In The Beginning
Selling
Cookies
Cookies in the 40's, 50's and 60's
1970's and beyond
100

The year that Girl Scouts started selling cookies

1917

100

The first year that sales were nationwide

What is 1920

100

In 1933, the Greater Philadelphia Counsel baked and sold cookies out of the City's Gas and Electric Company windows for what cost

What is 23 cents per box of 44 cookies or $1.24 for 6 boxes
100

There was a pause in selling Girl Scout Cookies due to the shortages of sugar, flour and butter during this time

What is World War II

100

What year did the Peanut Butter Pattie become a Girl Scout Cookie

what is 1966

200
Selling Girl Scout Cookies was a response to what major world event

Food Shortages

200

The first year that cookies were sold door to door

1928

200

This was the first year of commercially baked cookes

What is 1935

200

In 1944 the troops started selling this, as they did not have the ingredients for cookies

What is the Girl Scout Calendar

200

What year was the Girl Scout Cookie label put on boxes

What is 1979

300

Girl Scout cookies were originally made where

What is in the home by the girls with Mom's overseeing

300

The first girl scout cookie was what kind

What is a sugar cookie
300
Girls in New York took the money from the sales of cookies to buy this item

What is a die in the shape of a trefoil and used the words “Girl Scout Cookies” on the box.

300

After the war, cookie sales increased, how many bakers were licensed to bake Girl Scout Cookies

What is 29

300

In the 1970's what 3 cookies came out that we still sell today

What is Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos®, and Shortbread/Trefoils® cookies

400

How many years after Juliette Low started Girl Scouts did they start selling Cookies

5 years

400

How much did a dozen girl scout cookies sell at this time

What is 25-30 cents

400

The year national Girl Scout organization began the process of licensing the first commercial bakers to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide by girls in Girl Scout councils.

What is 1936

400

In the 1950's, there were three types of cookies (two that we still have today)

What are Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints®)

400
In the 2010's Girl Scout Cookies go digital but also start selling a specific type of Girl Scout Cookie

What is Gluten Free

500

What state did the first sales of cookies happen

What is Oklahoma

500

The first cookies were sold in what type of packaging

What is wax paper

500

In 1937, how many girl scout counsels were selling cookies

What is 125

500

In the 1960's baby boomers increased the number of Girl Scouts and Cookie sales, at this time, what did they wrap the cookies in

What is wrapping Girl Scout Cookie boxes in printed aluminum foil or cellophane to protect the cookies and preserve their freshness

500

In 2022, we have a new cookie the Adventureful. There are currently two bakers in the US that make cookies (which are somewhat different but have some similarities). The Adventurefuls are the first time that

Both bakers will make the same cookie, with the same name and the same recipie

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