It will be interesting to see how long the Raspberry Rally lasts past this season’s cookie sales period, which usually ends in April. Girl Scouts has been selling cookies since 1917, but he only has three must-have flavors each year: Thin Mint, Dosidos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, and Trefoil/Shortbread. The flavors remaining this year are Girl Scout S’mores, Adventureful, Caramel Chocolate Chip, Samoa/Caramel Derites, Tagalon/Peanut Butter Patty, Toffy Tastic, Lemonade, Lemon Up, Toast He Yay, and the new Raspberry Rally. .
In the 1990s, Girl Scouts began outsourcing. Cookie production in just two bakeries: Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, Kentucky and ABC Bakers in North Sioux City, South Dakota. Due to licensing issues, some cookies such as Trefoils and Shortbread have the same ingredients but different names depending on whether they’re made in Louisville or North Sioux City.
One might think that ABC Bakers in North Dakota would be responsible for production for the entire western part of the country, while Little Brownie Bakers would tackle the eastern regions. Girl Scout Cookie Map shows that the distribution area of each bakery is seemingly random.
In California, ABC Bakers makes cookies in most parts of the state, but Little Brownie Bakers actually makes cookies in the big cities: San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles.
Whether you order by the dozen online or stop by a Girl Scout booth outside your local grocery store, Raspberry Rally’s new flavor makes the original Thin Mint the best-selling Girl Scout in America. Only time will tell if it displaces it from the No. 1 spot. cookie.
