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The Secret of Girl Scout Cookies


 






Note: I will update the blog on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday basis from now on. 

Girl Scout Cookies, we all love them. They are addictive, evil little cookies, you can't just have one. Planning on going for a run? Nope, not with a couple boxes of these bad boys in your house. With today's rather juicy title a lot of you guys are probably thinking that I am going to tell you about secret drugs that makes these cookies irresistible. (Spoiler......it's SUGAR.) Instead of secret drugs, today I'll be talking about the fact that your experience with Girl Scout Cookies is a lie. (Not really) The Girl Scout Cookies you know and love, are made by two different bakeries. All of the cookies (besides Thin Mints) go by separate names. They also all have different recipes, yes even thin mints. 

Meet The Bakeries 

ABC Bakers: ABC is the older of the two current bakeries which has been licensed to make Girl Scout Cookies since 1937. ABC bakers is located in Richmond Virginia. 

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Little Brownie Bakers: LBB is younger and has only been making Girl Scout Cookies since the 1990s. Little Brownie Bakers is based out of Louisville Kentucky. 

The cookies on the left and names on the left are LBB, the right is ABC. 


Meet The Cookies: 

Thin Mints: 

LBB                               ABC
 
The LBB Thin Mints are supposed to be a lighter less minty flavor with more chocolate. The ABC Thin Mints are supposed to have a mintier flavor with less chocolate. Many people on the internet seem to think that the LBB cookie is better. 

Samoas/Caramel deLites: 

LBB                                 ABC

The Samoas have a sweeter taste with more caramel with a darker chocolate. Caramel deLites use a milkier chocolate along with more coconut and a subtle vanilla flavor. The general consensus is that both cookies are about even in their perception. Tasters at the Virginian pilot preferred the Caramel deLites.


S'mores: 

LBB    Source: Fatherly.com        ABC
  The ABC S'mores have a chocolate coated marshmallow graham cracker, while the LBB S'mores have a tradtional style S'more cookie. Tasters at the Virginian Pilot found both to be overly sweet, but the ABC one had a better overall taste. 


Tagalongs/ Peanut Butter Patties

LBB   Source: Fatherly.com  ABC
Both cookies are the same idea, but the ABC Peanut Butter Patty has a little less peanut butter and a vanilla layer. I found mixed opinions on which is better so consider it a tie. 


Do-si-dos/ Peanut Butter Sandwich

 
LBB   Source: Fatherly.com   ABC





 The Do-si-dos are more peanut buttery....yup that's about all I could find. The Virginian Pilot testers (and others) liked the taste of the LBB Do-si-dos peanut butter better than that of the Peanut Butter Sandwich. 

Trefoils/ Shortbread:

LBB  Source: Fatherly.com  ABC
 The LBB Trefoils taste more buttery, while the ABC Shortbread taste more like a sweeter genuine shortbread. Some taste testers (especially the ones at the Virginian Pilot) liked the taste of and texture of the ABC shortbread cookies 

Lemon ups/ Lemonades 

ABC   Source: Troupleadercentral  LBB
ABC bakers Lemonade cookies are a fan favorite and even have a social media following. They are a shortbread cookie with a tangy lemon icing on the bottom. Lemon Ups are replacing Savannah Smiles and feature motivational messages on them. They are butter cookies with a sweeter and fainter tasting lemon icing on the bottom. As the Lemon Ups are new I couldn't find many opinions on them. However, I do know that Lemonades were considered to be better than Savannah Smiles. 

Lorenzo's Opinion: 

I have to say I didn't know that there were "two worlds" to Girl Scout Cookies. I can't really have much of an opinion because I have only ever had the Little Brownie Bakers Cookies, however I would be interested in trying the ABC bakers cookies. In a future post (if there is enough interest) I will taste test both and give my own opinion on their taste. If you want to know which bakeries cookies you get, here is a map. This is the latest map, but the distribution changes every year as the local troupes choose which company to contract with. 


Tidbit: There is no tidbit today, I am tired and want to stop writing. 


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