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Discontinued: 2021
Thanks-A-Lot cookies were shortbread cookies dipped in rich chocolate fudge on one side. They featured “thank you” printed in five languages—English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Swahili—showcasing Girl Scouts’ global reach.
The cookies were produced by ABC Bakers and maintained and were in production for 15 years.
After their discontinuation, Thanks-A-Lot cookie boxes appeared on eBay for up to five times their original price.
Discontinued: 2019
Savannah Smiles were crescent-shaped lemon cookies dusted with powdered sugar that paid homage to Girl Scouts’ birthplace in Savannah, Georgia.
The cookies replaced the previous Lemon Chalet Cremes and quickly became a favorite for those who liked a citrusy tang flavor.
Girl Scouts of America received countless customer complaints about the powdered sugar coating that covered clothes, car seats, and furniture—with one troop leader in Minnesota reporting that a box spilled in her minivan created what looked like “a miniature snowstorm” that continued to reappear for months.
Discontinued: 2024
Raspberry Rally, introduced in 2023 as the Girl Scouts’ first digital-exclusive cookie, lasted just one sales season.
It was a thin, crispy raspberry-flavored cookie dipped in chocolate coating (designed as a companion to the popular Thin Mints).
It gained unprecedented demand that quickly outpaced supply capabilities.
Boxes originally priced at $5-6 appeared on eBay for upwards of $25, prompting Girl Scout leadership to condemn resellers.
Discontinued: 2007
Lemon Chalet Cremes featured two spiced cookies with ginger and cinnamon sandwiching a tangy lemon filling. The cookies were embossed in an Alpine chalet design.
Their rectangular shape caused production problems when the corners broke during packaging, prompting bakers to redesign them as circular cookies in 2009—a minor change that sparked consumer backlash, with some Girl Scout troops reporting sales dropping by 30% simply because customers insisted the “square ones tasted better.”
Discontinued: 1993
Juliettes were named after Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low.
These were milk chocolate cookies with caramel and pecans.
The Juliettes had two separate production runs—the original version appeared briefly in 1984-1985, then returned by popular demand nearly a decade later.
The initial 1984 boxes contained two entirely different cookie types sharing the same name—a daisy-shaped shortbread with lemon coating and a separate pecan-praline variety. It was the only Girl Scout cookie ever with dual flavors in one box.
Discontinued: 2009
Dulce de Leche Girl Scout cookies offered a Latin-inspired flavor profile, featuring milk caramel chips embedded in crisp cookies.
This iteration followed a short-lived 2008 version that included decorative caramel stripes but was reformulated for broader appeal.
The cookies came from an era when the Girl Scouts organization was actively diversifying its flavor lineup to reflect multicultural influences.
Discontinued: 2004
Aloha Chips, a combination of white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, brought a tropical twist to the Girl Scout cookie lineup.
Developed as a replacement for the short-lived Le Chips (1996-1997), these Hawaii-inspired cookies aimed to capture exotic flavors.
Ironically, despite being named after the Hawaiian greeting meaning both “hello” and “goodbye,” their farewell came relatively quickly.
Discontinued: 1986
Kookaburras were one of the Girl Scouts’ most distinctive discontinued cookies, featuring crispy rice wafers layered with caramel and coated in milk chocolate.
They were modeled after the Kit Kat candy bar and developed a devoted following despite their short market life, with fans creating countless copycat recipes in the decades since their disappearance.
Produced by the Burry Biscuit Corporation (later acquired by Interbake Foods), Kookaburras actually sparked a secondary market where nostalgic cookie enthusiasts would pay premium prices to experience their unique texture and flavor combination again—an early example of the cult following that certain Girl Scout cookies can inspire even decades after discontinuation.
Discontinued: 1983
Van’Chos were iconic sandwich cookies featuring both vanilla and chocolate cream fillings in the same box.
They evolved from the earlier “Vanilla and Chocolate Sandwich Cremes” and marked Girl Scouts’ expansion into commercially manufactured cookies during their rapid growth period.
These cookies predated the mainstream popularity of vanilla-chocolate combinations in commercial sandwich cookies, with Girl Scouts pioneering this dual-flavor approach years before major cookie brands did anything similar.
Discontinued: 2003
Olé Olés were reduced-fat vanilla cookies containing coconut and pecan bits dusted with powdered sugar.
Despite their Mexican-inspired name and festive appearance, these cookies were only briefly in the Girl Scout lineup as part of a health-conscious initiative in the early 2000s.
The cookies’ name contained a linguistic contradiction—“olé” means “bravo” or “hooray” in Spanish, making their full name a celebratory redundancy that paradoxically celebrated their own short-lived existence.
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