The first
record of cookie sales by an individual Scout unit was by the Mistletoe Troop in
Muskogee, Oklahoma, in December 1917. In 1922, the Girl Scout magazine
The American Girl suggested cookie sales as a fund-raiser and provided recipes. In 1933, Girl Scouts in
Philadelphia organized the
first official sale, selling homemade cookies at the windows of local utility companies. The first Girl Scout
cookie recipe was a sugar cookie. In 1936 the national organization began licensing commercial bakers to
produce cookies.
During World War II the Girl Scouts sold calendars rather than cookies, due to shortages of flour, sugar, and butter.[1]
Starting in 2009, several of the cookie varieties were either made smaller or had fewer cookies per box, without a corresponding drop in price. In particular, there are now fewer cookies in a box of Thin
Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs, and the Lemon Chalet Creme cookies are now smaller. The Girl Scouts have suggested that this change was necessary to compensate for rising cost of ingredients
Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs, and the Lemon Chalet Creme cookies are now smaller. The Girl Scouts have suggested that this change was necessary to compensate for rising cost of ingredients
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