Oh No! It's Girl Scout Cookie Time! :)

Posted by Abby Crawford on

Yep, I've already bought my 500 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies....let's see which one is the healthiest!

 

#1.)  The Healthiest Are the Trefoils . . . also called "Shortbread Cookies".  You definitely shouldn't eat a whole BOX.  But one cookie only has 30 calories, and less fat and sugar than any of the others.

 

 

#2.)  Savannah Smiles.  It's the new cookie they introduced this year, and it actually has fewer calories than Trefoils do:  28 per cookie.

 

 

--But it also has more fat, and A LOT more sugar.  In fact, four different types of sugar are listed in the ingredients.

 

 

--Shout Outs were introduced last year, and they're not THAT bad for you either.  Each cookie is 32 calories.

 

 

#3.)  Thin Mints.  Each one only has 40 calories.  But just like most of the other cookies, the box SAYS there's no trans fat . . . even though it's not really true.

 

 

--The government just lets food companies round down to zero if there's less than a half-gram of trans fat per serving.

 

 

#4.)  Dulce de Leche.  They're caramel cookies with caramel chips in them, so obviously they're not GOOD for you.  But like Thin Mints, they only have about 40 calories each.

 

 

#5.)  Do-si-dos.  They're also just called "Peanut Butter Sandwiches" in some parts of the country.  Either way, they have about 55 calories per cookie.

 

 

#6.)  Thank U Berry Munches.  They have real cranberries in them, which SOUNDS good.  But one cookie still has 60 calories and 3.5 grams of sugar.

 

 

#7.)  Tagalongs . . . or in Some Areas, "Peanut Butter Patties".  Each one has around 70 calories and contains partially hydrogenated oil . . . which means there's SOME trans fat.

 

 

#8.)  Samoas or "Caramel deLites". Some Girl Scout troops sell one or the other, but they're basically the same thing.

 

 

--Each one is 70 calories per cookie, and according to "Eating Well" magazine, they're the worst choice if you're trying to lose weight.

 

 

--Lemonades and Thanks-a-Lots actually have five more calories per cookie.  But Samoas earn the "least healthy" label because they have more saturated fat than any other Girl Scout cookie.

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