There are 32 Thin Mint cookies in a box this year

Grocery prices are up and I guess that means the cookie count goes down. Again.

Thirty-two Thin Mints in a box. I used to not be able to eat a sleeve without getting sick (not that I was proud of that, just that it was possible). But who can't polish off 16 of those things easy?

I can't tell if the box is smaller than last year, but those little sleeves have shrunk.

Honestly, I hate to not support the Girl Scouts, but cookies that size shouldn't cost over a dime each. They ought to just start putting Keebler Grasshoppers in new packaging.

 

I support the Girl Scouts but after about 5 boxes I reach my saturation point. Feel sorry declining them thereafter.

 

One of my cousins is in the Scouts and hits me up every year. I only buy Tagalongs, and I wish they'd sell those year-round.

 

Man, just today I was thinking this. I was wolfing down a bunch and thinking: "Wow, there arent that many cookies in here. I could easily eat them all."

Not that I would.

I don't begrudge them the reduction of cookies. It's a fundraiser.

 

Keebler, one of the licensed makers of Girl Scout cookies, sells versions year-round under their own label. Grasshoppers = Thin Mints. They make a Tagalong, too, but I forget what it's called.

 

First time I bought, I think a box was $2.50 or $3. They were $3.50 this year. My cousin said they might increase again next year.

 

That's when you stick those suckers in a nice, cool room and casually break them out on a summer afternoon. Pass a box around the office.
"Oh, you like the Thin Mints, do ya. Me too. Got five cases of 'em at the house. Tell ya what, I'll sell you a box for $10. Yeah it's pricey, but these babies won't be around again until the spring."
Then you proceed to smack your lips with every bite and make exaggerated "mmmmm" noises.

 

The Girl Scouts should set up their stands outside medical marijuana shops in California and Colorado.

 

Yeah, $4 here, too. I bought them from a woman at work and I realized yesterday I hadn't paid yet. Plus, my husband bought some at work, and one of us bought more from a Girl Scout who was going door to door. Looking at a $50 cookie bill is less than thrilling.