8 things you didn't know about Girl Scout cookies Once upon a
time, you could get 44 cookies for just 23 cents Thin Mints have
more cookies per box than any other kind of Girl Scout cookie.
Thin Mints have more cookies per box than any other kind of Girl
Scout cookie. CC BY: Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar  is the season for
Girl Scout cookie sales, and all across the country, tiny
uniformed pushers are camping out in front of markets and big-
box stores to peddle their addictive treats. You may think you
know everything about Thin Mints and Caramel deLites. Well, here
are a few facts that may enlighten you:  1. The first Girl Scout
cookies were sold in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1917, when troops
baked cookies and sold them in high schools as a service
project. These pioneers had no idea what they had just unleashed
on the United States.  2. The ingredients for a Girl Scout
cookie were very simple in 1922: Butter, sugar, eggs, milk,
vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder. That's a far cry from
today's exotic Mango Crèm