There’s Only One Thing Wrong with the New Girl Scout Cookie Baking Mixes

Kaitlin Flannery
Kaitlin Flannery
Kaitlin was the Social Media Manager for The Kitchn. She bakes as often as possible, chronicling her kitchen adventures over on her blog, Whisk Kid. She lives in mid-Michigan with her husband and their puppy.
updated May 1, 2019
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Good news, everyone! Pillsbury recently partnered with The Girl Scouts of The USA to release a series of Girl Scout Cookie baking mixes. It’s exciting news … until you realize one thing.

They’re not Girl Scout Cookie baking mixes, they’re Girl Scout Cookie-flavored baking mixes. As in, if you take a closer look at one of those beautiful green boxes up there, you’ll realize that you’re not looking at Thin Mint cookie mix; you’re looking at Thin Mint-flavored (i.e., chocolate-mint)brownie and cupcake mix. I guess I shouldn’t have expected the organization to give up their secret formula, but I was hoping they had!

Regardless, speaking as a former cookie saleswoman myself, I’m happy to see The Girl Scouts partner like this with brands. I hope it brings the organization tons of money, even if it is just a clever ploy to tease our tastebuds before cookie season rolls around again. The mixes can be found nationwide and retail for $3.29 (which is less than the cost of a box of cookies).

→ Read more: Now you can bake your own Girl Scout cookies from USA Today

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