Its Girl Scout cookies season. It's time to break out the wallet and place your order for your favorite flavors that might include the #1 selling Thin Mints or #2 Samoas/Caramel Delights. For this writer, the favorite flavor is "Yes please."
You see them every year at this time. They may be going door to door selling, or they may be in front of your local grocery store or department store. Either way, whether their vest/tunic is Blue, Brown or Green, and whether or not they have a sash, both the cookie and their sales rep are irresistible. Thin Mints are the biggest seller, making up 25 percent of all sales, followed by Samoas/Caramel deLites at 19 percent.
The Girl Scout cookie history dates back to World War One, when troop began baking and selling cookies in its high school cafeteria as a service project.
In 1942, Girl Scouts sold calendars in lieu of cookies due to sugar, flour and butter shortages during World War II. Since then, they are an addictive part of our January. You just can't say no.
In fact, in 2008, one Girl Scout who only took "yes" for an answer, Jennifer Sharpe, age 15, of Dearborn, MI, holds the record for most cookies ever sold, with 17,328 boxes.
One local troop in North Chelmsford MA, Troop 2053 added an additional money box on their table on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010. For those that did not want to buy cookies, a box was set up where patrons could donate the cost of a box ($4). Each donation meant that one box would go overseas to the troops who fight for our freedom.
Girl Scout cookies are will not help you loose weight, nor will they lower your blood sugar, but seeing as they go so well with milk, you will be hard pressed not to smile after eating some.
Written by Andrew Weiner
HULIQ.com
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