Girl Scout cookie season has returned, and Boulder County troops are ready to greet their eager customers.
This year, the classic cookie types are joined by Exploremores, a that combines chocolate, marshmallow and toasted almond flavors. Exploremores have been added to the lineup of established favorites, which includes crispy Thin Mints and coconut-covered Samoas.
Marcy Kendall, co-leader of Boulder-based Troop 70007, believes Exploremores will perform well this season, like Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs always do.
“We call them ‘the chocolates,’ ” Kendall said, referencing the three top flavors. “The chocolates are the most popular.”
on the Daily Camera and Times-Call websites, Thin Mints led as readers’ favorite type of Girl Scout cookie with 36% of the vote as of Saturday afternoon. Samoas and Tagalongs follow.
Thin Mints, Kendall theorized, are likely the most popular flavor because they’re small, so the densely-packed sleeves give customers the most “bang for their buck.”
Troops can start selling on Sunday, Feb. 1, and cookies will be available into March. Kendall’s troop, which goes by Troop 7, includes a dozen high school students who usually set up booths at . Kendall is also encouraging her Scouts to pursue door-to-door sales this season.
Over the past few days, the 15 troops that are based in Boulder could pick up their cookie orders at Alpine Station on Walnut Street. Troop 7’s goal for 2026 is to sell 2,800 boxes of cookies, which will bring in around $3,000, Kendall said.
The troop will use the proceeds from its cookie sales to support two trips this summer; Scouts can choose to go to either Walt Disney World or Our Chalet, a in Switzerland. The troop also plans to donate boxes to local families who can’t afford cookies this year.
Kendall had some advice for the people who normally avoid eye contact with the Scouts when they pass the booths outside of grocery stores.
“Even if somebody doesn’t want to buy cookies, itap really nice to acknowledge the girls,” she said. “In general, the best etiquette is to look at them and say, ‘No, thank you, not today.’ ”
Troop 7 member Chloe Ukleja, a senior at Lafayette’s Centaurus High School, will be participating in the Switzerland trip this summer. She said that while Thin Mints and Samoas are consistently the two most popular varieties, Thin Mints are on top.
“You just know you’re going to sell every single one,” Ukleja said.
In Longmont, Girl Scout Elyse Prestopnik has sold cookies for years as a member of Troop 77029. This year, Prestopnik is taking the cookie season off to focus on her activities at Niwot High School. Even though she won’t be selling cookies herself, she hopes people will buy them to financially support Girl Scout trips and other programs.
“My troop, in the past, has gone on a lot of Girl Scout trips,” Prestopnik said. “I know that I definitely felt a lot closer to the people in my troop when we went on those trips.”
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