In-Person Girl Scout Cookie Sales Begin In Lamorinda

LAMORINDA, CA — The Girl Scouts of Northern California announced Thursday that in-person cookie sales are back.

While consumers across Northern California can continue to order their favorite Girl Scout cookies online at ilovecookies.org, they can now also visit local cookie booths to support Girl Scouts directly. The 2025 Northern California cookie season runs through March 16.

See the 2025 cookie lineup, which features a variety of beloved flavors, including Thin Mints®, Caramel deLites® and Peanut Butter Patties®. In a bittersweet farewell, is is the final season for the Toast-yay!® to make way for future innovations.

All cookie flavors are $7 per box. Each purchase funds Girl Scout adventures throughout the year, including camping trips, service projects and community impact initiatives.

More than 16,000 Girl Scouts across Northern California will participate in the largest entrepreneurial program in the world, aiming to sell 4.3 million packages of cookies.

"The excitement of in-person cookie sales is something our Girl Scouts and community members look forward to every year," said Mary-Jane Strom, Interim CEO of Girl Scouts of Northern California. "Our Cookie Program serves as a powerful tool. Girl Scouts develop essential skills in goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Every purchase funds their dreams and fuels their journey toward leadership and impact."

Find A Cookie Booth Near You

In Lamorinda, cookie sales are taking place daily at BART stations, grocery stores and other retailers. Fans of the cookies can enter their ZIP code online to find a list of the closest cookie sales booths in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda.

Timeline: How Girl Scout Cookies Came To Be

1912

• Juliette Gordon Low starts Girl Scouts in the United States.

1917

• The sale of cookies to finance troop activities begins with the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Cookies are baked at home by girl members, with moms volunteering as technical advisers.

1920s

• An article by Florence E. Neil, a local Girl Scouts director in Chicago, includes a cookie recipe. She estimates it would cost 26-36 cents for the ingredients to bake six or seven dozen cookies and says troops could profit by selling the cookies for 25-30 cents per dozen.
• Girl Scouts in different parts of the country bake simple sugar cookies with their mothers and with help from the community. These cookies are packaged in wax paper bags, sealed with a sticker, and sold door to door for 25-35 cents per dozen.

1933

• Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia Council bake cookies and sell them in the city's gas and electric company windows for 23 cents per box of 44 cookies, or six boxes for $1.24.

1934

• Greater Philadelphia is the first Girl Scout Council to sell commercially baked cookies.

1935

• Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York raises money through the sale of commercially baked cookies.

1936

• National Girl Scout organization begins the process of licensing the first commercial bakers to produce cookies to be sold by Girl Scouts nationwide.

1937

• More than 125 Girl Scout councils reported holding cookie sales.

1944

• Sugar, flour and butter shortages during World War II led Girl Scouts to pivot and sell the first Girl Scout calendars as an alternative to raise money for activities.

1948

• Cookie sales increase after the war.
• Twenty-nine bakers are licensed to bake Girl Scout Cookies.

1951

• Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints®).
• With the rise of the suburbs in postwar America, girls began selling Girl Scout Cookies at tables in shopping malls.

1956

• Girl Scouts are selling four basic types of cookies: a vanilla-based filled cookie, a chocolate-based filled one, shortbread, and a chocolate mint. Some bakers offer another optional flavor.

1960s

• Baby Boomers expand Girl Scout membership, significantly increasing cookie sales.
• Fourteen licensed bakers mix batter for thousands upon thousands of Girl Scout Cookies annually. These bakers began wrapping Girl Scout Cookie boxes in printed aluminum foil or cellophane to protect cookies and preserve freshness.

1966

• More varieties available. Among the best sellers are Chocolate Mint, Shortbread, and Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies.

1970s

• Girl Scout Cookies for sale during the 1970s include Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos®, and Shortbread/Trefoils® cookies, plus four additional choices.

1978

• The number of bakers is streamlined to four to ensure lower prices and uniform quality, packaging and distribution.
• For the first time in history, all cookie boxes—regardless of the baker—feature the same designs and depict scenes of Girl Scouts in action, including hiking and canoeing.

1979

• The new Saul Bass–created Girl Scout logo appears on cookie boxes

1982

• Four bakers still produce a maximum of seven varieties of cookies—three mandatory (Thin Mint, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos and Shortbread/Trefoils) and four optional.
• Cookie boxes depict scenes of Girl Scouts in action.

1990s

• Two licensed bakers supply local Girl Scout councils with cookies to sell.

1998

• Three licensed bakers supply eight cookie varieties, including low-fat and sugar-free selections.

Early 2000s

• New bold, bright cookie box designs are introduced in fall of 2000.
• Two licensed bakers produce a maximum of eight varieties, including a mandatory three (Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos, and Shortbread/Trefoils).
• All cookies are kosher.
• Youngest Girl Scouts, Daisies, start selling cookies.

2010s

• Introduction of the very first gluten-free Girl Scout Cookie.
• Launch of the Digital Cookie® platform in 2014.

2016

• Girl Scouts marks the 100th anniversary of selling cookies.
• Girl Scout S’mores® quickly become the most popular new cookie to launch in Girl Scout history.

2020

• New packaging puts Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs front and center.
• Cookie Entrepreneur Family pin collection makes selling Girl Scout Cookies a family affair.

2021

• All Girl Scout Cookies are both kosher- and Halal-certified. There are vegan and gluten-free varieties, too.

2022

• Girl Scouts across the country begin selling a new Girl Scout Cookie, Adventurefuls™. The brownie-inspired cookies are topped with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt, elevating the joys of buying and eating Girl Scout Cookies.

2023

• Girl Scouts launch Raspberry Rally®, the first cookie available online for shipment only. The thin, crispy cookie infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in chocolatey coating is a "sister" cookie to No. 1 bestseller, Thin Mints®.

2025

• The true purpose behind Girl Scout Cookies remains the same: All proceeds stay with local councils and troops to fund year-round experiences.