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⌈ Secret Post #4057 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

Stupid foreigner here: what makes the girl scout cookies so popular? Are they really so much better than the other cookies or is it just good branding?

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

Trying them against generic competitor I can get year round and I definitely notice a difference in taste? I just can't put my finger on it.

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

Some of it is branding.

Some of it is the fact that they're not available year round, so it's a bit of an event when they go on sale.

And some of it is quality - they're legitimately really, really good cookies.

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

I've tried the store version and there's something different between them and the cookies sold by the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scout ones do taste better to me.

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

It's complicated. They're good, but a big part of why people are so enthusiastic about them is that they're only available for a limited time every year. The relatively rarity drives demand and yearning, IMO.

Mind you, you can get knock offs that are very nearly as good. Keebler makes a grasshopper cookie that's very much like a Thin Mint, Aldi has knock offs of Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Samoas that are delicious and cheaper AND available year round. But for a lot of people, either they're not exactly the same, or they're not exactly the same mentally and emotionally, if that makes sense. They want the "real" thing.

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

YMMV, I found the Keebler knock-offs and Aldi knock-offs to not taste nearly as good. Cheaper, yeah, but with all the problems that comes from why the price is dropped (quality of ingredients).

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

It's a matter of scarcity. You can't buy them in stores, so you have to find either a Girl Scout who will take your order or a Girl Scout troop with a booth set up (neither of those things are incredibly difficult, but it adds a layer of effort or luck). They're also only available during a certain time of the year. It's like if there's a food you can only really find at Christmas - it's not necessarily the best thing ever, but the fact that you can't just have it whenever you want makes it special.

Re: Favorite Girl Scout Cookies

[(Anonymous)]

They do have a booth locator on their website! I have traveled long and far to find the cookies, and I will do so until they no longer make cookies. Also, you get to support Girl Scouts in your neighborhood!

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a former Girl Scout