I Have A Source For Ersatz Girl Scout Cookies!!

[+ Gar1eth]

And I'm willing to share. They are at Dollar General.

 

https://www.dollargeneral.com/

 

Their equivalents are sold under the CloverValley brand. I've read that authentic Samoa (Caramel deLites for some of you) are selling for $6 for a box of 15. Dollar General had a box of 14 for $1.50. The cookies may have been slightly smaller -but maybe not. I didn't have an authentic Samoa to compare the ersatz one with. It tasted pretty much the same. The texture may have been slightly chewier, or maybe it was slightly stale. But I was able to readily put up with the flaws for a cookie than saved me 75%.

 

 

Speaking of Dollar General-I don't go there often. But confession time here. As I don't iron, I am in love with Downy Wrinkle Releaser.

 

 

I use it so frequently that I wish I had a cask in the backyard that I could use to refill my empty bottles. But the stuff is expensive. I paid $6.97 for 33.8 ounces. That's about 21 cents per ounce.

 

Several months back I went into Dollar General. i don't usually stop there. But I think I needed some scissors. I came across this fake Downey Wrinkle Release while I was there.

 

 

 

Its $2.00 for 33 ounces. That's only 6 cents an ounce. And as far as I can tell it works as well as Downy.

 

The main drawback to it is that It smells a lot like Downy too. I really wish they'd make an umscented version of both of them.

 

Gman

[+ azdr0710]

it may very well be from the same vat at the factory......

[jjkrkwood]

I'm a Thin mints girl, and there aint nuthin like the Originals.

[spider]

You do realize that the cost difference is because you’re supporting the Girl Scouts?

[+ FreshFluff]

Tagalong girl here, but the new lemon ones are good, too. I bought mine from the very spot where I had once sold Girl Scout cookies myself.

 

i tried the imitation ones at Safeway and was a bit disappointed.

[+ g56whiz]

I'm a Thin mints girl, and there aint nuthin like the Originals.

You’re not the Lone Ranger. I’m out of the country this selling season but a very dear friend assures me that she has 3 boxes in her freezer awaiting my return.

[+ Gar1eth]

Tagalong girl here, but the new lemon ones are good, too. I bought mine from the very spot where I had once sold Girl Scout cookies myself.

 

i tried the imitation ones at Safeway and was a bit disappointed.

 

There are apparently two new lemon cookies. One is called Lemonades. And the other is Lemon-Ups. The Lemon-Ups are the ones with the pithy empowerment phrases on them. I think those were the ones I had. They weren't near lemony enough. It was like a lemon flew over and spit in the dough rather than actually having the lemon be incorporated into it. They need to bring back Savannah Smiles. Now there was a lemon cookie for the ages-not that I feel strongly about it one way or the other (and I won't even bring up the fact that the Washington Post endorses my view on the matter;))

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/01/10/the-girl-scouts-new-lemon-cookie-delivers-positivity-but-not-flavor/

 

 

 

Gman

[+ azdr0710]

And the other is Lemon-Ups. The Lemon-Ups are the ones with the pithy empowerment phrases on them.

 

inspirational messages for the Girl Scouts??......wow, I had to look up how that was incorporated into a cookie!

 

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-new-girl-scout-cookie-lemon-ups-20200107-tjewwumphfcf3lfhnzbkaqrisq-story.html

 

 

 

and, well, as we drift off-topic, thought of this......

 

[+ FreshFluff]

There are apparently two new lemon cookies. One is called Lemonades. And the other is Lemon-Ups. The Lemon-Ups are the ones with the pithy empowerment phrases on them. I think those were the ones I had. They weren't near lemony enough. It was like a lemon flew over and spit in the dough rather than actually having the lemon be incorporated into it. They need to bring back Savannah Smiles. Now there was a lemon cookie for the ages-not that I feel strongly about it one way or the other (and I won't even bring up the fact that the Washington Post endorses my view on the matter;))

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/01/10/the-girl-scouts-new-lemon-cookie-delivers-positivity-but-not-flavor/

 

 

 

Gman

 

Wait, the Savannah Smiles are gone? I had thought you could still get them on eBay.

 

I just checked. They are gone. You’re right that the Lemon ups could be more lemony. They don’t even have the frosting advertised in the photo that @azdr0710 showed. I hadn’t even noticed the messages.

 

Any thoughts on the Tagalongs? They are incredible.

[jjkrkwood]

You’re not the Lone Ranger. I’m out of the country this selling season but a very dear friend assures me that she has 3 boxes in her freezer awaiting my return.

 

I just bought 6 boxes of Thin mints. I can send you a box ? I use them as a crust when I make my cheesecake.

[+ Pensant]

Unfortunately they use corn syrup in their cookies; but I agree—thin mints are the best. I have fond memories from when my sisters sold cookies.

[+ Pensant]

And I'm willing to share. They are at Dollar General.

 

https://www.dollargeneral.com/

 

Their equivalents are sold under the CloverValley brand. I've read that authentic Samoa (Caramel deLites for some of you) are selling for $6 for a box of 15. Dollar General had a box of 14 for $1.50. The cookies may have been slightly smaller -but maybe not. I didn't have an authentic Samoa to compare the ersatz one with. It tasted pretty much the same. The texture may have been slightly chewier, or maybe it was slightly stale. But I was able to readily put up with the flaws for a cookie than saved me 75%.

 

 

Speaking of Dollar General-I don't go there often. But confession time here. As I don't iron, I am in love with Downy Wrinkle Releaser.

 

 

I use it so frequently that I wish I had a cask in the backyard that I could use to refill my empty bottles. But the stuff is expensive. I paid $6.97 for 33.8 ounces. That's about 21 cents per ounce.

 

Several months back I went into Dollar General. i don't usually stop there. But I think I needed some scissors. I came across this fake Downey Wrinkle Release while I was there.

 

 

 

Its $2.00 for 33 ounces. That's only 6 cents an ounce. And as far as I can tell it works as well as Downy.

 

The main drawback to it is that It smells a lot like Downy too. I really wish they'd make an umscented version of both of them.

 

Gman

That stuff’s not good for your all-cotton clothes or your skin.

[+ poolboy48220]

Aldi sells imitation Girl Scout cookies under the brand "Benton". They have copycat Samoas, Thin Mint, & Tagalongs. The Girl Scout Tagalong is a vanilla wafer, a dab of peanut butter on it (and I remember a time years back when that dab was disapppointingly tiny), covered in chocolate. The Aldi versions are the same except they use a chocolate wafer, and wow. Those things are like crack. And you can't beat the price.

[+ sync]

I'm going to play the "they ain't what they used to be" card. Girl Scout cookies have been crap from the time they were no longer produced by Burry in the early 1980's. They used to be among my favorites (vanilla sandwich).

[jjkrkwood]

I'm going to play the "they ain't what they used to be" card. Girl Scout cookies have been crap from the time they were no longer produced by Burry in the early 1980's. They used to be among my favorites (vanilla sandwich).

 

That's the problem with Life, neither are WE ...

[+ Gar1eth]

I miss the Chalet Creams.

 

Shortbread cookie with embossed chalet picture with lemon or vanilla filling.[61]

 

Gman

[RealAvalon]

And I'm willing to share. They are at Dollar General.

 

https://www.dollargeneral.com/

 

Their equivalents are sold under the CloverValley brand. I've read that authentic Samoa (Caramel deLites for some of you) are selling for $6 for a box of 15. Dollar General had a box of 14 for $1.50. The cookies may have been slightly smaller -but maybe not. I didn't have an authentic Samoa to compare the ersatz one with. It tasted pretty much the same. The texture may have been slightly chewier, or maybe it was slightly stale. But I was able to readily put up with the flaws for a cookie than saved me 75%.

 

 

Speaking of Dollar General-I don't go there often. But confession time here. As I don't iron, I am in love with Downy Wrinkle Releaser.

 

 

I use it so frequently that I wish I had a cask in the backyard that I could use to refill my empty bottles. But the stuff is expensive. I paid $6.97 for 33.8 ounces. That's about 21 cents per ounce.

 

Several months back I went into Dollar General. i don't usually stop there. But I think I needed some scissors. I came across this fake Downey Wrinkle Release while I was there.

 

 

 

Its $2.00 for 33 ounces. That's only 6 cents an ounce. And as far as I can tell it works as well as Downy.

 

The main drawback to it is that It smells a lot like Downy too. I really wish they'd make an umscented version of both of them.

 

Gman

I just noticed that the brew pub around the corner is having a cider and girl scout cookie pairing event this evening

[+ sync]

That's the problem with Life, neither are WE ...

Some things IMPROVE with age.

[jjkrkwood]

Some things IMPROVE with age.

 

Ill tell that to my droopy manboobs and saggy ass... Then ill have a glass of that good ole AGED wine.

[jjkrkwood]

They may not be Girl Scout endorsed, but my ALL time favorite cookie passion is Mallomars…. The original ones, NOT the imposters.

[+ sync]

Ill tell that to my droopy manboobs and saggy ass... Then ill have a glass of that good ole AGED wine.

Me too.

[+ LIguy]

My niece sells them. Bought 6 boxes of Mint which I keep in the freezer.

[+ g56whiz]

My niece sells them. Bought 6 boxes of Mint which I keep in the freezer.

Only 6. You’re either a cheapskate or have a tiny freezer. Lol

[+ FreshFluff]

The Safeway lemon ones are better and sweeter but not as tangy.

[jjkrkwood]

I tried liking Little Debbie, but her flavors just don't have that "expensive" zing. They are more like soup kitchen handouts