Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska, Courtesy
GRAND ISLAND – It’s that time of year again – time for sale of Girl Scout cookies.
Adults from a number of troops picked up boxes of cookies Feb. 7 at Camp Comeca south of Grand Island.
Kyla Endorf is product program for Girl Scouts for Central and Wester Nebraska. She said that sales of Girl Scout cookies will start Feb. 7 and run through March 16. There are six troops in the Grand Island area.
Girl Scout cookies cost $6 per box. There are nine types of cookies, including one gluten-free option.
If someone would like to order Girl Scout cookies, go to the Girl Scout website at www.girlscoutsnebraska.org. There, click on a graphic that says “Girl Scout Cookies Now on Sale.” Then, there is a page to enter the person’s contact information.
On Feb. 7, Girl Scout leaders were picking up 588 cases of cookies, with 12 packages per case.
The types of cookies are Adventurefuls, Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-si-dos, Girl Scout S-Mores, Lemon-ups, and Toffee-tastic.
According to the Girl Scouts website, an Oklahoma Girl Scouts troop sold homemade cookies in 1917. Throughout the 1920s, Girl Scouts continued to bake sugar cookies that were sold door-to-door for 25 cents to 35 cents per dozen. In 1936, the national Girl Scout organization began the process of licensing the first commercial bakers to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide by girls in Girl Scout councils.
In 1951, Girl Scout cookies came in three varieties: sandwich, shortbread, and chocolate mints (now known as Thin Mints). During the 1960s, the sale of Girl Scout cookies increased significantly. In 1978, the number of bakers was streamlined to four to ensure lower prices and uniform quality, packaging, and distribution.
