By Heather Lusk
Zionsville Girl Scouts and their troop leaders recently sampled the newest addition to the annual cookie sale lineup: Rah Rah Raisins. The annual Cookie Rally on Jan. 9 allowed Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies and Juniors to learn about the cookies, selling safety tips and prizes available for top sellers.
Attendees tasted four of the eight types of cookies that are being sold in Central Indiana this year, including Rah Rah Raisins – an oatmeal cookie with raisins and Greek yogurt-flavored chunks. The other new item for the Indiana market, Toffee-tastic, will be available to the public in February but cannot be pre-ordered through a Girl Scout. The cookie is described as a “rich buttery cookie packed with golden toffee bits bursting with flavor,” according to Girl Scout materials, and is gluten-free.
Area Girl Scouts will take pre-orders for cookies, which cost $4 a box, through Jan. 23. Cookies booths will be set up at public retailers such as grocery and hardware stores throughout Central Indiana in February and early March. Find a cookie booth by searching online at cookielocator.littlebrownie.com.
Also new this year is the ability to process credit card orders. While individual scouts will not be able to process cards by selling door-to-door, the cookie booths will have that option available.
Girl Scout Cookie Facts:
2015 marks the 98th year of Girl Scouts selling cookies
Samoas have been sold for 40 years
Through Operation Cookie Drop, cookies are designated to be sent to military personnel
Last year, more than 75,000 packages of Girl Scout cookies were donated to Operation: Cookie Drop
National Girl Scout Cookie weekend is Feb. 27 through March 1
