Why Your Hudson Valley Girl Scout Cookies Might Taste Different

If there's one thing that the Hudson Valley seemingly tends to agree on, it's our love for Girl Scout cookie season. Lucky for us, our countdown is almost complete, and cookies will go on sale in our area this Friday, February 16th.

Last year we followed along with the drama behind the newly introduced (and then retired?) Raspberry Rally cookie flavor that people were scalping for like 6x the normal cost of a box of cookies.

This year, as we head into cookie season, here's what you should know.

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Different Girl Scout Cookie Names and Tastes?

Maybe you're new to the Hudson Valley but not new to getting your annual fill of your favorite box of Girl Scout cookies. But, you may be looking at this year's lineup and wondering what's going on.

Some people may not know that depending on where you live/where you order your cookies from, names and or bakeries producing the legendary cookies can differ.

According to the source themselves (aka the Scouts):

Each Girl Scout council contracts with one of two licensed bakers, whose recipes and ingredients may differ slightly: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. That’s why some of our cookies look the same but have two different names. Whether the package says Peanut Butter Patties® or Tagalongs®, or Samoas® or Caramel deLites®, the cookies are similarly delicious.

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So Which Cookies Are We Getting in the Hudson Valley?

Here in the Hudson Valley, our scouts will be selling cookies from Little Brownie Bakers, and here's a little preview of the 2024 lineup:

Little Brownie Bakers have been 'baking high-quality cookies exclusively sold by Girl Scouts' for more than 50 years. They are actually part of the Ferrero Group, and are responsible for the cookies below:

The other company, ABC Bakers, has been baking Girl Scout Cookies since 1937, and they are 'one of the original licensed Girl Scout Cookie bakers.' Though there are some similarities, like the classic Thin Mint, Trefoils and the fairly new Adventurefuls, some of the standard cookies have different names. See their lineup below:

I used to be 100% all-in on Thin Mints, but these days my loyalty lies with Samoas. Now which booze pairs best with our cookies?