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Still No Gluten Free Girl Scout Cookies...

Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:05 AM EST
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By eElementary
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Another year comes, and another year goes without a gluten free Girl Scout Cookie. This year, on their website, you see their answer:

The demand for specialty cookie formulations is simply not great enough to make it economically feasible to offer a variety of specialty types. Of all the different possible formulations, sugar-free seems to be the most popular, yet in the past, even the sugar-free Girl Scout cookies that have been offered have had to be discontinued due to lack of demand. (“Sugar free cookie” is not synonymous with a “diabetic cookie” labeling.) Our bakers continue to experiment and develop formulations that balance the best tasting cookies using the healthiest ingredients.

I do understand the fact that they would not return a profit on offering a gluten free cookie. So I should be ok with this, but then I think, what if my girls want to become Girl Scouts someday? They will have to sell a product they cannot eat? For all the values the Girl Scouts live up to, acceptance could easily be shown by sucking it up, accepting a small loss, and selling a gluten free cookie. With their two bakers making the gluten cookies, I would think a gluten free baker would jump to help out in making those. Anyway…maybe next year…

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So we will continue to ask them for this option. We'll see what happens next year...

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Reply#1 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:06 AM EST
OttoWest

Alright, lets get Lady Obama away from her poke ribs for 30 seconds and have her handle this.

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Reply#2 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:41 AM EST
Stephanie-RN

I had never noticed that they don't have that option. I can tell you they WOULD sell! I work at a Summer camp for the GS and we have girls on gluten free diets. Maybe they could charge an extra dollar for the cookies since ingredients will be a little more expensive??? They would still be at a reasonable price...I paid $3.50/box this year. I am going write the company and find others who will do so, as well. I know of another NViner who has a child on a gluten free diet. So, I am sure she would be happy to write them :)

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Reply#3 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:13 AM EST
eElementary

Thanks! I would greatly pay 5 or even 6 dollars a box...like we do for other gf cookies. And it's just the principle, like I said, if my girls want to be girls scouts, and not being able to eat what they are selling...

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#3.1 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:21 AM EST
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Dean Moriarty

Until Girl Scouts actually bake the cookies themselves I will not buy them. I like my cookies fresh and hot directly out of the oven. Good cookies do not come in plastic wrapped packaging.

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Reply#4 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:18 AM EST
Bad Fish

It is time to put a stop children from peddling poison.

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Reply#5 - Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:27 AM EST
Big Brother Commission

Sorry, but I do like eating the peanut butter ones. I could swap them for the generic brands, however, I am sacrificing the unique taste in the process.

    Reply#6 - Tue Mar 1, 2011 7:13 PM EST
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