The Tastiest Time of the Year is Here!

It’s the sweetest time of the year as the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season kicks off in Connecticut. The 100% girl-led entrepreneurship program that develops the next generation of female business leaders officially launches on January 24th. The public is now able to order the delicious desserts from individual Girl Scout members – both in-person and online.

“The five fundamentals of the cookie program are goal setting, decision making, business ethics, people skills and money management,” said Elicia Pegues Spearman, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Connecticut (GSOFCT). “Girls learn to work as a team to accomplish goals, while building confidence in their individual abilities and most importantly, they have fun while doing it!”

Spearman notes that Girl Scout members received an educational immersion to ensure a successful 2025 cookie season at the Girl Scout Round Up: Cookie Rally and Entrepreneur Fair earlier this month, which offered a variety of helpful workshops on leadership, entrepreneurship, customer care, cyber security, and presentation skills.

To sweeten the deal, GSOFCT offers a reward system in which Girl Scouts earn prizes for selling a certain level of cookie packages. Incentives include patches, charms, a Lenovo Laptop, tickets to AdventurePark in Storrs and a plush stuffed panda, the official mascot of the 2025 cookie season.

The roster of tasty treats being offered this year includes Adventurefuls™, Thin Mints®, Samoas®, Tagalongs®, Do-si-dos®, Trefoils®, Lemon-Ups®, gluten-free Toffee-tastic® and Girl Scout S’mores®, which are officially retiring this season. Each variety costs $6 per package.

There are several ways to pre-order and purchase Girl Scout Cookies including:

• Contacting a registered Girl Scout to find out how she’s selling cookies, either in-person or through her individual Digital Cookie ® online platform.
• Visiting www.gsofct.org to find out how to order online, or
• Contacting GSOFCT’s Customer Care team at (800) 922-2770
• Girl Scout Cookies will be delivered to Connecticut on March 22, 2025, at which time, all pre-orders will be fulfilled to customers, and troops around the state will set up cookie booths in their local communities through the end of April.

Girl Scouts of Connecticut Chief Operating Officer Kapi Kaplan explains that each troop sets its own financial goals during Cookie Season with some selling the packages for amazing group activities and trips, and others to participate in outdoor adventures at the various Girl Scout camps, including Camp An-Se-Ox in Oxford, Camp Aspetuck in Weston, Camp Clatter Valley in New Milford, Camp Laurel in Lebanon, and Camp Merrie-Wood in Manchester. Other troops raise funds to earn entrepreneurship badges and rewards or initiate community service projects.

Kaplan emphasizes that all proceeds from the cookie program stay in Connecticut to fund GSOFCT programming, leadership development opportunities, and training for girls and adults throughout the state.

Many Girl Scouts are also participating in GSOFCT’s Gift of Caring Service Project, Cookies for Heroes in which Connecticut customers can purchase packages of cookies, which are then delivered to active military men and women, veterans, and local community heroes. By donating cookies, customers can double their giving power by supporting Girl Scouts and spreading joy to others at the same time. Additionally, girls learn about philanthropy and the power of giving back. Last year, more than 100,000 packages of cookies were sold for this cause.

“When you buy a delicious package of cookies directly from a Girl Scout, you’ll enjoy them more knowing that you’re helping her become a true changemaker who is building a better future for herself and the world,” concludes Kaplan.

For more information on the Girl Scout Cookie season, including how to find cookies or support the organization in other ways, visit www.gsofct.org.

About Girl Scouts of Connecticut

Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from across the state, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit gsofct.org.