It's that time of year. Little girls in cute uniforms are at every corner, every store front, every office building asking you to help them raise money by buying their famous cookies. Before you break the news to them that you can't help because you're vegan, you should know that there are a few varieties that don't contain dairy or eggs!
Unfortunately samoas and thin mints are not on the list, but check out what is (according to PETA):
- Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties
- Thanks-A-Lot
- Shout Outs!
- Lemonades
- Daisy Go Rounds
Another catch: they all contain sugar from an unknown source. Since a lot of sugar is made with bone char, you may want to steer clear of these tempting treats - PETA couldn't get an answer as to whether they use vegan sugar or not. Many of the cookies also contain high fructose corn syrup and artificial coloring, so they are certainly not healthy.
If you want a guaranteed vegan cookie or a healthier alternative, make your own - there are tons of vegan Girl Scout cookie recipes on the web, just do a search. Here are some that are sure to be tasty:
- Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies by Chef Chloe
- Thin Mintz by Manifest Vegan (gluten-free!)
- Samoa Girl Scout Cookies by Alisa
9 comments:
I am not sure where the cookies shown in this article are sold. I have never seen a lot of these varieties. However, my friend's daughter was selling them this year and all the varieties offered were made by Little Brownie Bakers and their website says "All our products contain wheat, soy, and milk ingredients" and that included Tagalongs which are on the list as being vegan. http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/index.html
Apparently the cookies are made in more than one bakery, so the ingredients vary. I was a Scout a long time ago and am now horrified that they don't take dietary restrictions into account - milk is one of the 8 most common allergens, so apparently the organization doesn't really care about being inclusive.
MY daughter is a Girl Scout & none of the cookies made by Little Brownie Baker are vegan (including the Tagalongs). Also another issue is that the cookies all use Palm oil which was an issue for my daughter since she just studied about the damaging effects of Palm oil harvesting. Although, we know what great things the girls do with the money that they earn we are also torn by the fact of selling a cookie that we dont believe in eatting.
The Thin Mints in my area (Rochester, NY) happen to be vegan. Anyone else find this to be true for their city? I was very surprised!
My daughter is a girl scout and we just got our cookie info for this year. It looks like thin mints can be added to the list of vegan friendly cookies!!! Yay! I just check the ingredient label, and the only allergens listed are soy and wheat, I checked the ingredient label and it looks like we are clear!! This however may not be such a good thing b/c that means I will devour them. ;P
It depends on the bakery. There are two bakeries that make girl scout cookies. ABC and another bakery.
Here is the ingredient list for ABC:
http://abcsmartcookies.com/cookies_nutrition.asp
Thin mints are on the list. Tagalongs are from the other bakery and are not vegan. Here is the ingredient list for the Little Brownies: http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/
Ask the troops where they get it from.
Absolutely none of LITTLE BROWNIE BAKERS cookies are vegan. So Tagalogs, not vegan, Peanut Butter Patties, vegan.
ABC Bakers at least has some vegan cookies. Just stay away from Caramel deLites, Shortbread And Peanut Butter Sandwiches.
You can look up which Bakery your local GS council uses on the GS website.
An easy way to check which bakery a Girl Scout troop is using is to just check out the order form. It tells you which bakery supplies the cookies. My friend's sister uses Little Brownie, but luckily, my coworker's daughter uses ABC. Looks like vegan girl scout cookies for me this year! Except my favorite was samoas, so I'm going to try out this recipe anyway.
It looks like Thin Mints are also vegan. Does anyone know what PETA has said about that?
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