19/08/2026
๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐??Girl Scout Cookies started as a humble home-baked batch!๐ซถ ๐ชโจ
๐ช๐๐๐ 1917 ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ: Before commercial bakeries took over, the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma baked and sold the very first Girl Scout cookies in their high school cafeteria to fund troop activities ๐ต
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐: The official recipe published in The American Girl magazine (year: 1922) contained just six basic ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, milk, flour, and vanilla. ๐ฅ๐ฉโ๐ณ
๐ช๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐: But during World War II, cookie sales were paused due to sugar, flour, and butter shortages. Scouts sold calendars instead to support the war effort! ๐คง
๐ช๐ผ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐: What started as a local bake sale now generates over $800 million in cookie sales each year, making it one of the largest financial investment programs run by girls in the world. ๐
From a 1917 Oklahoma high school bake sale to a nationwide empire selling over 200 million boxes a year, the history behind every bite of a Girl Scout Cookie! ๐ชโจโจ
โ๏ธ: Yumei Tan, Treasurer
๐ผ: Shiela Monte, Patrol Scribe