My father threw away our box of the lemon chalet cookies two months ago claiming that "they didn't taste good, they were terrible." We chided him and rolled our eyes at his delusions. Apologies were in order. We should have been more understanding because Dad will eat anything.
I saw this story in the news two days ago and contacted the bakery. I'm expecting a coupon for a free Keebler product.

Two months ago??, that's impossible unless he's been holding onto them for a whole year, GS didn't start selling them until the 1st weekend in February.

jeroper, it's not "impossible". Each Girl Scout regional council determines the dates of its troops' cookie sale. You and NotableM's father may score cookies from different GS troops, and those troops could well have different cookie sales dates.

jeroper - Looking through my check register, I wrote the GS check on 11/05/09 which is when I received the cookies. Thanks for trying to embarrass me, though.

fortunately, there are recipes for reasonable facsimiles of the most popular GS cookies...i know i've seen thin mints and samoas, and i wouldn't be surprised if there's a tagalong recipe, as well.

I have a year-old box of trefoils sitting on my ... well, I'm not going to say because it's too weird. Don't want to set anybody off.
All I'm saying is, hard as it is to believe, with a little willpower you can hold on to a box of GS cookies for a looong long time.
Not that I'd recommend it.

well i think the thin ments have changed also. i have been buying gs cookies a long time and the thin ments tast like they got soap in them

oy, two cookies? that's craaaaazy.

I use to work for hostess cake and you wont belive what we do to those twinkies just to make them taste good Girl Scout Cookies ...a great cause a great promotion Bless the child selling them. Shame on the bakery

I think the "two cookies" reference was a typo. Obviously, the correct service size is "two boxes."

I don't think a recall is necessary for something as small as cookies. If the Lemon Chalet Creme had four wheels (and this wouldn't be a bad name for a luxurious convertible), then the recall might be justified. Otherwise,... that's the way the cookie crumbles, folks. Swallow your misfortune, and savor your thin mints. --Marilyn

Samoas!

Maybe they have pine nuts in them.

Seriously, my captcha is "pralines of"

Um, I ate a whole box of Lemon Chalet's yesterday....

Hate crime!

Trixie!!! A whole box!?? Are you posting from the bathroom? Yikes!

Okay, here's a weird coinky-dink. The ad box to the right had an ad for Omaha Steak Cakes, in particular Lemon Lava cakes.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G5J7L6/ref=twister_dp_update?ie=UTF8&childASIN=B000PKL630

Question: who would buy cakes from Amazon.com made by Omaha Steaks? Pas moi.

Careful there, Crunkie. That wasn't Trixie who ate the whole box--it was EmilyN.

Lemon Girl, I saw the Amazon ad box with Omaha Steaks cakes, although Lemon Lava wasn't featured today. I am concerned, though, by Amazon's noting that it has "1 Used & new" of each item -- somehow, getting used Omaha Steaks products through Amazon doesn't sound that appealing.

Recipe for a hot summer's day:

hot steamed crabs

GS Thin Mints straight from the freezer.

Ahh!

do-si-dos and tagalongs are my favorite. peanut butter makes everything taste better:)

You all don't get it--Girl Scout Cookies help girls think like business owners, and teaches self reliance--no need to go to mommy and daddy for a hand out to pay for your activities----they earn it through cookie sales. If you want to complain about cookies talk to the elf.

Girl Scout Cookies help girls think like business owners

Tell that to the neverending stream of parents asking me at work to buy their kids GS cookies, candy bars for band uniforms, pizza kits for whatever, wrapping paper, etc etc. Seems more like strong-armed welfare at times. And responsible business owners care about the quality of their product.

Nancy - I don't think anyone was bashing the GS organization itself. I really don't see any negative comments directed to the GS.

Oh, and Crunkie, eating a whole box of GS cookies in one day is not necessarily an impossibility for me ; )

Poor kids!! I wonder who is going to pick up the cost of this faux pas. If a box is returned, the troop is usually the one that pays and ultimately the girls. Hopefully, they didn't sell too many of those. Another topic, but related. If a child comes to your door selling, make sure they have a parent with them. I always went with my daughter and still she attracted a stalker. This is something we have had to deal with for several years now. This man has been able to slip under the wire of detection in several incidents (not all involving our daughter) in our area. Please help watch these kids. If a strange car appears to be following, address that as well. It might be a parent, or it might not. Thank you!!!

I have a question. If it's zero trans fat per serving, doesn't that mean that no matter how many servings you eat, it's still zero trans fat? Zero x anything = zero. So, I don't understand the complaint about that particular fact.

I am helping
my niece, who is a Girl Scout.

We are helping the children learn skills
they will need for a life time and the
cookies are super!!

It is an interesting question as to whom is selling Girl Scout cookies. How many cookies are sold by actual scouts going door to door and setting up tables in public places, and how many cookies are sold by parents selling their coworkers a few boxes.

Matt, 0 isn't 0.0000. In this case, zero means anything up to 0.5 grams per serving. Anything with partially hydrogenated Franken-oil has artificial trans-fats in them.

RoCK, I think you already know the answer to your question, as does anybody who works in an office. It's not exactly teaching capitalism. I would speculate more but I can't take another beating by little girls.

It would be a lot less profitable but more instructive if the girls actually sold them themselves like in the olden days when you were a kid.

"Local troops get about 10-15 percent of the price paid, the council takes more than 50 percent, and the manufacturer gets the remainder." (Source: Wiki)

Sometimes I know the answer to a question, but I'm hoping someone will lie to me. Like when I ask my wife if I'm losing weight.

Owl, you know you love being beaten up by the girls.

And here's a special Captcha just for you: notice macrons

Owl, you know you love being beaten up by the girls.

Yes, I'm grateful for any attention.

"zero means anything up to 0.5 grams per serving"

I see, "zero" != zero. Very sneaksy, they is.

Fortunately I bought none of the cookies in question. I can enjoy all of my partially hydrogenated Franken-oil without any unusual smells.

"zero means anything up to 0.5 grams per serving." the gov has loop holes in laws so they can say that any products that have less then.5 grams of trans fats have 0 grams of trams fat... the us gov working tirelessly to make rules like;
0 does not = 0

I had my daughter camp out at work durning winter break last year selling cookies to my co-workers. This year, they found me. We go door to door to neighbors that we know, AND we are selling at booths. Yes, people hit up friends at work, but part of that is due to societal changes. How many people actually know their neighbors anymore?

Big Mother, your haiku didn't work.

JEROPER: Some states sold them earlier. Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri for instance are spaced apart, and I was able to buy Illinois cookies way before I picked my Missouri ones up today. Just for your info!

Actually, troops receive a bit more of the cookie $ than posted above, although it does vary slightly council to council. And the council does pour the majority of the profits directly into programs for the girls, as Girl Scouts is a non-profit organization. As the Mom of a Scout, I am thrilled to be able to send my daughter to a fantastic week-long summer camp for about $275-$375, depending on the program. Many comparable "private" camps would be many times that cost. And her troop uses the $ earned to do many activities and trips the girls would not have the opportunity to do otherwise.

In my council this is the breakdown for a box of cookies at $3.50 (it's about 26% for troops/local service units, 24% back to the baker, 50% to the local council-of that 43% is used for girl programs and 7% for admin/training/building costs):

Annual Cookie Sale: Project Income Distribution:
90¢ - Troop and Service Unit Profits and
Incentives
25¢ - Camp Program
05¢ - Financial Partnership for Girls
85¢ - Cookie Cost
06¢ - Training and Support to Volunteers
10¢ - Council Administration
$1.20 - Girl Programs
09¢ - Program and Technology Center

I stumbled here looking for a source for GS cookies --which I haven't had for a couple years. Your comments, back-and-forths, etc. are a blast. Thanks for making me smile. Now, if we could get our elected officials to take things as seriously as you folks take your cookies, Oh! What a a wonderful world that would be. Ciao!

John, stick around and you'll be constantly entertained, infuriated, amused, disgusted, intrigued, and informed!

Thanks, Sean. I just might.

Welcome, John. Please come back for Cage Match Thursday.

Thanks for the invite, Owl Meat Gravy but I rarely accept invites or anything else from macho guys like you who get beat up by Little Girls. :-)

Oh, it's on John! Arrrrrr.....!!! Your first task is to come up with a cool blog name and then prepare for a cage match of metaphors, puns and veiled insincere threats. Or you can eat cookies while the Girl Squad taunts me until I cry. I hear Hyacinth Girl has some particularly biting insults about my outdated footwear and ceramic figurine collection.

Welcome John. And you don't have to change your name, it's kind of refreshing to have someone else around here with a normal name.

John has been paying attention! Welcome!

And Captcha likes him, too: homaging Mr

Yep.

Thanks ALL for the neighborly welcomes, especially Leonora, who like Sean and I, seems to be the only other person around here not on some wanted list and, therefore, afraid to use their real name. Note to Owl Meat: I was not ridiculing your inability to defend yourself from the Diminutive Distaff Darlings; afterall, I have two sisters who, forty-years-on, still make me but their lunch!

Welcome John, from another "almost" real name user!

You can't be too sure of anything here, John. Apparently I might be you. It's dizzying.

Suspension of disbelief is crucial to your enjoyment here. Think of it as a one-character novel (LV) with hundreds of unreliable narrators. If you take things too seriously, you will end up muttering to yourself and swatting at imaginary bats with a broom.

The little kicks just make me stronger. Besides, why kick against the Girl Scouts, better to submit. [extra points if you get the reference]

OMG - Voice of Reason...Prince of Absurdistan.

You forgot Servant of Dionysus

Hi, Joyce W. Nice to meet another real person here... and to be treated to a refresher course by Edith Hamilton (aka: Owl Meat Gravy, aka: Eagle Etoufee Glace).
And, please, tell me: Am I hooked on this blog or can I simply walk away?

Oh John, please don't walk away! Anyone who wants to talk Edith Hamilton is more than welcome here.

Contra stimulum calcas

John, if you can walk away, you are a stronger person than I am!

But all-knowing Captcha says "unsold expulsion"

Sorry John, once you enter, you are sucked in to this great vortex known as D@L. Welcome by the way!

"this boggled", yeah, usually.

Note to myself: those bats aren't real.

Richard, just keep telling yourself that...

And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming "Holy Jesus! What are these G.D. animals?"

No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.

Thank you, Laura Lee. Tho' your sage advice tests the limits of my Altar Boy Latin, I got the message but, being no stronger than Dahlink, am resigned to my fate! Perhaps you or Trixie can answer me this: When do the bats begin to reappear? And, Et tu Sean: You were first to see me ambling this way, simply in search of G.S. cookies. Why didn't you warn me?

Well, I tried...

Yeah. Sean, you did. Glad it didn't succeed, though. You guys are really witty, friendly and fun. First time in my 10 years on the Net that I've "chatted" beyond my professional requirements. Off to the salt mines. Ciao!

Well, lookie there. See, everyone, we can all play nice!

Aww, we made a new friend : ) !

Group hug!

Personally, as a city dweller, I am delighted that parents sell cookies at work. Otherwise I wouldn't get any!

i am so annoyed that i am just now reading this...AFTER almost eating an entire sleeve of lemon chalet and feeling nauseated!

I happen to know that he has no plans currently to relocate - just doing a bit of freelance stuff right now and has an IXIA cookbook signing coming up mid November.