@oppodude Recipie as follows: - one good scope of vanilla ice cream. - several crumbled frozen thin mints - 2oz or so Bailys Irish Cream - Splash of milk
Toss it all in a big cup and use a stick blender to mix to milkshake consistancy. Blender would work too, just more work.
@Quantumcat It's a no-frills, low-cost small grocery store. They're (in)famous for requiring a quarter deposit to use a cart. You get it back when you bring the cart back, but it saves cost by not requiring cart corrals and labor to round them up. They're mostly store-brand items, but there are some name-brand items, too. My wife loves it and we save a good chunk of money by doing the bulk of our grocery shopping there.
@mfladd I'm an asshole. (but I don't necessarily see that as a problem).
@cinoclav Haven't been impressed with the Keebler ones but the best ones I have found have been the Clover Farms or whatever store brand Samoa knockoffs from Dollar General. The actual cookie is slightly less crisp but 98% as good as Samoas.
@jqubed There are two separate "Aldi" companies, formed in 1960 when the brothers who owned the original German chain disagreed on strategy and decided to split it.
Trader Joe's is operated by Aldi Nord (North), while U.S. Aldi stores belong to Aldi Süd (South).
Also, the latter began accepting credit cards nationwide on March 1. (As SpenceMan01 noted, it already accepted credit cards in some regions of the country.)
@f00l very good point. There has to be an exception for those eaten before you have access to a freezer especially for those who live in warmer climates. I assumed that was why you refinanced your “right to bare arms” or was it your right to eat both “sleeves” of thin mints.
@don I went into cabelas to purchase the means to protect girl scout cookies, with or without a freezer as assistant. This was exhausting (had to choose between black, purple, and that cotton-candy version of realtree for my chosen weaponry) so when i left the store with my tools of self-defense, outside, i purchased thin mints as i needed the help to get me to my car under enemy conditions, while saluting the brave girl scouts on honor guard duty.
Then in my car i became fearful of carjacking or surprise attack. What if someone had seen me get the cookies? In order to have the energy to remain vigilant, i consumed more cookies.
By the time i arrived at my next rendezvous (home), realized i was in need of more reinforcements and supplies. Another careful stealth detour to cookieville saved the day.
And all this while surrounded by roving enemy on patrol! Any one of whom might have tried to seize the cookies! If it hadnt been for those steadfast girl scouts, would any of us survive?
@Barney Due to National Security restrictions, i am not able to disclose details of the final choice of weaponry that was used in this delicate ground operation in enemy territory.
However, i may perhaps hint at some specs:
1) Pink Realtree reminds me of cotton candy that's full of twigs, dirt, and leaf bits. The actual ingredients of Pink Realtree are, of course, highly classified. However, I do not find this combo appetizing. Given that the objective of this long secret but finally-declassified special operation involved Girl Scout cookies, it is possible that Pink Realtree could be seen as unsuitable under the circumstances.
2) one of the ops (me) is a long-time student of the stealth methods of a certain legendary operative known only by the codename @Barney. It is certain that lessons learned by my studies of the many successes of @Barney were taken seriously. If i am not giving away too much, i might suggest that purple was a significant positive factor in the choice of tactical armaments with appropriate force and range.
Cookies were, in fact, acquired, with no loss of life within our forces, nor any losses on the enemy's side. I credit the Girl Scouts and purple.
@Barney @don Got up v early this am to help someone move. (Why on Wednesday am??? Dunno.) After staying up to watch the election blather on CNN and FOX.
So what i'm drinking is lack of sleep combined with ultra-caffeine ordered with extra shots of espresso. The combo does not seem to help w late-afternoon sleep-loss insanity.
Going for MILK and fake GS cookies as soon as i get home. The real GS cookies always go so quickly! Even pets and family members are sometimes "the enemy" with cookies. My family has weird ideas about "sharing".
Tagalongs and the wonderful, glorious treat that is ABC Bakers Peanut Butter Patties are not the same. Little Brownie Bakers need to get their act together if they want to take a shot at #1. #iprobablycaremorethenishould
@mfladd Samoas are the only ones for me! I would shank a bitch for some right now. Especially a couple placed in a bowl with a few scoops of ice cream on top. Nom.
I think I just like Thin Mints because they don't have a stupid name, so I actually know what I'm buying. I know I like one of the other ones, but I couldn't tell you which…
It's late and you had to bring up cookies. My decision process just shifted from whether or not I need some speakers to hauling my ass down to the store for some cookies.
Lemon pastry creams... The only cookie I would buy from myself/my sister. I felt it was the only one to make it through the elimination of trans fat without becoming a mere shadow of itself. They discontinued it and now I don't buy any GS cookies.
We only have Girl Guide cookies here, eh? Classic Chocolate and Vanilla box, or Chocolatey Mint box. Chocolatey Mint currently outsell the Classics by a nose.
If you are interested, they have an interesting infographic.
In the real olden days, we had actual shortbread cookies... And vanilla crème, and maple cream... Mmmmmmmm... I want cookies NAOW!
It depends. Are we talking about if we could only take one cookie off a silver platter? Or are we including value, how much we actually buy the things?
Platter: probably the Samoa (too rich to resist) Value: three-way tie between Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, and Savannah Smiles (acceptably delicious and you get way more per box) OVERRATED: Thin Mints (they taste good but it's like eating NOTHING. No matter how many I eat I am disappointed)
A little GS trivia: Do-si-dos (aka Peanut Butter Sandwich) were once called Savannah's. Trefoils (aka Shortbread) are a rip of Scot-Teas ( they were much much better tasting.So very thin w/ that sugary coating)
Oh and the beloved Thin mints used to have a vanilla cookie on the inside. Still very chocolatey and of course because they were back in the day much better ;-)
As someone who regularly sold the most cookies in her troop, I can attest to my GS cookie facts.
Was it not too long ago that a similar question came up in a similar poll on a similar website also selling similar unneeded products at a fraction of the original price? I can't seem to remember the name. Oh well.
Made with real girl scouts.
@nadroj
@nadroj perfect comment for a "Wednesday"
Gordon Ramsay doesn't like girl scout cookies
@jmoor783 he's a f**king Brit. He probably loves Jammy Dodgers and sticking his sausage in ripe gourds.
@jmoor783 I notice out of the three he tried he only swallowed the Tagalong.
@thechinglish Wow nice racism there. would you do me a favor and stop breathing?
@brumagem You understood that?
@PocketBrain we found the Brit
Thin mints. Frozen.
Any other way of eating them is barbaric. And, yes, I will fight you over that*.
*not literally. not even figuratively. I'm just a fat guy who knows the best way to eat a thin mint is to freeze that sucker to unlock its flavor.
@oppodude YES. 100% UNBRIDLED YES!
@oppodude agree. But to make them even better freeze smash add to ice cream.
@ceagee I can dig that.
@oppodude Recipie as follows:
- one good scope of vanilla ice cream.
- several crumbled frozen thin mints
- 2oz or so Bailys Irish Cream
- Splash of milk
Toss it all in a big cup and use a stick blender to mix to milkshake consistancy.
Blender would work too, just more work.
@oppodude I will help you fight them my brother.
I buy the knock-off Thin Mints and Samoas at Aldi. They're a fraction of the price and available year-round.
@SpenceMan01 What's Aldi? Supermarket or drug store or something?
@SpenceMan01 What is wrong with you? You have to support the troops :)
@Quantumcat It's a no-frills, low-cost small grocery store. They're (in)famous for requiring a quarter deposit to use a cart. You get it back when you bring the cart back, but it saves cost by not requiring cart corrals and labor to round them up. They're mostly store-brand items, but there are some name-brand items, too. My wife loves it and we save a good chunk of money by doing the bulk of our grocery shopping there.
@mfladd I'm an asshole. (but I don't necessarily see that as a problem).
@SpenceMan01 I can live with that.
@Quantumcat Supermarket from Europe. Trader Joe's parent company, so again, no brand name foods but good prices. They don't take credit cards.
@jqubed The Aldi stores up here in Minnesota take credit cards. They started that a year/year and a half or so ago.
@mfladd
The troops dont sell thin mints year round.
@SpenceMan01 Yep. Walmart also sells their own variety of Samoas as does Keebler (which owns one of the bakeries that makes them for the Girl Scouts.)
@cinoclav Haven't been impressed with the Keebler ones but the best ones I have found have been the Clover Farms or whatever store brand Samoa knockoffs from Dollar General. The actual cookie is slightly less crisp but 98% as good as Samoas.
@jqubed There are two separate "Aldi" companies, formed in 1960 when the brothers who owned the original German chain disagreed on strategy and decided to split it.
Trader Joe's is operated by Aldi Nord (North), while U.S. Aldi stores belong to Aldi Süd (South).
Also, the latter began accepting credit cards nationwide on March 1. (As SpenceMan01 noted, it already accepted credit cards in some regions of the country.)
Glad I spend the extra quarter-second to reach the bottom of the list of options before I set the forums on fire for omitting Thin Mints.
@SColburn I was thinking WHAT no choice of thin mints! Then I saw it. Good placement, that was funny.
frozen is the only way to go. well said
@coleafiory I think it is illegal to eat them without freezing them first. If not it should be.
@don
you claim it's illegal to buy them from a girl scout stand outside Cabelas and finish them off on the way home?
I think the 2nd amendment protects my freedom to do just that.
@f00l very good point. There has to be an exception for those eaten before you have access to a freezer especially for those who live in warmer climates. I assumed that was why you refinanced your “right to bare arms” or was it your right to eat both “sleeves” of thin mints.
@don
I went into cabelas to purchase the means to protect girl scout cookies, with or without a freezer as assistant. This was exhausting (had to choose between black, purple, and that cotton-candy version of realtree for my chosen weaponry) so when i left the store with my tools of self-defense, outside, i purchased thin mints as i needed the help to get me to my car under enemy conditions, while saluting the brave girl scouts on honor guard duty.
Then in my car i became fearful of carjacking or surprise attack. What if someone had seen me get the cookies? In order to have the energy to remain vigilant, i consumed more cookies.
By the time i arrived at my next rendezvous (home), realized i was in need of more reinforcements and supplies. Another careful stealth detour to cookieville saved the day.
And all this while surrounded by roving enemy on patrol! Any one of whom might have tried to seize the cookies! If it hadnt been for those steadfast girl scouts, would any of us survive?
@f00l I love purple.
@Barney
Due to National Security restrictions, i am not able to disclose details of the final choice of weaponry that was used in this delicate ground operation in enemy territory.
However, i may perhaps hint at some specs:
1) Pink Realtree reminds me of cotton candy that's full of twigs, dirt, and leaf bits. The actual ingredients of Pink Realtree are, of course, highly classified. However, I do not find this combo appetizing. Given that the objective of this long secret but finally-declassified special operation involved Girl Scout cookies, it is possible that Pink Realtree could be seen as unsuitable under the circumstances.
2) one of the ops (me) is a long-time student of the stealth methods of a certain legendary operative known only by the codename @Barney. It is certain that lessons learned by my studies of the many successes of @Barney were taken seriously. If i am not giving away too much, i might suggest that purple was a significant positive factor in the choice of tactical armaments with appropriate force and range.
Cookies were, in fact, acquired, with no loss of life within our forces, nor any losses on the enemy's side. I credit the Girl Scouts and purple.
@f00l May I have some of what you are drinking?
@Barney it would most likely be MILK for the cookies but if he told you what MILK stands for he would have to kill you.
@don I love chocolate milk.
@Barney
@don
Got up v early this am to help someone move. (Why on Wednesday am??? Dunno.) After staying up to watch the election blather on CNN and FOX.
So what i'm drinking is lack of sleep combined with ultra-caffeine ordered with extra shots of espresso. The combo does not seem to help w late-afternoon sleep-loss insanity.
Going for MILK and fake GS cookies as soon as i get home. The real GS cookies always go so quickly! Even pets and family members are sometimes "the enemy" with cookies. My family has weird ideas about "sharing".
The ones you make yourself for a fraction of the price. 10 mediocre cookies in a box for $5? And the girls get forty cents? Bah humbug!
@katbyter "Bah humbug!" wait are we talking about Christmas cookies now that is a whole different conversation
Tagalongs and the wonderful, glorious treat that is ABC Bakers Peanut Butter Patties are not the same. Little Brownie Bakers need to get their act together if they want to take a shot at #1. #iprobablycaremorethenishould
Samoa's are the best. If you don't think so I will sic Afa and Sika on you wild-style! (aka Caramel deLites - that name has to go)
(Going old-school)
@mfladd Samoas are the only ones for me! I would shank a bitch for some right now. Especially a couple placed in a bowl with a few scoops of ice cream on top. Nom.
@jaremelz Wow you and @mfladd agree on something!
@heartny ...and then I head to the planet Mars, never to be seen again, but eventually to be replaced by a new, younger most interesting man in the world...
@curtise Perhaps the younger replacement will eat the remaining sleeve of Thin Mints?
@heartny
Not if i get there first.
The old lemon-filled cookies from a few years ago were really good, nothing like what they have now.
I think I just like Thin Mints because they don't have a stupid name, so I actually know what I'm buying. I know I like one of the other ones, but I couldn't tell you which…
@brhfl they are better frozen.
@mfladd So I hear…
@brhfl ;)
@brhfl yes and I only drink things like gin and tonic or rum and coke.
@don The recipe is in the name, it's perfect! Though I did know someone (a non-drinker) who thought the drink was a Roman Coke…
@brhfl
Thanks! I'll take a Roman Coke with rum in it.
@brhfl a "Roman Coke" is what you drink after several Rum and Cokes or is it used to make Roman steel.
@don it has been known to cause Roman Hands (and Russian Fingers)
It's late and you had to bring up cookies. My decision process just shifted from whether or not I need some speakers to hauling my ass down to the store for some cookies.
Lemon pastry creams... The only cookie I would buy from myself/my sister. I felt it was the only one to make it through the elimination of trans fat without becoming a mere shadow of itself. They discontinued it and now I don't buy any GS cookies.
samoas are superior to those weird frozen toothpaste cookies
fight me
@Lotsofgoats When. Where. I'm already packing.
We only have Girl Guide cookies here, eh? Classic Chocolate and Vanilla box, or Chocolatey Mint box.
Chocolatey Mint currently outsell the Classics by a nose.
If you are interested, they have an interesting infographic.
In the real olden days, we had actual shortbread cookies... And vanilla crème, and maple cream... Mmmmmmmm... I want cookies NAOW!
DO-SI-DOS by far are the best!
It depends. Are we talking about if we could only take one cookie off a silver platter? Or are we including value, how much we actually buy the things?
Platter: probably the Samoa (too rich to resist)
Value: three-way tie between Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, and Savannah Smiles (acceptably delicious and you get way more per box)
OVERRATED: Thin Mints (they taste good but it's like eating NOTHING. No matter how many I eat I am disappointed)
A little GS trivia:
Do-si-dos (aka Peanut Butter Sandwich) were once called Savannah's.
Trefoils (aka Shortbread) are a rip of Scot-Teas ( they were much much better tasting.So very thin w/ that sugary coating)
Oh and the beloved Thin mints used to have a vanilla cookie on the inside. Still very chocolatey and of course because they were back in the day much better ;-)
As someone who regularly sold the most cookies in her troop, I can attest to my GS cookie facts.
Was it not too long ago that a similar question came up in a similar poll on a similar website also selling similar unneeded products at a fraction of the original price? I can't seem to remember the name. Oh well.
Tagalongs and samoas used to be good. Until they changed something. And 4$ a box? Not worth it.
@Gamem See above... Walmart (Great Value) branded Samoas for $1.88 in my local store. Totally worth it.
Lemon Pastries (discontinued)
Thin mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs. Please don't make me choose just one.
Tagalongs schmagalongs.
https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/girl-scout-cookie
Toffee-tastic of course.... Gluten free!
Your favorite girl scout cookie may say a lot about you:
http://www.oola.com/lifestyle/61012/your-favorite-girl-scout-cookie-may-say-a-lot-about-you/#page=1