January 13 – Start Taking Initial Orders
January
18 – Early Booth Signs Ups Open- Fall Participants only
January 21, 22, 23 – Booth Sign Ups
January 24
– Initial Order Due @ Midnight
February 11, 13-16 –
Initial Order Delivery to SUPM’s
February 17 – Cookie
Booths Begin
March 1 – 1st ACH Pull
March 26
- Last day of sale
March 29 – Problem Collection Forms
(PCFs) Due
March 29– Troop Rewards Order Due
April 5 – Final ACH Pull
Powering Girl Entrepreneurs
Thank you for supporting the largest girl-led business! With your volunteer support, every girl in your Troop knows that she matters and can accomplish anything. We appreciate your organization, coordination, and determination to help girls, and our council, reach the goals necessary to make Girl Scouts a strong movement.
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2023 Cookie Season Dates
Get Started
Follow Cookie Connections for a successful cookie season! All important dates, guidelines, and instructions are found in this helpful digital guide.
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Training Videos & Materials
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Volunteer Responsibilities
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Troop Responsibilities:
- A current bank account including a completed ACH form.
- At least two registered and approved Troop Leaders.
- A registered and approved adult as the Troop Product Manager who has signed the Troop Product Manager Agreement form.
- The Troop Product Manager can also be a Troop Leader, but this must be added as a role.
Troop Product Manager (TPM) Responsibilities:
- Teach girls the 5 Skills of the Cookie Sale Program.
- Create a receipt any time cookies or money is exchanged. Receipts must be dated and signed.
- Ensure that all cookies that are ordered, picked up at a cupboard, or transferred from another troop are inventoried.
- Collect and keep all permission forms and signed receipts.
- Track all payments received from parents or at booth sales and follow financial procedures for money management success.
- Track and order all girl rewards earned by the troop. Rewards should be distributed to girls within two weeks of receiving them.
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Family Cookie Meeting
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Cookie Rally Resources
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Cookie Program Websites & Apps
Troop Initial Order
Let’s get right to it—how do I get my cookies? With the eBudde online platform! It’s easier now than ever to manage cookie inventory, find your delivery location, and transfer to other troops (so we can all help a Girl Scout sister out)!
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Troop Cookie Calculator
Cookie Booths
In 2023, Troops are breaking the Cookie Booth mold and finding new ways to reach customers! Try a mix of in-person (remember your masks), virtual, and drive-thru Cookie Booths.
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Cookie Booth Basics
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In-Person Cookie Booths
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Much has changed in the world since the start of last year’s Girl Scout Cookie Season. Yet together with volunteers like you, we can help girls reach their goals whatever the circumstances—while building skills that last a lifetime. In this guide, you’ll find a variety of new tools, tips and resources to help you support girls during in-person events. You’ll find options for low- and no-contact participation as you guide girls along this pathway to success. Only two adults and two to four girls should be at a Cookie Booth at a time.
Before hosting a Cookie Booth, read the safety guidelines from Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. Also consider setting up your in-person booth like a drive-thru booth to limit contact.
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Virtual Cookie Booths
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Virtual booths—hosted on social media—give girls a way to achieve their sales goals and help others in their community from home. In fact, girls may find this allows them to discover new ways to take the lead in their cookie business and stay connected through virtual means. Find out how they work!
Assigning Cookies to Girls from your Troop Link in eBudde (video)
Credit orders from your virtual cookie booth to the girls in your troop to make sure they get rewards and stay involved in cookie season. More training videos are found in the eBudde Help Center! -
Drive-Thru Cookie Booths
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When you host a drive-thru booth, Girl Scout Cookie Season moves into high gear! We’ve got lots of resources to help—from banners and stop signs to social-distancing signs and mask-design ideas. Only two adults and two to four girls should be at a Cookie Booth at a time.
Watch the drive-thru booth how-to video made by our friends at Girl Scouts of of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Cookie Booth Return Policy
Digital Cookie
The Digital Cookie app makes it super simple for customers to order their faves online and pay by credit card to either get the cookies right from you or have them shipped—awesome!
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Take Contactless Payments
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Use the Digital Cookie mobile app to take contactless payments!
- On the main page, click the blue box, “New Cookie Order.”
- Enter the packages the customer would like to purchase (or donate) and then check out.
- It will say shipped orders because the troop links are set up for shipped and donated orders.
- Ignore this message and go to the next page.
- If your troop would like to add delivery orders to your troop link, you can do this on your set up page under inventory – but we don’t recommend that because your troop will no longer be on the Cookie Finder.
- Choose “give cookies to the customer now” and click continue.
- Next to the card number, click on the picture of the credit card to use your phone’s camera for contactless payments. This tech only uses your camera to scan the card and does not store any data on your phone.
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Troop Product Manager Training
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Step-by-Step Guides
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More Resources
Troop Cookie Finances
All proceeds from the Cookie Program stay local! This financial literacy program not only teaches girls business skills, but also funds their troop experiences.
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Troop Profit
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Payments & Finances
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Counterfeit Money
Cookie Program Marketing
Spread the word! Girl Scouts are selling cookies and have many options to reach customers and market their cookie businesses.
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Cookie Marketing Resources
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Digital Marketing Kit
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Fun Cookie Activities
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Care to Share
More Info for Troops
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Cookie Rookies & Captains
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Rookies
Check out the Little Brownie Bakers website for an interactive program and activities all about Cookie Rookies!
Cookie Rookies are girls and troops new to the Cookie Sale Program. Cookie Rookie girls will receive special training at your local Cookie Rally (and a special patch!).
Girls will learn:
- How the sale works
- Cookie names
- Easy ways to ask a customer to buy
- Cookie booth essentials
- Safety rules
- How to set a goal
Captains
Check out the Little Brownie Bakers website for a fun video and an awesome guide, notebook, flyer and more just for Cookie Captains!
Cookie Captains are girls and troops that are experienced cookie bosses. At your local Cookie Rally, Cookie Captains will have special activities and receive a patch.
Earn Additional Cookie Credit!
Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors have the opportunity to become Cookie Captains and earn additional program credits! Because the largest girl-led business in the world is a major part of Girl Scouts and greatly benefits our council, we want to provide older girls an opportunity to share their expertise with younger girls.There are optional activities for girls to complete to earn credits, but all girls must complete the online training to earn an initial $5 in program credit and train a Cookie Rookie Troop to earn another $5 in program credit. All Cookie Captains will need to complete a final report as well. Below is a list of other activities to earn additional credits.
- Help at a Cookie Rally = $5
- Help half of the girls in a troop setup Digital Cookie accounts = $5
- Help a troop achieve a PGA (Per Girl Average) of 200 = $15
To complete the Cookie Captain Program and receive your Cookie Captain patch and additional Program Credit, complete the final report by Friday, March 31, 2023. Mail completed forms to Girl Scouts, Attn: Shelli Griffin, 940 Golden Valley Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722 or email ShelliG@girlscoutstoday.org.
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Cookie Crew
