Girl Scout Cookies: Where you can buy Thin Mints, Samoas and more this weekend

Patrick Hite, Staunton News Leader
·3 min read

Looking for some Girl Scout Cookies this weekend? We have the locations where they will be sold.

Virginia Skyline Girl Scouts are taking cookie orders and setting up cookie booths around the area. Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, and more are available. Sales end March 18. To order cookies from a local troop contact either info@gsvsc.org or (540) 777-5100.

Where can you find a cookie booth this weekend?

Information provided by gsvsc.org

Friday, Feb. 16

  • Fishersville Lunch Box, 29 Long Meadow Rd., Fishersville (4-6 p.m.)

Saturday, Feb. 17

  • CFO Trading Co, 13 E. Beverly St., Staunton (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

  • Habitat Restore SAW, 818 Greenville Ave., Staunton (noon - 4 p.m.)

  • Walmart, 1028 Richmond Ave., Staunton (noon - 4 p.m.)

  • Walgreens, 465 Lee Highway, Verona (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.)

  • Hometown Expo, 277 Expo Rd., Fishersville (9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

  • Food Lion, 20 Windmill Square, Stuarts Draft (noon - 4 p.m.)

  • Lowe's, 801 Lew Dewitt Blvd., Waynesboro (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

  • Walmart, 116 Lucy Lane, Waynesboro (noon - 4 p.m.)

  • Blue Mountain Brewery, 9519 Critzer Shop Rd., Afton (1-5 p.m.)

Sunday, Feb. 18

  • Walmart, 1028 Richmond Ave., Staunton (noon - 4 p.m.)

  • Walgreens, 465 Lee Highway, Verona (noon - 6 p.m.)

  • Walmart, 116 Lucy Lane, Waynesboro (noon - 4 p.m.)

All proceeds from cookie sales stay with local councils and troops to power Girl Scouts’ experiences year-round.

What is the best Girl Scout Cookie:

  • Thin Mints: crisp wafers covered in chocolaty coating; made with natural oil of peppermint.

  • Samoas: crisp cookies, coated in caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut, and striped with darkchocolaty coating.

  • Tagalongs: crispy cookies layered with peanut butter and covered with a chocolaty coating.

  • Do-si-dos: crunchy oatmeal sandwich cookie with creamy peanut butter filling.

  • Trefoils: delicate-tasting shortbread that is delightfully simple and satisfying.

  • Girl Scout S’mores: crunchy graham sandwich cookies with chocolate & marshmallow filling.

  • Toffee-tastics: rich, buttery cookies packed with golden toffee bits bursting with flavor; gluten free.

  • Adventurefuls: chocolate cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt.'

  • Lemon-Ups: Crispy lemon cookies baked with inspiring messages.

This year’s theme, Unbox the Future, aims to remove social barriers that often keep girls boxed in.

"When bold, goal-getting Girl Scouts sell a package of cookies, they’re doing much more than what’s seen at face value," the Virginia Skyline Girl Scouts said in a release. "Girl Scouts do more than sell delicious treats — they’re entrepreneurial powerhouses creating a more equitable future for themselves and the world. Every box of cookies sold provides invaluable experiences for Girl Scouts such as service projects, troop travel and summer camp."

Nationally nearly 700 thousand girls participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program, and in the Virginia Skyline Council, more than 200 troops participate with close to 2,000 Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts can earn a variety of badges and awards to develop valuable business skills including Cookie Business badges, Financial Literacy badges, Cookie Entrepreneur Family pins and Entrepreneur badges.

Fans of Girl Scout Cookies can support Girl Scouting by purchasing cookies in a few different ways:

  • If you know a registered Girl Scout, reach out to her to find out how she’s selling cookies this year.

  • If you don’t know a Girl Scout, visit www.gsvsc.org/cookies to use the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder to find cookie booths in your area. Can’t find a local booth? Then email info@gsvsc.org.

  • Beginning Feb. 16, enter your zip code into the Girl Scout Cookie Finder at www.girlscoutcookies.org to purchase from a local Girl Scout troop online for shipment to your door or to donate cookies to first responders and local causes.

  • Text COOKIES to 59618 to stay informed about how to purchase Girl Scout Cookies now and in the future.

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This article originally appeared on Staunton News Leader: Girl Scout Cookies: Where can you get them this weekend, Feb. 16-18