Girl Scout Cookie History
Take an inside look at the Girl Scout Cookie Program—from a grassroots project in 1917 to an icon of American culture today.
For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts and their enthusiastic supporters have helped ensure the success of the iconic annual cookie sale—and they’ve had fun, developed valuable life skills, and made their communities a better place every step of the way.
Girl Scouts preserve fruits in response to food shortages, circa 1917.
1910s: How it all began 
A Girl Scout sells cookies door-to-door, 1928.
1920s: Sales go nationwide
Girl Scout Cookie box, 1930s.
1930s: A marketing revolution
Girl Scouts plan for their Girl Scout Cookie sale, 1940s.
1940s: Wartime innovations
Cookie ad from Girl Scout National Council Session program, 1953.
1950s: New selling techniques
Girl Scouts show off their Girl Scout Cookie display, 1960.
1960s: Booming in the suburbs
Girl Scout Juniors sell new cookies, circa 1973.
1970s: A groovy new look
Girl Scout Cookie sale, 1983.
1980s: Girl Scouts in action
Girl Scout volunteers teach a Girl Scout Brownie and Girl Scout Junior about the Girl Scout Cookie sale, circa 1990s.
1990s: Awarding entrepreneurs
Girl Scout Daisies get in on the fun, and learning, that comes with selling Girl Scout Cookies.
2000s: Cookies on a mission
Girl Scouts embrace the technological age using the Digital Cookie platform to sell cookies online.
2010s: Cookies go digital
Cookie-loving consumers across the country get a great big taste of deliciousness with new Adventurefuls™.
Today: New cookie adventures
Check out this vintage television commercial.
