Another Amazing Start to Cookie Season!
It took a lot of coordination, volunteers, and cooperation from Mother Nature, but nearly 2 million cookies have been picked up for cookie booth sales and deliveries.
February 14, 2025
Since 2021 (including so far in 2025), GSSEM Girl Scouts have sold nearly 12 million packages of cookies. Their hard work often places GSSEM in the Top 10 councils for cookie sales with Little Brownie Bakers.
Selling Girl Scout Cookies has many benefits. As a team, troops forge stronger bonds over a shared sense of purpose and learn the art of working together.
Girl Scouts also learn these five essential skills from selling cookies:
- Goal Setting
- Decision Making
- Money Management
- People Skills
- Business Ethics
Inside the "Cookie Cave"
Monica Woodson, CEO of GSSEM, neatly sums up how selling Girl Scout Cookies benefits the girls in ways that take them beyond the cookie.
It couldn't be done without the generosity of the communities we serve. Businesses throughout southeastern Michigan opened their doors to allow a record 600 booths.
Find cookies at www.gssem.org/findcookies or sign up to host a booth next year at www.gssem.org/boothrequest.
So Long, S'mores
Did you know that Girl Scouts published the first version of the S'more's recipe almost 100 years ago in 1927? We're sad to see Girl Scout S'mores leave our cookie cupboards, but we're looking forward to the new varieties coming in the future. No idea what those will be yet, sorry, but when we do, you'll read it here!
Something New With Cookies
While we believe there is no better way to enjoy a Girl Scout Cookie than straight out of the box, the recipes GSSEM's culinary educator Chef Jake, created, made us reconsider. Check out how he took Thin Mints and Lemon-Ups to delicious levels in a Cooking School class with WJBK FOX 2.
When you're ready to make these non-bake desserts yourself, you'll find the recipes on our GirlTalk blog. Be sure to share your photos with us of your cookie creation on Facebook and Instagram by tagging us at #GSSEM.
