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The Healthiest and Fattiest Girl Scout Cookies of 2016

Posted on by Stacy G
18
Jan

Cookie sales started yesterday and for millions of Americans, their New Year’s resolutions to lose weight could crumble like shortbread.

Who can resist a cute entrepreneurial child selling Girl Scout cookies?

You can’t escape it, every year, whether a little girl knocks on your door, one of your owns kids is selling or a parent is selling for their child, you will come face to face with the girl scout cookies.  A favorite tradition, there is no need to be scared of these delicious treats,   The key with girl scout cookies or any cookie for that mater is to stick to the serving size, says Ilyse Shapiro author of Should I Scoop Out My Bagel?: And 99 Other Answers to Your Everyday Diet and Nutrition Questions to Help You Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Live Healthy.
Shapiro suggests you can get more bang for your buck (more cookies per serving size) if you go for thin mints, or trefoils (short bread cookies).  One way to control yourself is to take out the serving size of cookies from the package (2-4 cookies) and not just sit there eating them right out of the package.  If you put them on a plate you are more likely to stick to the serving size vs eating endless amounts out of the package.  If you simply can’t control yourself then buy a few to be nice and then give them away.  Some people like to stick them in the freezer so they are less

(Examiner)

Everyone has a favorite Girl Scout cookie that they look forward to each year; and every year dieters moan as they look at the nutritional value of their favorite Girl Scoutcookies.

Here is the 2016 Girl Scout Cookie line up with links to nutritional values:

Trios (Chocolate chips nestled in a gluten free peanut butter oatmeal cookie) 12 cookies, serving: 3 cookies, 170 calories.

Do-Si-Dos™ – Peanut Butter Sandwiches– (peanut buttercookie with peanut butter filling) – 20 cookies* Serving: 3 cookies, 160 calories.

Thin Mints (thin chocolate-peppermint cookie coated in chocolate) – 32 cookies* Serving: 4 cookies, 160 calories.

Lemonades™(shortbread cookie with a tangy lemon icing) – 16 cookies* Serving: 2 cookies, 150 calories.

Cranberry Citrus Crisps (Crispy cookie, made with whole grain, full of tangy cranberry bits and zesty citrus flavor) 20 cookies, Serving: 4 cookies, 150 calories.

Thanks-A-Lot™ used to be known as Animal Treasures and All Abouts(all same type shortbread cookie with chocolate on the bottom) – 16 cookies* Serving: 2 cookies, 150 calories.

Samoas® – Caramel deLites™(vanilla cookies covered with caramel on top and bottom then rolled in coconut and striped with chocolate) – 15 cookies* Serving: 2 cookies, 140 calories.

Savannah Smiles™ – (Bite-sized, lemon wedge cookies dusted in powdered sugar and bursting with zesty lemon flavor) 28 cookies* Serving: 5 cookies, 140 calories.

Toffee-tastic (Rich, buttery gluten free cookies packed with golden toffee bits bursting with flavor) 14 cookies, Serving: 2 cookies, 140 calories.

Tagalongs® – Peanut Butter Patties®(Regular cookie with soft Peanut Butter and coated with chocolate) – 15 cookies* Serving 2 cookies, 130 calories.

Trefoils – a.k.a. Shortbread– (a shortbread cookie) – 44 cookies* Serving: 4 cookies, 120.

Rah-Rah Raisins (Hearty oatmeal cookies made with whole grain oats and with plump raisins and Greek yogurt-flavored chunks) 14 cookies, Serving: 2 cookies, 120 calories

 

Stacy G

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