FAQ – Product Information

Yes! All Girl Scout Cookies baked by ABC Bakers are certified halal.

Yes. All Girl Scout Cookies are kosher.

Yes, we have 4 vegan cookies in our product line – Lemonades, Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, and Toast-Yay! Cookies.

No. Girl Scout Cookies do not contain any added preservatives.

Girl Scouts is proud that all Girl Scout Cookies are “zero grams trans-fat per serving.”  Selected varieties can claim 100% trans-fat-free status, meaning there’s not a speck of trans-fats in the whole package.

Yes, the gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip cookie is nut-free and baked in a nut-free bakery.  

Yes – Caramel Chocolate Chip is gluten-free.

Palm oil is an ingredient found in the majority of baked snacks sold in the United States. Per GSUSA’s licensed bakers, it is necessary to use palm oil in our cookies because of its unique ability to provide volume and texture in baked goods, usually without adding trans fats. Additionally, growing palm oil requires less land in comparison to other vegetable oils and supports the livelihoods of more than 4 million farmers globally. One of the primary goals of our Girl Scout Cookie bakers is to create the best-tasting cookies possible using the best ingredients available. The world’s food supply is intricately tied to the use of palm oil, so we believe promoting sustainable manufacturing principles is the most responsible approach for Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Cookie development. At Girl Scouts, we have an opportunity to use our strong voice to bring about positive change on this important issue, and our bakers have made the following commitments:

• GSUSA and our licensed bakers are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an organization of growers, buyers, manufacturers, conservationists, and other interested parties striving to develop and follow best practices to ensure sustainability.
• Our licensed bakers are committed to using as little palm oil as possible in Girl Scout Cookies and have committed to continuing to research viable alternatives. To read more about our bakers’ positions on palm oil, visit ABC Bakers.

Thanks to the encouragement of and partnership with Girl Scout members, GSUSA and our bakers have realized the power of the Girl Scout brand to make a positive difference in the move toward sustainably produced palm oil.

We work closely with our volunteers, our girls, and our baker to put into action the very skills girls learn through the cookie program, like goal setting and inventory management. There is no such thing as left-over cookies, as we donate all remaining cookies. In addition, Orange County Girl Scouts sold more than 39,000 boxes of cookies last year through our “Cookie Share” program that were donated to the military, local food banks, and area hospitals. GSOC has not destroyed cookies, nor have we returned cookies to our baker that have later been destroyed.

For a full list of Girl Scout Cookie allergens, click here.

Girl Scouts of Orange County uses Girl Scout Cookies made by ABC Smart Cookies. Click here to visit ABC’s website.