Girl Scouts Louisiana East to add S’mores Cookie to cookie lineup

NEW ORLEANS —Girl Scouts of the USA announced, in celebration of 100 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies, that the organization will introduce two commemorative Girl Scout S’mores cookies.

Girl Scouts Louisiana East will add one of the newly introduced cookies to its 2017 lineup, where it will join classics like Thin Mints, Caramel deLites and Shortbread. The local sale is scheduled for Jan. 13 to March 12, 2017.

Girl Scouts Louisiana East will offer a s’mores-inspired crispy graham cookie double-dipped in a crème icing and enrobed in a chocolatey coating. This take on the time-honored campfire treat was developed in response to popular consumer trends. It is vegan, and free of artificial colors, preservatives and partially hydrogenated oils.

The last new Girl Scout Cookies, including the gluten-free Trios, were introduced in 2015. Each of the two GSUSA-licensed cookie bakers has developed its own S’mores cookie version, with Girl Scouts Louisiana East offering the cookie baked by ABC Bakers.

“S’mores are such a favorite treat that I think everyone is really going to enjoy our newest Girl Scout cookie,” said Jackie Alexander, council CEO. “We can hardly wait for our sale which begins in January.”

Girl Scout S’mores gives consumers another way to support all the ways Girl Scouts impact their community with cookie money, like plan educational trips, community service projects, attend resident and day camp, or sign up for another exciting year of Girl Scouting.

To learn more about the new cookie varieties visit www.girlscoutcookies.org or use the free official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app.

Girl Scouting’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts Louisiana East, serves girls in grades K-12 in the parishes of St. Mary, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. For more information, call the council office at 800-644-7571, or visit its website at www.gsle.org.