But it was nearly $4 a box and out of my way, so I never ventured back (plus I don’t know if it was Walgreens or CVS). ![]() Hypothesis: Shortly after my second child’s birth I had to venture into a Walgreens or CVS (they’re the same place in my head), and I stumbled upon a wannabe Thin Mint that seriously helped in my recovery from childbirth. In the other, the Great Value Fudge Mint cookies. In one corner, the OG Girl Scout Thin Mints. My local Aldi did not offer a generic version of Thin Mints, but Walmart did, so this category only has two contenders. Thin Mints are the bestselling Girl Scout cookie. This is where it gets real for many of you. The Aldi and Great Value generic versions are quite possibly identical, and both surpass the Tagalong. There is more of a chocolate flavor, and it is only slightly smaller than the Great Value contender. The crunch is still there, like with Great Value, but softened by the extra peanut butter (which I am completely here for). The sugar may be getting to me.Īldi’s Benton’s Peanut Butter Filled Cookies $1.48 Aldi also replaced the inner cookie with a chocolate one. It’s like if a Reese’s and a cookie had a baby. Another main difference is the presence of more peanut butter. Shockingly, this inner cookie is chocolate! Yet it tastes the same…if not better (GASP)….than Tagalongs. Great Value Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Cookies: $0.98 This price has me like whoah, and it is also the largest of the cookies. Yet the balance between crunchy cookie, chewy peanut butter, and smooth chocolate is impeccable. The whole cookie is crunchier than I remember, with less peanut butter and chocolate than the competition. The inner cookie is thin and crunchy, and appears to be some kind of shortbread or white cookie. Girl Scout Tagalongs: $4 These classics offer a thin, crunch cookie topped with a thick dollop of peanut butter, and then the whole thing is dunked into a thick layer of chocolate. I am not sure how the others can compare, which concerns me as I want my scientific study to not be invalidated by my own existing preconceptions. Hypothesis: This cookie is pure heaven and my childhood, all wrapped up in a cookie. We all three are OBSESSED, and when I learned of the potential for eating Tagalongs outside of March I was beyond excited. Growing up, my dad always ate most of the Samoas but the Tagalongs and Thin Mints were essentially the cause of war between my mom, my sister, and myself. If I had to choose between the two knockoffs, Benton’s tastes the most like the originals and at only a 15 cents more per package is totally worth it. Results: The original Girl Scout cookies have the best balance, but Great Value offers the best value: a bigger cookie for the cheapest price. These taste the most similar to the original Girl Scout Cookies. Great Value Caramel, Coconut, and Fudge Cookies: $1.28 These cookies are bigger and chewier, with more equal coconut, caramel, and chocolate flavors.Īldi’s Benton’s Caramel Coconut Fudge: $1.43 These have the strongest coconut flavor, with a crisper cookie underlaying the toppings. Girl Scouts Samoas: $4 A light coconut flavor paired with strong caramel flavors and just the right hint of chocolate a slim shape balances the flavors. But how can anything beat the Girl Scouts? Hypothesis: They look so similar, with just minor size differences. These coconutty caramel goodies are available from the Girl Scouts, Aldi (Benton’s brand), and Walmart (Great Value brand). It was a lot of hard work and cookie taste testing, but the experiment is complete. The three cookie types being compared are Samoas, Tagalongs, and Thin Mints. ![]() So I set off and gathered the original Girl Scout cookies, the Walmart version, and the Aldi version. If that’s your weekly grocery store run you can certainly add these to your list, but even discount wannabe Girl Scout cookies shouldn’t have you breaking social distancing guidelines.īeing a woman of science, when I learned there were two stores offering knockoff Girl Scout cookies for a fraction of that painful $4 a box sticker price I knew I had to conduct a thorough experiment and compare each of these imposters with the real deal. But the other store with knockoff Girl Scout cookies is Aldi, and as far as I know, they don’t offer a curbside pickup service. If you’re utilizing the Walmart grocery pick-up service, you just have to search for their generic cookie name. How does the coronavirus and subsequent shutdowns affect cookies? Well, aside from those sweet little businesswomen trading cookies for cash (or card it is 2020) having to take their booths down, the knockoff cookies I review here a little harder to get your hands on. I had plans for this post long before the pandemic dominated headlines and closed Girl Scout Cookie booths prematurely.
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