Girl Scout cookies are made by ABC Bakers in Richmond, Virginia and Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, Kentucky. The bakeries make cookies with the same name but a slightly different taste. Or, they make the cookies with different names that are flavored the same.

In 1939 - a historic year for cookies - the Girl Scouts introduced the “first-ever iteration of the Thin Mint, then called 'Cooky-Mints,'” Time says, noting that in the years that followed, the trim mint-chocolate cookies went by a whole roster of minty names, including Chocolate Mint, Thin Mint, Cookie Mint, and then ...

Girl Scout Cookie ad from Girl Scout National Council Session program, 1953. In 1951, Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints®).

According to the Girl Scouts website, Thin Mints is the highest-selling flavor of cookies nationally, followed by Samoas. The top 5 flavors of cookies sold nationally include: Thin Mints® Caramel deLites®/Samoas®

Circles. Then they head into the oven to bake for about five. Minutes time to cool off the cookies take a refreshing trip down a 300 foot conveyor belt.

Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS), COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CARAMEL COLOR, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA), SOY LECITHIN, PEPPERMINT OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ...

Thin Mints may refer to: Thin Mints, a variety of Girl Scout Cookies. Haviland Thin Mints, a chocolate-covered mint candy.

The year 1939 brought the first-ever iteration of the Thin Mint, then called “Cooky-Mints.”

According to the Girl Scouts' historian, the Cooky-Mints name changed to Chocolate Mint to Thin Mint to Cookie Mint to Chocolate Mint to Thin Mints to Thin Mint and finally, back to the plural Thin Mints.

To enjoy four Thin Mints, it is only 160 calories and seven grams of fat, making it the healthiest option for a little pick-me-up snack. The runner-up cookies, Samoas, have the same calorie and fat levels at only two cookies.

Did you know that the Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world? Not only is the cookie program fun, but it also helps Girl Scouts learn life and leadership skills. When you buy Girl Scout cookies you are creating opportunities for Girl Scouts to learn, grow, and thrive.