Coming in late December!
GSNI Cookie Resources
2024 Girl Scout Cookie Program
Virtual Cookie Kick-off
Mark your calendars for the 2024 Virtual Cookie Kick-Off (VCKO) led by Girl Scouts in the council! This no cost, easily accessible event will NOT require advanced registration to be part of the premier on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. To view, go to GSNI’s YouTube channel @GSNorthernIL. The VCKO will also be available to view any time after the premier.
Before viewing, download the Magic Card to complete while following along.
After the event, bring the completed Magic Card to a Resource Center,
by March 9, for a special gift (while supplies last).
Order 2024 Cookie Rally patches for $3 each (includes mailing cost). These will be mailed after the event.
Resources for Troop Cookie Chairs, Parents, and Girl Scouts
The 2024 Cookie Program starts on Friday, January 5, 2024. All cookie varieties will remain at $5/package for 2024. These include Adventurefuls, Lemon-Ups, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Tagalongs, Thin Mints, Toffee-tastics (gluten free), and S’mores. All Girl Scouts must be registered members for the 2023-2024 membership year to participate in the Cookie Program.
How do troops get started?
The Troop Cookie Chair or a Troop Leader must complete the 2024
Mandatory Troop Online Cookie Program Training on gsLearn in order to
receive the troop’s program supplies and materials from their Service
Unit Cookie Coordinator. For assistance logging into gsLearn, use this guide.
A volunteer must be a registered member of Girl Scouts for the 23-24 membership year and completed a GSNI background check. All volunteers with the assigned volunteer role of Troop Cookie Chair or Troop Leader will receive an invitation email to take the training and it will be listed on the volunteer’s gsLearn home page. If the training is not listed, search for 415 Troop Cookie Training in the Content Library when logged into gsLearn.
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Use the drop-down menus below for forms, information, and training materials to assist Troop Cookie Chairs, Troop Leaders, Parents, and Girl Scouts through the 2024 Cookie Program.
Manuals & Trainings 
Virtual MicroTrainings
Little Brownie Bakers Microburst Trainings and Resources
Welcome to Little Brownie Bakers 50th Anniversary!
Below are links to eBudde Microburst Trainings as well as many other resources created by Little Brownie Bakers to assist volunteers and Girl Scouts. Visit their website for even more resources!
eBudde Microburst trainings
eBudde Overview
eBudde App Dashboard
Troop Initial
Order
Troop Girl Orders Tab
Troop Girl Rewards
Troop Cupboard Order Scheduling
Troop Transactions
Troop-to-Troop Cookie Exchange
Council Booths
Troop Booths
Booth Sale Recorder
Digital Cookie Troop
Site/Link payments
Digital Cookie Troop Site/Link cookie
distribution
Troop Sales Report
Delivery Station Scheduling (not all service
units use this procedure)
Cookie Rookie
Chapter 1: Welcome
Chapter 2: Girl Scout Cookies
Chapter 3: Your Cookie Business
Chapter 4: Your Cookie Customers
Little Brownie Bakers YouTube Channel
Little Brownie Bakers Pinterest
Digital Cookie DC24
Cookies
All nine cookie varieties will remain at $5/package for the 2024 Cookie Program, including the specialty cookies Toffee-tastics (gluten free) and S’mores. Only the cookies listed below are offered by GSNI’s contracted baker, Little Brownie Bakers. No other cookies are to be sold by GSNI Girl Scouts or troops. This includes any cookies from the other baker with the same name (Adventurefuls, Trefoils, Thin Mints).
2024 Girl Scout Cookie Flyer
Cookie Ingredients and Food Allergen Guide
Forms & Tools
Cookie Booths & Cookie Cupboards
Cookie Program Activities
Cookie Craver
Parents or Troop Cookie Chairs may bring in a Cookie Craver
submission form to a GSNI Council Cupboard ONLY, Thursday, February
8-Saturday, March 2 to receive cookies for additional customer
orders. Payment is required at the time of submission/cookie pick-up.
Girl Scouts can earn the Goal Getter patch with submission of 18 packages.
Cookie Craver (additional details)
Cookie Craver order card
Cookie Craver submission form
Cookie Business Challenge
Girl Scouts can be a Cookie Entrepreneur and Captain by
participating in the Cookie Business Challenge! Girl Scouts can earn a
patch and businesses benefit from support and recognition of the Girl
Scout Cookie Program! For Girl Scouts to receive their patch and to
ensure businesses are recognized appropriately, the Girl
Scout/parent must complete the Cookie Business Challenge online form
by Monday, March 18.
Cookie Business Challenge (additional
details)
Cookie Business Challenge online submission form
Gift of Caring (GOC) Opportunity
GSNI encourages troops to deliver GOC cookies. For troops that
delivery GOC Cookies and complete the GOC online delivery form by
Monday, April 17, all Girl Scouts in the troop who sold donation
cookies and/or participated in the delivery date will receive the
Heart charm! Troops may collect the donation cookies themselves or
pick-up from council.
Gift of Caring Opportunity (additional
information)
Gift of Caring Delivery online form
Rewards
Multi-Girl Scout Family Rewards and entry form
NEW Build-A-Bear Workshop Rewards
Fall & Cookie Crossover Patch
Troop Initial Order Reward
Troop Membership or Experience Reward
Entrepreneurship Badges & Pins
Cookie Business, Entrepreneur and Financial Literacy Badges are pictured below. Click here for more details.
The Cookie Entrepreneur Family pin enables Girl Scouts with their families to learn to think like entrepreneurs as they participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Each Girl Scout level has its own set of requirements to help families guide their Girl Scout to run a cookie business year after year. Below are links to all the activities and tools for completing some of them.
Daisy—#1 Set a Goal-Daisy Cookie Goal Tracker, #3 Practice with money-Cost of Cookie Packages, Play Money
Brownie—#1 Go for a Goal-Brownie Cookie Goal Tracker, #3 Be a money master-Cost of Cookie Packages, Play Money
Junior—#1 Strategize your sales-Junior Cookie Goal Tracker. #5 Know your product-Know the Cookies, 2024 Girl Scout Cookie flyer
Cadette—#1 Hit those benchmarks-Cadette Cookie Goal Tracker, #4 Grow your network-Customer Pitch
Senior—#1Take note!-Senior Goal Tracker, #4 Segment your customers-Customer Targeting
Ambassador—#1 Get information-Ambassador Goal Tracker, #4 Be a sister to every Girl Scout-Sister Girl Scout
Troop & Girl Scout Activities
Cookie Program Guidelines
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding any aspects of the Cookie Program, please email the Product Program Team at cookies4you@girlscoutsni.org.
