As a cookie jar collector, cookies are always a favorite topic and combining yummy Girl Scout cookies with an official jar is a great idea!
About Girl Scout Cookies:
- Muskogee, Oklahoma is famous for more than Merle Haggard's 1969 song, "Okie from Muskogee". The town was also the birthplace of Girl Scout cookies.
- The first record of Girl Scouts cookies was a service project of the Mistletoe Troop in December 1917, when they baked and sold cookies.
- In 1922 a standard recipe was provided for the Scouts to make, bake and sell cookies.
- The first commercial cookies made their debut in the 1930s.
- Three cookies were available in 1951 -- sandwich, shortbread and chocolate mints (later called thin mints).
- Today approximately 200 million boxes of cookies are sold each year.
- Eight different cookies are currently offered for the troops to sell, the original three are still offered each year.
Also shown are vintage jars from Metlox depicting young Scouts.
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 I Love Girl Scout Cookies Jar |  Metlox Brownie Cookie Jar |  Metlox Cub Scout Cookie Jar |  I Love Girl Scout Cookies Jar |
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