If it ain't broke...

Remember the old adage, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'?  Why have the good people at Dare gone and messed with the recipe for Girl Guide cookies?  Knuckling under from pressure brought by some stinking do-gooders they've decided to reduce the trans fats in these yummy little bits of heaven by 90%.  90%!!!
Why don't we just throw the cookies out and eat the package?  Come on people.  Nobody buys Girl Guide cookies for a healthy snack.  They're rotten for you.  We know that, but they taste out of this world.  Especially the Vanilla ones.  And they're only available once a year so how much trouble can we get into.  Plus our guilt is assuaged by supporting the Girl Guides...it's the perfect setup.  It allows us cookie lovers to indulge without feeling badly.  Really, low-fat Girl Guide cookies is like diet coke. What is the point? I was irked when they brought in those Chocolatey Mint abominations under the guise of Girl Guide cookies, but I let it slide.  This however, may be the last straw. The cookie that crumbles.

Comments

[Sue DeNime]

If they can reformulate them without sacrificing the flavour and mouth-feel, then they should. If not, then they should leave them as they are, on the assumption that people won't be eating handfuls of them every day.

It's this kind of thinking that led to movie theatre popcorn being popped in safflower, rather than coconut oil. Coconut oil gives it a much better aroma and delicious nutty taste. But safflower oil sacrifices both aroma and taste. You can still get coconut oil-popped popcorn at the Bloor Cinema, which is just one good reason to go there for your movies.

As for Girl Guide Cookies, I used to look forward to Cookie season, every spring until 2002. That's when I tried the new Dare Girl Guide Cookies when they first came out. YECCCH!

I've found Golden Oreos and Fudgee-Os to taste exactly like the Christie Girl Guide Cookies I loved so much. I now keep a bag of each in my freezer.

Why the freezer? Because when I was a little Brownie, my mom would buy 10 boxes (at $1 each) from me, and lock them in the freezer, which was conveniently located in Dad's basement workshop. I quickly found the screwdriver that fit the screws on the locking bracket, so I could help myself to the cookies, and when you're absconding with treasures like that, who has time to wait for them to defrost?

[Cindy P.]

Those cookie cutters, how DARE they! Can't imagine our children's children not knowing what trans fats taste like!

[Cassandra H.]

Oh no! I hope they haven't gone and ruined them!

I don't like the mint ones at all and I was sooo looking forward to the 'real' cookies to come out.

[Tracey]

Not to undermine the Girl Guides' sales Neil, but FYI...the Golden Oreo cookies taste almost exactly like the original recipe vanilla girl guide cookies from back when Mr. Christie had the contract....so, when all else fails, a package of Fudgeeo's and a package of Golden Oreos will do the trick!

[mouseslb]

Now Neil I disagree with you for the first time !! I LOVE the mint cookies and chocolate doubles ,,Yuck on the vanilla!!!And I did sell the old type a "few" years ago!! LOL.. But less fat??Oh! No! I will agree there !