Personally, I love the thin mints and the peanut butter patties, and I don’t think my wife would turn down any kind of Girl Scout cookie they make.  There are plenty of people addicted to these things.

The question on my mind, and one that has bothered me since I was a Cub Scout many many years ago, is why don’t the Boy Scouts get to sell cookies or a similar product that everyone wants?  Instead, we always had to sell overpriced popcorn that wasn’t anything special.  Unlike the Girl Scouts, who have people beating down their door for those cookies, people only buy the Boy Scout popcorn out of a sense of obligation, not because it’s something they’re actually excited about.

After all these years, why are the Boy Scouts still peddling popcorn?  You’d think they could find a product that people could get behind like the Girl Scouts with their cookies, something that would be an easy sell.  If the Girl Scouts have a monopoly on cookies, why not some type of candy?  Team up with one of the better candy companies and come out with some addictive new chocolates.  Then only offer them once a year so people empty their wallets every time they come out like they do with the Girl Scout cookies.