Use these handy resources to learn the basics of your Girl Scout Cookie business or take it to the next level.
The Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Program returns February 2024.
Join in the great tradition that is the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program. Selling cookies means having new experiences, making friends, and joining together to change the world. Along with support from your troop, you can use these tools to help you reach your cookie sales goals and rock this season like never before.
Key Dates
The Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Program returns February 2024. Check back for more dates coming soon!
Printable Resources for Cookie Sellers
Cookie Order Card in color and black & white - Use this printable order card to track cookie sales.
Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text
Share your Smart Cookies sales link by text for direct-ship, local delivery, and donation orders.
Call customers to collect orders for local delivery or to place direct ship orders.
Cookie Booths
Create a flier with your troop’s Smart Cookies Troop Ship Only link or QR code to post online or in the community
Host a virtual booth with your troop online and share the Troop Ship Only link for direct ship orders and donations
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales
Add your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders to door hangers or business cards to leave at residences.
Workplace Sales
Team with your parent/guardian to collect email addresses of interested customers, then send e-cards or share Smart Cookies sales links for direct ship orders.
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales
Schedule a time to make a virtual pitch to a local business, share the Troop Ship Only link or your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders and donations.
Share your Smart Cookies sales link with a community organization for direct ship orders and donations.
Hybrid Cookies: Order-Taking & Delivery
Smart Cookies Online Account
Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text
Share your Smart Cookies sales link by text for direct-ship, local delivery, and donation orders.
Call customers to collect orders for local delivery or to place direct ship orders.
Cookie Booths
Share your troop’s Troop Cookie Link to promote upcoming booth/Lemonades™ stand information, take online orders/ payments, then set a time/place to delivery via curbside pick-up.
Host a virtual booth with your troop, and share the Troop Cookie link to take online orders/payments then pack & deliver orders
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales
Go door to door to take orders with a cookie order card and then deliver the cookies later.
Leave door hangers or business cards for customers who aren’t home.
Workplace Sales
Write a personal statement to leave with a cookie order card at a parent/ guardian workplace. Orders are collected, then cookies are delivered at a later date.
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales
Schedule a time to make a cookie pitch to a local business to sell cookies in bulk. Take the order(s) then deliver cookies later.
Set up a time to make a cookie pitch to a community organization to take orders from members, then deliver cookies later.
In-Person Cookies: Cookies on Hand
Smart Cookies Online Account
Set up your Smart Cookies sales
link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery
orders.
Phone or Text
Text customers to set a time/day
to visit them with cookies in hand
Call customers to set a time/day
to visit them with cookies in hand.
Cookie Booths
Participate in booths at
storefronts or in the community with your troop.
Set up a Lemonades™ Stand at your
residence or on private property.
Team with your troop to set up
drive-thru or pop-up booths in the community
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales
Go door to door with cookie
inventory on hand.
Leave door hangers/business cards
for customers who aren’t home.
Use a wagon or sled to load up
cookies to participate in mobile sales in the
community.
Workplace Sales
Visit parent/guardian workplaces
with cookie inventory, take payment, give cookies to
customers
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales
Connect with local businesses to
set up a time to sell to staff (who doesn’t love a cookie
break?).
Connect with a community
organization to set up a time to sell cookies on hand to
members during a meeting.
Connect with local businesses to
purchase cookies as gifts for staff or customers
Girl Scouts learn five essential skills when they sell cookies.
Girl Scouts learn five skills that are essential to leadership, to success, and to life.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world.
Skill #1: Goal Setting
Girl Scouts learn how to set goals and create a plan to reach them.
Skill #2: Decision Making
Girl Scouts learn to make decisions on their own and as a team.
Skill #3: Money Management
Girl Scouts learn how to create a budget and handle money.
Skill #4: People Skills
Girl Scouts find their voice and build confidence through customer interactions.
Skill #5: Business Ethics
Girl Scouts learn to act ethically, both in business and in life.
Support Girl Scout entrepreneurs and make their future adventures possible. Find your cookies now.
Digital Cookie Guide
Getting Started
Create a Digital Cookie Account
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Setting up Your Profile
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Selling Cookies In-Person
Enter an Order in Digital Cookie
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Accepting Credit Card Payments for Individual and Booth Sales
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Selling Cookies Online
Digital Cookie Online Sales Management Overview
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Sharing Your Sales Link
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Managing Your Customers
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
Tracking Your Orders
Review and Approve Order
These instructions will be available ahead of the 2024 Cookie Program.
It’s never been easier for families to support their Girl Scout as they develop business skills, make amazing memories, and earn a different pin for their uniform every cookie season. Start your collection today, and get ready to rock your Girl Scout pride all season long.
Caretakers or troop leaders can submit the Share Your Story Formtoday for a chance to see their Girl Scout Cookie story featured on our website, social channels, and more!
Cookie Resources for Volunteers
Visit Cookie Central's volunteer section for information and resources
related to your troop cookie roles.