By Heather Carr
It’s that time of the year again when the Girl Scouts of Fountain Valley begin their most anticipated sale of the season of Girl Scout Cookies.
Students across the Fountain Valley campus have already began to purchase their own boxes of these addictive treats, from the famous Thin Mints, round mint-flavored cookies with a chocolate coating, to the Peanut Butter Sandwiches, two oatmeal cookies with peanut-butter sandwiched in between. These include the new additions to the Girl Scout Cookie family; Cranberry Citrus Crisps, crisp cookies with bits of cranberry and zesty flavoring, and the Chocolate Chip Shortbread, gluten-free chocolate chip cookies made specially for those who have gluten allergies.
The favorites among this variety of cookies was determined from a survey of 280 students, with 36 percent of them voting the Caramel Delights as their favorite cookie, 32 percent voted for the Thin Mints, 13 percent voted for the Peanut Butter Patties, 12 percent chose the Lemonades, Thanks-A-Lots were four percent, Shortbreads were two percent, and the Peanut Butter Sandwiches received one percent of the votes collected.
The new Cranberry Citrus Crisps and Chocolate Chip Shortbread left mixed opinions, according to Thao Nguyen (’16). “I don’t really like them. They tasted like vegan.”
Meagan Gaydos (’16), said, “The Chocolate Chip Shortbread has a lighter flavor than regular chocolate chip cookies, and the Cranberry Citrus Crisps ” is a tea cookie.”
Some of the more popular flavors recieved higher praise, such as the Caramel Delights, formerly called Samoas. “Caramel Delights is like the ipidity, the Einstein, the Issac Newton, the metaphorical physics of cookies,” said Ronald Daughton (’14).
Another favorite were the Peanut Butter Patties, shortbread cookies topped with creamy peanut butter and covered in a smooth layer of milk chocolate. “I love the mix of chocolate and peanut butter; it’s just the perfect mix,” said Sarah Purrington (’16).
Booth sales will began outside local grocery departments and other businesses today, and all sales in Fountain Valley will continue until March 2. Cookies will also be sold around the campus for four dollars a box, and can be bought or sold at any time before or after school or during lunch, but cannot interfere with the daily schedule.
