Initial Cookie Order
The Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Program is February 21-March 30, 2025.
Troops can choose to place an initial cookie order, which allows girls to have inventory in-hand for Cookie Go Day for in-person and booth sales. Troop initial orders are due January 24, 2025.
How to Place Your Initial Order
- Use the Cookie Calculator to help determine your initial order.
Note: Using the cookie calculator is a recommendation only. Your troop should adjust your initial order as you see fit. - Connect with your troop to see what their goals are for this cookie season.
- Log into Smart Cookies online and follow the steps below to complete your initial order.
Note: You can find this and additional step-by-step instructions for Smart Cookies by visiting our Smart Cookies Guide article.
Initial Order: Smart Cookies Step-by-Step 
Initial Order Delivery
We call this first big delivery the initial order delivery and there are two types: mini drop and mega drop. Find out if your community/area has a mini or mega drop from your community/area product leader or view this year's Community/Area Initial Order Delivery Assignments (PDF).
Mini Drops
Initial Order Delivery Checklist
How to Earn the Initial Order Reward
Troops that place an initial order will receive an exclusive patch for each Girl Scout selling. In order to earn these items, the troop must:
- Place the initial order on time and follow the recommended total case count from the Cookie Calculator.
- Enter the number of Girl Scouts selling into Smart Cookies by January 24, 2025. Note: If your troop doesn’t enter the number of girls selling, the default will be the number of Girl Scouts registered for the troop.
Community/Area Cookie Manager Initial Order Responsibilities
Remind troops about the initial order deadline. Initial orders by troops are due January 24. After this date, troops will be locked out of initial orders in Smart Cookies. As a community/area product leader, you have until January 25 to assist troops with their initial orders. If your community/area is participating in a Mega Drop delivery, it will be critical to check that all troops have selected a delivery station by running the Troops With No Specified Delivery Station report, and following up with them when they would like to pick up their order.
