Girl Scout Cookies are $4. Proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Sale support Girl Scouting, and the price per box varies throughout the country. Each region determines price based on the needs in the communities it serves. Our sister councils in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and the Central Coast all sell at $4.00 per box, as do many other Girl Scout Councils nationwide.

Thank you for supporting the Girl Scouts of Northern California and the more than 55,000 Girl Scouts and 32,000 adult volunteers we serve.

National Girl Scout policy prohibits the sale of Girl Scout Cookies or any other Girl Scout approved product on the Internet. The safety of our girls is always our chief concern. Girl Scout Cookie Activities are designed to be face-to-face learning experiences for girls. In an online setting, there is no guarantee that the seller is indeed a girl member of Girl Scouts.

If you donÕt know any Girl Scouts you can still buy Girl Scout cookies! Send your contact information to ProductSales@girlscoutsnorcal.org to be connected to a troop in your area, or try our Cookie Booth Finder (www.CookieFinder.org) starting March 5, 2010!

According to the IRS, individuals who purchase cookies for personal enjoyment are not officially making a donation to the Girl Scouts, rather, they are purchasing a product at a fair market value. For this reason, no part of the price of a box of cookies for personal enjoyment is tax-deductible. To make a tax-deductible donation to the Girl Scouts, consult with your tax advisor regarding your specific tax circumstances, and then click here to donate online.

Individuals who purchase cookies and instruct the troop to designate the purchase to the Gift of Caring program for the local food bank, Red Cross or military troops may find the purchase to be tax-deductible. Please consult your local tax advisor.

All Girl Scout cookie varieties are baked using recipes that meet the standard of “zero grams of trans fat per serving” with the same great taste that has made them one of America’s favorite treats. All varieties contain less than 0.5 grams trans fat per serving, which meets or exceeds the FDA guidelines for the “zero trans fat” designation.

We are proud that four of our eight cookie varieties for 2010 are trans-fat free, with no hydrogenated oils: Trefoils, Dulce de Leche, Lemon Chalet Cremes, and Thank U Berry Munch.

We respect and encourage individuals to make informed decisions about the food items they consume. For those consumers who are not satisfied with the FDA’s national standard for “zero grams of trans fat per serving,” we have clearly listed all ingredients and nutritional profile of each variety on both the cookie box and cookie order form. As with any dessert or snack item, Girl Scout Cookies are not marketed as a dietary staple, but as a special treat that should be enjoyed in moderation.

For nutritional information on the eight cookie varieties available in our council, please visit www.littlebrowniebakers.com.

Our cookie bakers tell us it is still necessary to use tropical oils for the production of compound coating. Many top bakers have tried to stop using it, but without it, their products do not meet production standards. Our baker and their palm oil suppliers are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an organization of growers, buyers, manufacturers, conservationists and interested parties who are striving to develop and follow best practices to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil.