Ingredients:
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR
, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS), COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CARAMEL COLOR, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
aka Thin Mint GSC, Thin Mints, Thin Mint Cookies, Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. … Thin Mint, a
hybrid marijuana strain made from a cross containing Durban Poison
and OG Kush genetics, is a phenotype of the legendary GSC strain.
What are the ingredients in Thin Mints?
Ingredients:
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR
, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS), COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CARAMEL COLOR, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
Although popular theory holds that Thin Mints are the healthiest of the cookie collection, these refreshing chocolatey treats — perhaps most popular of the bunch — are
actually one of the worst
. “Thin Mints are very high in saturated fat, with 5 grams,” Namkoong says.
- When you need a Thin Mints fix, try Keebler Grasshoppers. …
- Clover Valley Coconut and Fudge Cookies. …
- Pepperidge Farms Lemon. …
- Benton's Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies. …
- Benton's Caramel Coconut Fudge Cookies. …
- Trader Joe's Coffee Toffee Shortbread Cookies.
The truth is you're getting a lot of refined carbohydrates, sugar and variable amounts of fat in your Girl Scout cookies. Many of them are particularly
high in saturated fat
— with most top sellers having more than 20 percent of the daily value.
Are Thin Mints healthy?
Healthier Homemade Thin Mints
To be honest, traditional Thin Mints aren't as unhealthy as most Girl Scout Cookies, but they still
contain artificial and processed ingredients
. … Instead of using white flour we're using almond flour for the cookie, which was actually inspired and adapted from my almond flour crackers!
How much do Thin Mints cost?
Girl Scout cookie fans (read: the general public) will have to pay a little extra if they want to get their Thin Mint fix. The cookies, which includes customer favorite Thin Mints and Samoas, are set to increase in price, from
$4 to $5 a box
— just in time for the beginning of cookie season in January.
Thin Mints (thin chocolate-peppermint cookie coated in chocolate) –
32 cookies
* in a 10-ounce box.
Did the Thin Mint recipe change?
Since the 2017-2018 cookie season,
Little Brownie Bakers have gone vegan on their thin mints
. A trend for a healthier cookie has means no use of high fructose sugar and artificial coloring.
- Chips Ahoy! Chewy Brownie-Filled Cookies.
- Oreo Mega Stuf.
- BelVita Cranberry Orange Crunchy Breakfast Biscuits.
- Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies.
- Mrs. Fields Triple Chocolate Cookies.
- Grandma's Peanut Butter Cookies.
- Mint Oreo Fudge Cremes.
- Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies.
The best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are:
Thin Mints
. Caramel deLites
®
/Samoas. Peanut Butter Patties
®
/Tagalongs.
What are the worst Girl Scout Cookies?
- Do-Si-Dos.
- Samoas. People either love or hate Samoas. …
- Tagalongs. There was only one No. …
- Savannah Smiles. Another relative newcomer, these powdered sugar lemon cookies couldn't break away from the bottom of the pack, despite impressing a few tasters. …
- 6-7. (tie) Trefoils. …
- 6-7. (tie) S'Mores. …
Girl Scouts selling cookies
at in-person booths
at local Walmart and Sam's Club locations. … Following strict COVID-19 safety guidelines, local Girl Scout troops will sell the world-famous cookies at “in person” booths for the first time since the start of the global pandemic.
Today, Girl Scout cookies are produced by two bakeries: ABC Bakers (a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, which is owned by George Weston Limited) and Little Brownie Bakers (a
subsidiary of Keebler
, which is owned by Kellogg's). The only cookie name shared by both companies is Thin Mints.
For 2020, Savannah Smiles, the powder sugar-dusted lemon cookies that debuted in 2012, are
being retired and replaced by new lemon cookies
called Lemon-Ups. Girl Scouts of the USA unveiled the new cookies on Tuesday, officially ushering in the 2020 Girl Scout cookie-eating season.