Thin Mints and Samoas are Girl Scout cookie mainstays, but what about Alohas?

With Girl Scout cookie season in full effect, let's take a trip down memory lane and see how many of these now defunct Girl Scout cookie varieties you can recall.

Ole-oles anyone?

Kookaburras -- Named after the Australian bird, these wonderful cookies had kind of Rice Krispie crunch thing going on, were chocolate covered and had a caramel filling. Think Twix and Rice Krispie treats merging into one. There's even a web site that has the recipe so you can make them your self.

Upside Downs -- You're nothing if you aren't marketing and these were the Girl Scout cookie bakers shot at the oatmeal cookie cream pie, only with a hard cookie instead of a soft one on the outside. Messy to eat, nonetheless these were delicious.

Juliettes -- Named after Girl Scout founder Juliette Low, these were kind of akin to the chocolate pecan turtles you find in fine candy store. Milk chocolate, pecans and caramel. If you ever had one of these delights, you would most definitely remember. An internet search show these were still being sold by some troops as late as 2013. (A non-chocolate version called Golden Nut Clusters were also sold as late as 1999.)

Golden Yangles -- I'm convinced if it weren't for the oddly gross name, these would still be sold. The cheddar cheese flavored cracker was a cross between Pepperidge Farms' Gold fish and Cheez-Its.

Alohas -- The Hawaiian name was derived from its island based macadamia nuts, which were combined with white chocolate chips. They recently came in second in a poll of GS cookies missed the most.

Van'chos -- A take on Oreos, these sandwich cremes came in vanilla and chocolate in the same package. If they gave you a choice of one or the other, they may have survived, because the vanilla ones were good. The chocolate ones, well, you're never gonna beat Oreos, so why try.

Snaps -- Iced oatmeal cookies with raisins. Yes, please. It's like visiting Gramma's house.

Ole-Oles -- These reduced fat cookies had a serious public relations problem with their powdered sugar coating. Why? Because NO ONE likes powdered sugar coatings. It gets over everything.

What old school Girl Scout cookies do you remember? Visit the Online Girl Scout Museum and see what other varieties existed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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