Every year girls of many ages partake in a time-honored tradition: Girl Scout cookie sales. But this year, the joy that Girl Scout cookie season brings may be, well, a little bittersweet.
In the last half a decade, the Girl Scouts of the USA has faced membership decline, and the organization has brought in a consulting team for an image overhaul.
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Anyone who has ever spent time as a Girl Scout knows what a big deal cookie season is for the troops and also understands that selling 17,328 boxes of cookies is an impressive feat for one girl. Fifteen year-old Jennifer Sharpe sold this many boxes by setting up shop on a street corner with her mother, every day. My first thought: How many badges did she get for selling so many boxes?!
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Girl Scout Cookie Nutritional Breakdown
It's that time of the year again: Girl Scout Cookie season. They're posted on nearly every street corner, and with more stands than there are Starbucks these sweet temptations are unavoidable. I am not going to tell you to avoid them, but just be aware of the choices you make with this breakdown.
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It's that time of the year again. They're posted on nearly every street corner, and with more stands than there are Starbucks these sweet temptations are unavoidable. Yes, I'm talking about Girl Scout Cookie season.
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On Friday afternoon, as I was strolling around town, I noticed the first real signs of Spring: Girl Scout Cookies! So unless you've already ordered yours, you've got 13 days to get your hands on this year's offerings. From now until Mar. 
If you ordered too many boxes of Girl Scout cookies, then use them to make a tart. This Girl Scout samoa cheese tart uses the cookies and (my fav) dulce de leche. It looks to die for! 
Those of you who love Girl Scout Cookies will be happy to know that many of your local Girl Scout troops are taking pre-orders now. The cookies are traditionally sold in early March, but for those of you that can't wait, I spied the seasonal Dryer's/Edy's Girl Scout cookie ice creams at my local Safeway. For a few months only, the ice cream giant produces three flavors of ice cream infused with Girl Scout cookies. 
Last year we saw Girl Scout Cookies go trans-fat free and this year they're taking a step even further to sell to us calorie-conscious folks. Meet Cinna-Spins 100-Calorie Packs. Yes that is right, like many major brands, the Girl Scouts of America are trying to lure us to buy more cookies (as if we needed convincing). 
According to the calendar, there's still a couple of weeks left in spring. However the Girl Scouts in my neighborhood are ringing it in loud and clear. Coming from the street below my office are the cries "Girl Scout COOKIEEEEES. 
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