These Girl Scout cookies are going away in 2025
NEW YORK - Two Girl Scout cookie favorites are crumbling away for good.
The group made the announcement Tuesday, just as the scouting organization's annual "cookie season" kicked off.
"The 2025 cookie lineup is jam-packed with the full spread of highly sought-after cookie flavors, including Thin Mints, Samoas/Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs and more," according to the news release.
Which Girl Scout cookie flavors are being discontinued?
Girl Scout S'mores, at left, and Toast-Yay! cookies, at right, will be retired after the 2025 cookie season, Girl Scouts of the USA announced. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
What we know: By season's end, however, two flavors will bid farewell, the Girl Scouts announced: Girl Scout S'mores and Toast-Yay!
A spokesperson for the group told FOX Digital that the change was nothing out of the ordinary and that they routinely "reevaluate our cookie lineup to make room for new innovations."
"Discontinuing Toast-Yay! and Girl Scout S'mores may lead to something new and delicious," the spokesperson said.
No new cookie varieties were added for the 2025 Girl Scout cookie season, which typically lasts until April.
The current setup of Girl Scout cookie sales is a far cry from its origins over a century ago.
Wendy Lou, Girl Scouts of the USA chief revenue officer, says "Girl Scout cookie season is about so much more than selling the iconic cookies people know and love."
The money earned from cookie sales "directly power girls' journeys in leadership, entrepreneurship and community building," Lou added. "The sweet success of each sale is a testament to how much girls can change the world when they put their minds to it."
Girl Scout cookies
The backstory: According to the Girl Scouts website, the first Girl Scout cookies were homemade by members, with their moms serving as technical advisers.
The first cookie sale reportedly took place in 1917, just five years after the Girl Scouts were founded.
"In July 1922, The American Girl magazine, published by Girl Scouts of the USA, featured an article by Florence E. Neil, a local director in Chicago, Illinois, including a cookie recipe that had been given to the council's 2,000 Girl Scouts," the Girl Scouts website said.
In 2024, threatened to raise yearly membership fees by 240%, from $25 to $85 due to declining membership. The vote came as membership in the Girl Scouts declined in recent years, due in part to the pandemic and other factors. The Boy Scouts of America, now called Scouting America, allowed girls to join its ranks in 2018.
The vote came as membership in the Girl Scouts had declined in recent years, due in part to the pandemic and other factors. The Boy Scouts of America, now called Scouting America, had allowed girls to join its ranks in 2018.
Who makes Girl Scout cookies?
Two bakeries, ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers, produce the cookies, which is why some have different names for the same variety.
Each Girl Scout council determines the sales dates and box prices, according to the website.