 percent)

You can make some yummy desserts using Girl Scout cookies; find the recipes here.

IMAGE courtesy of Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital