Updated for 2026
GSNI Cookie Resources
2026 Cookie Program
Girl Scout Cookie Donation Event
Thank you to everyone that supported the Climb. Explore. Give. cookie donation event. With the contributions from a couple large donations, those that attended the event, and two matching sponsors, the event collected funds towards 417 packages for donation. Thank you to our sponsors, Diane Tanke, Realtor and Claire Kent with Ameriprise Financial.
These donated cookie packges will go to military service personnel locally and around the world. Other cookie donations will be delivered by Girl Scouts to local first repsonders, teachers, medical facilities, healthcare personnel, essential workers, and food banks.
Thank you to our vehicle partners Illinois Chapter of Military Vehicle Preservation Association, JCB Northstar, Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents/Revels Turf and Tractor, Ozinga, St. Charles Park District, South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District, and South Elgin Police Department.
If interested in making a cookie donation purchase, click here.
Resources for Troop Cookie Chairs, Parents and Girl Scouts
We present Brave. Fierce. Fun! as the theme of 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program and the Black-Footed Ferret as the mascot! All your BFF! The program started Tuesday, January 6 and continues through Sunday, March 22! Troop Cookie Training on gsLearn is now available! See instructions and all resources below.
2026 FAQs will be updated throughout the season as new information and answers to questions regarding the cookie program are added.
Join the GSNI Cookie Program Rally in Rallyhood for more resources, announcements and exclusive offers!
Progress Updates
Weekly progress updates of packages sold will be posted here. As a council if we meet the stretch goal of 1.125 million packages of cookies sold, all troops will receive an additional $.05 per package in troop proceeds. As of 3/16/2026 we are 89.9% to that goal!
For Girl Scouts setting a goal to be in the Top 25 or Top 10 entrepreneurs, we will update the range of Girl Scout sales from #25 to #10 each week.
As of 3/16/2026, Girl Scout #25 has sold 1,263 packages and Girl Scout #10 has sold 1,627 packages.
Golden Ticket Extended! Each GSNI Council Cupboard (Oswego, Rockford, South Elgin) will hide a special Golden Ticket inside a case of cookies for pick-up each of the three remaining weekends.
The Golden Ticket could be in a troop’s next order!
Three lucky troops (one per council cupboard) will discover the
Golden Ticket hiding inside a case. If found, contact
cookies4you@girlscoutsni.org. The troop will win a pizza party to
celebrate your sweet success.
NEW for 2026 Cookie Program 
Manuals & Trainings
Virtual Office Hours
Virtual MicroTrainings
Cookie Chats
GSNI will be sending weekly Cookie Chats to Volunteers and Parents during the Cookie Program starting in January. These will also be posted here and on Rallyhood.
Wednesday, January 7—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
January 8—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, January 14—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
January 15—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, January 21—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
January 22—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, January 28—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
January 29—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, February 4—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
February 5—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, February 11—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
February 12—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, February 18—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
February 19—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, February 25—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday,
February 26—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, March 4—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday, March
5—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, March 11—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday, March
12—Cookie Chat for Parents
Wednesday, March 18—Cookie Chat for Volunteers
Thursday, March
19—Cookie Chat for Parents
eBudde Microburst Trainings and Little Brownie Bakers Resources
Welcome to Little Brownie Bakers and see how Together We Bake a Difference!
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 Little Brownie Baker's website for even more resources!
Welcome Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneurs!
eBudde Microburst trainings
eBudde Overview
eBudde App Dashboard
Troop Initial Order (please note, this does not
include feature of parent entering Initial Order in Digital Cookie and
how it looks in eBudde)
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
Distribute Payments for Digital Cookie Troop Site
In-Hand or Girl Delivery orders to Girl Scouts
Distribute Digital Cookie Troop Site Shipped Orders
to Girl Scouts
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
Cookies
For the 2026 Cookie Program, cookie package pricing will be $6/package for all 9 varieties.
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, Exploremores, Trefoils, Thin Mints).
2026 Girl Scout Cookie Flyer (Spanish)
Cookie Ingredients and Food Allergen Guide (Spanish)
Exploremores!
Forms & Tools
Cookie Booths & Cookie Cupboards
Cookie Booth Guide
Cookie Booth Planning & Inventory Sheet
How Many Cookies to Order for a Cookie Booth
Council Cookie Cupboards
Additional Volunteer run Cookie Cupboards are located throughout the council. See eBudde or Rallyhood for a list of these cupboards.
Cookie Cupboard Guidelines & Procedures
Booth Flyers & Posters
Thin Mints Still #1 – flyer, poster
Mint Madness – flyer, poster
Do-Si-Dos – flyer, poster
Life Gives You Lemons
Life Isn’t Perfect
Blue Ribbon Booth
The Blue Ribbon Booth program will be a new addition for the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program as GSNI staff and board members visit cookie booths. This is a great time for Girl Scouts to share what their favorite cookies are, what are their individual and troop goals, how the troop will be using their proceeds, favorite cookie stories, and more! Reminder, Girl Scouts should be wearing their uniform vest or sash. Staff and board members visiting the booths will also distribute a Blue Ribbon Booth fun patch to the Girl Scouts present at the cookie booth.
The Blue Ribbon Booth program will be a new addition for the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program as GSNI staff and board members visit cookie booths. This is a great time for Girl Scouts to share what their favorite cookies are, what are their individual and troop goals, how the troop will be using their proceeds, favorite cookie stories, and more! Reminder, Girl Scouts should be wearing their uniform vest or sash. Staff and board members visiting the booths will also distribute a Blue Ribbon Booth fun patch to the Girl Scouts present at the cookie booth.
Bling Your Booth - Weekly Cookie Booth Themes
We are excited to introduce weekly themes
for each of the six cookie booth weekends. Troops and Girl Scouts are
encouraged to decorate their cookie booth(s) for the theme of the week
and submit pictures and stories to be entered into a drawing to win a
Cookie Booth Fun Bundle.
• February 13-19—Winter Wonderland
• February 20-26—National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend
• February 27-March 5—Power your Brain with Girl Scout Cookies
• March 6-12—ExploreMORE, Go Explore!
• March 13-19—YeeHaw for Cookies!
• March 20-22—Brave. Fierce. Fun!
Troops must enter the drawing by Thursday, the last day of each theme week . Troop winners will be drawn the following Monday. For the last theme week, please enter by Monday, March 23 , and the drawing will be held on Tuesday, March 24.
• February 13-19—Winter Wonderland
• February 20-26—National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend
• February 27-March 5—Power your Brain with Girl Scout Cookies
• March 6-12—ExploreMORE, Go Explore!
• March 13-19—YeeHaw for Cookies!
• March 20-22—Brave. Fierce. Fun!
Troops must enter the drawing by Thursday, the last day of each theme week . Troop winners will be drawn the following Monday. For the last theme week, please enter by Monday, March 23 , and the drawing will be held on Tuesday, March 24.
Cookie Cravers & Mobile Cookie Craver Van
Cookie Craver
Parents or volunteers may bring in a Cookie Craver submission
form to a GSNI Council Cupboard or selected volunteer cupboards
Thursday, February 12-Saturday, March 21, 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
Cookie Craver order card (Spanish)
Cookie Craver submission form (Spanish)
Cookies on the Go! - Mobile Cookie Craver Van
NEW DATE - Monday, March 16 @ 4-7 p.m.--parking lot at 225 S. Rand Rd., Lake Zurich across the street from Paulus Park.
We are taking Cookie Cravers on the road across the council. Bring your Cookie Craver orders or submission form with payment to a location below to fulfill your Cookie Cravers! No advanced ordering needed.
For any scheduling updates, join Rallyhood.
Questions? Contact cookies4you@girlscoutsni.org.
Cookie Program Activities
Cookie Craver
Parents or volunteers may bring in a Cookie Craver
submission form to a GSNI Council Cupboard or selected volunteer
cupboards Thursday, February 12-Saturday, March 21, 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
Cookie Craver order card (Spanish)
Cookie Craver submission form (Spanish)
Cookie Business Challenge
Girl Scouts can
be a Cookie Entrepreneur by participating in the Cookie Business
Challenge! Girl Scouts can earn a custom 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 Friday, March 27.
Cookie Business Challenge
Cookie Business
Challenge 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 13, all Girl Scouts in the troop who sold donation
cookies and/or participated in the delivery date will receive the
custom Thank you patch! Troops may collect the donation cookies
themselves or pick-up from council.
Gift of Caring Opportunity
Gift of Caring
Delivery form
Rewards
Sister Rewards and entry form
Fall Product & Cookie Programs Crossover Personalized Patch
Initial Order Reward - Girl Scout Life t-shirt size chart
Troop Membership Reward
Troops reach a final PGA (per Girl Scout average of Girl Scouts selling) of 400+ packages. $40 off membership renewal for 2026/2027 Girl Scout membership year for all Girl Scouts in the troop that participated in the 2026 Cookie Program. Troops that opt-out of rewards are not eligible for this troop 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, 2026 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 Projects and Games
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.
