Oh no! New gluten-free Girl Scout cookie isn't available in much of Louisiana
For those of us who live outside of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas in Louisiana and want to try the new cookie — well, we're out of luck.
Oh no! New gluten-free Girl Scout cookie isn't available in much of Louisiana For those of us who live outside of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas in Louisiana and want to try the new cookie — well, we're out of luck. Check out this story on shreveporttimes.com: https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2019/01/04/oh-no-new-girl-scout-cookie-isnt-available-much-louisiana/2476007002/
Sarah Crawford, Shreveport Times Published 4:00 a.m. CT Jan. 4, 2019 | Updated 7:48 a.m. CT Jan. 4, 2019
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This year, Girl Scouts have a new cookie to sell, Caramel Chocolate Chip.(Photo: Girl Scouts of the USA)
Girl Scouts of the USA kicked off its much-anticipated cookie season this week with a brand new kind of cookie — the gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip.
The chewy cookie features rich caramel, semi-sweet chocolate chips and a hint of sea salt.
But for those of us who live outside of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas in Louisiana and want to try the new cookie — well, we're out of luck.
Girl Scouts of Louisiana-Pines to the Gulf chapter, with locations in Lafayette, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport, will not have the new Caramel Chocolate Chip cookie in its lineup.
That's because Girl Scout chapters around America use one of two different contract bakers — ABC Girl Scout Cookie Bakers or Little Brownie Bakers.
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Girl Scouts of Louisiana East, which reaches residents in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas, uses ABC Bakers, which is producing the new gluten-free cookie. Girl Scouts of Louisiana-Pines to the Gulf (GSLPG) gets its cookies from Little Brownie Bakers, which is not.
The difference in bakers is also why some councils' cookies use slightly different ingredients or even have different names — Peanut Butter Patties versus Tagalongs, for example.
Gluten-free cookie lovers need not fear, though — GSLPG will offer a different alternative.
"GSLPG has the gluten-free Toffee-Tastics for a fifth year," said Amaris Bailey, director of marketing and communications for GSLPG.
The Toffee-Tastic cookie is described as rich and buttery with sweet and crunchy toffee bits. GSLPG's cookie lineup also includes traditional favorites like Thin Mints, Samoas, Trefoils, Tagalongs, Dosidos and S'mores, which was introduced in 2017.
For more information on where to find cookies for sale, visit www.gslpg.org or girlscouts.org.
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