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Girl Guide Cookies

The Classic vanilla and chocolate cookies are available in April, each year.

The Chocolatey Mint cookies are available in October, each year.

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There’s a tasty history behind Girl Guide Cookies!

1927 - The first Girl Guide cookies are sold in Regina, Saskatchewan.

1929 – Girl Guides of Canada begins selling cookies as the official fundraising activity for the organization.

1946 - Vanilla crème, maple cream and shortbread cookies are introduced.

1953 - Classic chocolate and vanilla cookies make their first appearance.

1960 - A special box commemorates the 50th anniversary of GGC.

1966 - The classic vanilla and chocolate cookies are back.

1967 - GGC centennial cookies are sold.

1991 - During the Gulf War, every Canadian soldier is given a box of GGC cookies upon arrival in Saudi Arabia.

1992 – Former Girl Guide and Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar juggles Girl Guide cookies in space.

1995 – Chocolatey mint cookies are sold in all provinces across Canada

2003 - All classic chocolate and vanilla and chocolatey mint cookies are produced in a nut-free and peanut-free bakery.

2009 - GGC announced and launched reduced trans fats in the chocolatey mint cookies

2009 - GGC launches first national cookie-selling rewards initiative- Cookie All Stars

2010 – A special 100th anniversary commemorative box is produced. The classic chocolate and vanilla cookies are now 0 g trans fat per serving.

2011 – Girl Guide Cookies gets its own Twitter account.

2012 – The Girl Guide cookie box gets a new look, featuring fun illustrations tracing the journey from Sparks to Rangers.

2014 – Girl Guide classic chocolate and vanilla cookies are certified as Kosher.

2020 - Many local stores step up to sell cookies which arrived just as the pandemic hit - thank you.

2021 - London Drugs sells the Classic (vanilla and chocolate) Cookies because of COVID-19.

2021 - CookieGRAMs are sent to Health Care Workers to thank them for their work during the pandemic.

2022 - Sale of cookies by members begins again.

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