It’s Vegan Girl Scouts Cookie Season!

UPDATED FOR 2024!

Who doesn’t love Girl Scout cookies?! I know I do but it’s been hard to find vegan ones locally from troops where I live. The Girl Scouts offer direct shipping for a fee and most troops get a link for ordering and credit if you can’t find a local troop selling vegan varieties at a booth near you.

Some are not aware that there’s two bakeries who make cookies for the Girl Scouts nationally. One are Little Brownie Bakers (sold where I live in Florida) and the other are ABC Bakers. Here’s the thing, they both offer different selections. Thin Mints are the only cookies that are vegan and made by both bakers. ABC Bakers offers three additional vegan flavors: Toast-yay, Lemonades, and Peanut Butter Patties (along with the Thin Mints). 2021 was the last year for the vegan s’mores so they’re sadly no longer offered. For 2024, raspberry rally are not being offered but this year the Adventurefuls from ABC Bakers are vegan by ingredients and allergen free! Caramel chocolate chip cookies also are vegan by ingredients!

The Adventurefuls were much harder and crispier than I expected. They were good although I found them a bit sweet and I like sweet so that’s saying something. I didn’t get brownie so much but just a pleasant chocolate flavor. Didn’t really taste the hint of salt either to be honest. They’re a nice cookie but not sure I would buy again.

The gluten free caramel chocolate chip cookies were softer than I expected! Not sure I would have known they weee gluten free but I didn’t get much caramel. Just tasted like a softer chocolate chip cookie to me. Not bad, but not great in my opinion.

I personally loved the Toast Yay cookies. They are cinnamony, crispy and almost remind me of a really good oatmeal cookie with a coating of tasty icing underneath. They’re bigger than you think too! Delicious. They’re described as maple flavored but I didn’t really get those notes from them.

let’s talk about the lemonades flavor. So flavorful! They reminded me of lemon sandwich cremes I used to love as a kid. I believe they were Dare brand cookies. Super lemony and again, much larger than expected!

The ABC Bakers Peanut Butter Patties shouldn’t be confused with the Little Brownie Bakers Tagalongs which aren’t vegan. Super peanutty, they’re a classic flavor combo.

My ranking of flavors!

• My number one flavor is the classic peanut butter patties. Best flavor to me personally overall but I’m. PB and chocolate lover.
  
• Number two would be thin mints. Can’t go wrong if you’re a mint chocolate lover and they’re great chilled or frozen.
  
• For my number three pick it would have to be the Lemonades. It was close but the lemon flavor gave this one the edge over the others.
  
• Number four on my list of favorites would the Toast Yay cookies. They’re good and if you love cinnamon, you might rank them higher. I do but the Lemonades beat them out by a small margin.
  
• My choice for number five would be the Adventurefuls. Tasty but a bit too sweet for me.
  
• Sadly my least favorite and coming in at number six would be the caramel chocolate chip cookies and I thought I would love these! Just a bit too soft and lacking in caramel flavor for me.

Links to order for 2024!

Caroline, Brevard County, FL – ABC Bakers: order here!
Nola, NE Kansas + Missouri – ABC Bakers: order here!
Emily, Southern NJ – ABC Bakers: order here!
Delilah, Virgina – ABC Bakers: order here!
Harper, Nebraska- ABC bakers: order here!

Other stores do sell knock-offs of these cookies specifically Aldi, Walmart and Dollar General. Aldi has peanut butter patties (a year round offering) and lemonades cookies (usually out in the spring) and I’ve seen and posted similar cookies from many other regional grocery chains so happy scouting!