Girl Scout Cookies Tier List: Every Flavor Ranked
Cookie season only comes once a year, and that means once a year the internet re-argues the same thing: which box actually deserves your money. We ranked the six big names you'll see at most tables, from the freezer-bag classics to the newer flavors still trying to earn a spot in the lineup.
This is a public ranking built on what fans and critics tend to agree on, plus a few calls we made ourselves when the comment sections start fighting. Grab a sleeve, scroll down, and feel free to disagree loudly in the usual places.
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SS Tier
Thin Mints
The one everyone, including people who claim they don't even like mint, still buys by the case. Straight from the box they're fine, but freeze them and you've got a genuinely great cookie: that snap, the dark chocolate coating, the mint that doesn't taste like toothpaste. There's basically no real debate here, Thin Mints win every informal poll for a reason.
About Thin Mints
A thin, crisp chocolate wafer with a mint flavor, coated in a dark chocolaty layer. It's the best-selling Girl Scout cookie year after year.
- Type
- Chocolate mint wafer
- Known for
- Being best eaten frozen
Samoas / Caramel deLites
Caramel, toasted coconut, a chocolate drizzle, and that ring shape that somehow makes it taste better than a flat cookie would. This is the other half of the unofficial top two, and depending who you ask it's actually the better cookie. The caramel-to-coconut ratio is just hard to beat, and it's the one flavor that tastes different from literally anything at the regular grocery store.
About Samoas / Caramel deLites
A ring-shaped cookie topped with caramel, toasted coconut, and striped with chocolate. Sold as Samoas or Caramel deLites depending on which bakery supplies your region.
- Shape
- Ring
- Key ingredients
- Caramel, coconut, chocolate
BB Tier
Do-si-dos / Peanut Butter Sandwich
A solid, no-drama peanut butter sandwich cookie that nobody's mad at but nobody's rationing either. It's got real oatmeal-cookie texture going for it, which separates it from a generic Nutter Butter, but it tends to lose the household vote once Tagalongs-style competition shows up at the table. Reliable, never offensive, rarely anyone's first pick.
About Do-si-dos / Peanut Butter Sandwich
An oatmeal cookie sandwich filled with peanut butter. Also sold under the name Peanut Butter Sandwich depending on the baker.
- Type
- Peanut butter sandwich cookie
Lemonades
A newer-era flavor that's won over a real fan base, especially among people who find the chocolate cookies too rich. The shortbread base with lemon icing is genuinely refreshing, and it's become the go-to recommendation for anyone who wants something that doesn't taste like every other box. It splits opinion hard, some people think it's top-tier, others think lemon has no business in this lineup, so landing in the middle feels right.
About Lemonades
A shortbread cookie topped with a tart lemon-flavored icing. It's a newer addition that's built a loyal following among fans who want something non-chocolate.
- Type
- Lemon iced shortbread
CC Tier
Trefoils / Shortbread
The cookie that exists mostly so there's something plain in the box. Fans of simple shortbread will defend it, and it's genuinely fine with coffee, but next to caramel and chocolate it reads as the one you eat last because it's still there. Most critics agree it's the flavor people are least likely to reorder on purpose.
About Trefoils / Shortbread
A simple shortbread cookie stamped with the Girl Scout trefoil logo. It's one of the original cookie offerings and the plainest option in the current lineup.
- Type
- Shortbread
- Name variant
- Trefoils
DD Tier
Caramel Chocolate Chip
The newest name on this list and still the one with the smallest, shakiest fan base. It shows up in way fewer regional lineups too, so plenty of fans haven't even tried it to form an opinion.
About Caramel Chocolate Chip
A chewy, chocolate chip cookie with caramel and a hint of sea salt, offered as a gluten-free option in some regions. It's one of the more recently introduced flavors.
- Type
- Caramel chocolate chip cookie
- Status
- Newer flavor
How we ranked them
We weighed taste, texture, and that hard-to-fake quality of "do people actually ask for this one by name." We looked at how each cookie holds up at room temp versus frozen, whether it tastes like something you'd buy in a regular grocery aisle, and how often it shows up in "ranked" debates versus getting ignored at the table. Consensus from fan forums and reviews drove most placements, with our own tiebreakers where the internet couldn't agree.
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Rank these yourselfFAQ
What's the most popular Girl Scout cookie?
Thin Mints consistently rank as the best-selling and most requested flavor across troops and regions.
Are Samoas and Caramel deLites the same cookie?
Yes, they're the same recipe made by different bakers under license, which is why the name changes depending on where you live.
Should you freeze Thin Mints?
Most fans swear by it. Freezing firms up the chocolate coating and gives the cookie a snappier bite that a lot of people prefer over room temperature.
Is Caramel Chocolate Chip gluten-free?
It's one of the cookies offered as a gluten-free option in some areas, though availability varies by region and troop.
Why do Do-si-dos and Trefoils rank lower?
They're not bad cookies, they just get overshadowed by the caramel and chocolate flavors that dominate fan polls and sell out fastest.
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Image credits
- Thin MintsImage: littlebrowniebakers.com, © Little Brownie Bakers / Girl Scouts of the USA · Source
- Samoas / Caramel deLitesImage: littlebrowniebakers.com, © Little Brownie Bakers / Girl Scouts of the USA · Source
- Do-si-dos / Peanut Butter SandwichImage: littlebrowniebakers.com, © Little Brownie Bakers / Girl Scouts of the USA · Source
- Trefoils / ShortbreadImage: littlebrowniebakers.com, © Little Brownie Bakers / Girl Scouts of the USA · Source
- LemonadesImage: abcbakers.com, © ABC Bakers / Girl Scouts of the USA · Source
- Caramel Chocolate ChipPhoto: Memer15151, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) · License · Source