Vegan Girl Scout Cookies

25 Jan '05

I’ve been hit up a few times in recent weeks for Girl Scout Cookie orders, which got me to thinking: are any of the cookies vegan? According to this site, which provides scans of the nutritional information from each type of cookie, only the Iced Berry Pinatas and Reduced Fat Lemon Pastry Cremes do not contain eggs or dairy.

Bummer, my two favorites contain milk (Tagalongs and Thin Mints). Oh well… may have to make my own.

I also came across this, too, which is worth reading—including the comments—for fans of Thin Mints. The blog it’s from, 101cookbooks.com looks like a worthwhile visit, too, since much (all?) of the material covered is vegetarian. Heidi has a new cookbook out titled Cook 1.0, which looks beautiful.

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10 Responses

Desiree
20|Jan|2006 1

I don’t know… the “natural and artificial flavor” in the Reduced Fat Lemon Pastry Cremes is suspicious. I can’t even find the Iced Berry cookies on the site. =(
Seth
03|Feb|2006 2

Just got the Reduced Fat Cartwheels, and they have no egg or dairy.
Chelsea
05|Feb|2006 3

I have a dirty secret.

My roommate works for the girl scouts, and she brought home tagalongs (my favorite as well) and said, “Now i know that whey is mik or something but it’s the very last thing on the 2% or less list on your favorite cookies and i got them just for you and you’re always so good about it but i just thought maybe you’d like to have one anyway and…”

and i ate them. And now i feel bad.
Denise
20|Feb|2006 4

I have a box of the “Thanks-A-Lot” and I can’t find where there is dairy/eggs in it either. On the girlscout website, it lists wheat/soy as the allergens, but not eggs or dairy for this cookie. Can someone look behind me and double check??
Vegan Sommelier
20|Feb|2006 5

Denise, I think the “Thanks-A-Lot” cookies are new this year (which is why they weren’t mentioned in the original post)… I checked the ingredients, and they appear to indeed be vegan.
Joanna
28|Feb|2007 6

Since this page pops up when you search “vegan girl scout cookies” i think i will add for others that this year it looks like the following cookies are vegan:
1) thanks-a-lot
2) peanut butter patties
3) cartwheels

That is just based on the ingredients at the girl scout website. I am still new to the vegan thing, so if i’ve made a mistake please correct me thanks!
jessie
09|Mar|2007 7

… I just ran across the Peanut Butter Patties and Thanks-a-lot boxes, which say “wheat and soy” as allergens. But… they are all loaded with hydrogenated oils anyway.
Desiree
14|Jan|2008 8

Looks like the Peanut Butter Patties have whey (not vegan) and the Thanks-a-lot (as well as probably every other cookie available) have artificial flavors, which (per the USDA’s website) can be animal derived. I can’t even find the Cartwheels on the site.

Why not just forgo the high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors and colors, and get something more natural? There are plenty of vegan-oriented companies to support.
vegan oh yea
04|Mar|2008 9

Yea, screw the girl scouts!
Gary
05|Mar|2008 10

Vegan girl scout cookies would be great for at least the following reasons:

a) They sell so many of them
b) It may help mainstream veganism
c) It may provide a convenient reference point when doing advocacy (”Girl scout Cartwheel cookies are vegan.” “Really? I love them. Maybe veganism’s not so hard.”)

For the past several years, when I see a girl scout cookie booth set up outside a store or something, I walk over and ask if they have any vegan varieties, which often leads to a productive discussion. I always say that I’ll buy some if they’re vegan, so this being possibly the year of vegan cheese and girl scout cookies (but not together), I may have to make good on my promise.

The best “girl scout cookie activism” episode for me: A bunch of us were coming out of an activism meeting. I spied a girl scout cookie table, and did my usual bit. A fellow activist had baked some awesome vegan chocolate chip cookies and offered some to the girl scouts and their mothers. They all loved them and promised they would suggest vegan varieties to “the committee.”