Hankering for some Girl Scout cookies? Here's how to find them in Topeka area
This year's season kicked off earlier this month when Girl Scouts in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri began taking cookie orders, said Gina Garvin, chief brand marketing officer for the Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri.
The cookies cost $6 per package for each of the nine available types, she said.
This season's first cookies should arrive Friday in Topeka to be delivered to people who have placed orders for them, Garvin said.
Those who want to buy cookies but don't know a Girl Scout may be connected with one by emailing cookies@gsksmo.org, she said.
Cookie booths will become available starting Friday at various sites in this area, Garvin said. Cookie sales will continue through March 9, she said.
Troops may accept payment by cash, check, credit or debit card, PayPal or Venmo.
Scouts taking cookie orders in Topeka include Michaela Nelson, of Girl Scout Troop 1356, a high school freshman who has sold Girl Scout cookies since she was in kindergarten.
"It's fun, and I meet a lot of new people and learn how to do money management," she told The Capital-Journal.
Nelson's enthusiasm for selling Girl Scout cookies is shared by Remmie Roberts-Athow, a second-grader and member of Girl Scout Troop No. 1960 who has been selling Girl Scout cookies for about two years.
Nelson said her favorite among the cookies she sells are Lemonades, which are shortbread cookies with a tangy, lemon-flavored icing.
Remmie said her favorite is the Toast-Yay!, a French toast-flavored cookie that's dipped in icing and shaped like toast.
Among the Girl Scout cookies they sell, the Thin Mints are the most popular, Remmie and Nelson said. Thin Mints are crisp, chocolate wafers dipped in a mint chocolate coating.
Thin Mints are the best-selling Girl Scout cookie nationwide, Garvin said.
The Toast-Yay! will be retired after this year and replaced by a different flavor, Garvin said.
Also being retired after this year are Girl Scouts S'mores cookies, which aren't available in this area.
Six types of cookie are available here in addition to the Thin Mints, Lemonades and Toast-Yay!
According to the website of Girl Scouts of NE Kansas and NW Missouri, those are the following:
Peanut Butter Patties, crispy cookies layered with peanut butter and covered with a chocolate coating. Peanut Butter Patties are the second-best selling Girl Scout cookie, Garvin said.
Caramel deLites, crispy cookies with caramel, coconut and chocolate stripes. Caramel deLites are the third-best selling cookie, Garvin said.
Adventurefuls, brownie-like cookies topped with caramel-flavored cream and a hint of sea salt.
Peanut Butter Sandwiches, crispy and crunchy oatmeal cookies with peanut butter filling.
Trefoils, which are shortbread cookies.
Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies, gluten-free cookies featuring rich caramel, semisweet chocolate chips and a hint of sea salt.
Girl Scouts have sold cookies to raise money since 1917.
All proceeds from Girl Scout cookie sales made here stay local, Garvin said.
Those proceeds make up about 80% of the budget of Girl Scouts of NE Kansas and NW Missouri, she said. That organization covers 47 counties in those two states.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: How to find Girl Scout cookies in Topeka area, including Thin Mints
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