Where Can I Find Girl Scout Cookies for Sale?

Looking to buy a box of Thin Mints or Samoas? The Girl Scouts have a handy “cookie locator” you can use to find a cookie booth near you.

Girl Scout cookie booths are popping up this month across Northern Virginia, in front of many popular local retailers, coffee shops, banks and grocery stores.

You can find cookie booths here (just plug your ZIP code into the box on the Girl Scout site, and locations and schedules will pop up) or 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