Girl Scouts Announce New Gluten-Free Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie
In anticipation of its upcoming cookie season, Girl Scouts of the USA unveiled a brand new cookie option on Tuesday: Caramel Chocolate Chip. The best part? The new cookies are gluten-free.
The new cookie features “rich caramel, semisweet chocolate chips and a hint of sea salt in a chewy cookie.” It is the first new cookie the Girl Scouts have introduced in two years, and will be available in limited markets while supplies last.
Girl Scout’s Caramel Chocolate Chip cookie is the third gluten-free cookie option the association has offered, and one of two gluten-free options for 2019. The second gluten-free cookie is the buttery Toffee-tastic cookie. While the Caramel Chocolate Chip cookie’s release is limited, Girl Scouts said all troops will have at least one gluten-free cookie option available to accommodate the diets of those with celiac disease or a gluten intolerance.
Several Girl Scout chapters across the U.S. took to Twitter to announce they will have the new Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies available in their regions.
New Girl Scout Cookie alert! We’re pleased to share we will be offering the gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip cookie! pic.twitter.com/QMJT0bDjSz
— Girl Scouts of WI SE (@GirlScoutsWISE) August 14, 2018
Look out, Orange County—a gluten-free Girl Scout Cookie is about to take over! Girl Scouts in Orange County will be offering the NEW gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip Girl Scout cookie this cookie season. Read more about our new ????! ???? https://t.co/OdxoAulEpm pic.twitter.com/yAIjtM36OK
— Girl Scouts OC (@GirlScoutsOC) August 14, 2018
All money raised from the sales of Girl Scout cookies funds local troops’ yearly leadership and confidence-building initiatives for young women.
To find out when you can grab your own box of gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies, use the Girl Scouts’ Find Cookie! feature on their website.
Header image via Girl Scouts.
Renée Fabian was the features editor at The Mighty. She has also written for The Washington Post, VICE, Healthline, Talkspace, The Fix, The Establishment, The Culture Trip, and GRAMMY.com, among others. Renée was named a 2019 AHCJ Comparative Effectiveness Research fellow, a 2020 USC Center for Health Journalism California fellow, and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @ryfabian.
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