Please note: Due to heavy parcels volumes and increased safety measures, delays in shipping can be expected. We are making every effort to complete the delivery of your cookies as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
Cookie selling is a long-standing tradition in Canada. Girl Guide cookies are sold by girls in communities across Canada. The chocolatey mint cookies are available every fall (October to December) and the classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies are available every spring (from approximately March to June).
New this fall, customers can now purchase cookies online through our e-cookies portal and have them delivered right to their door.
Girl Guide cookies are sold for only $5.00 a box. If you are purchasing cookies through our new e-cookies portal, shipping and handling fees will apply.
Proceeds from the sale of Girl Guide cookies support Guiding activities – both in your community and across the country. The money raised through cookie sales:
Through cookie selling, girls in Guiding build confidence and gain empowerment. The experience of selling cookies helps girls learn about goal setting, practice teamwork, build their money skills and use their creativity. With the introduction of the e-cookies portal and our new online sales opportunity, girls in Guiding will continue to get the same great skill-building experience, plus valuable 21st century skills in a few new areas:
Over 7 million boxes of Girl Guide cookies are sold each year across Canada.
There are no peanuts or peanut products in Girl Guide cookies. The peanut-free logo and a peanut-free statement are located beside the ingredient list on all cookie boxes. To avoid the risk of cross-contamination, our cookies are produced in a peanut-free bakery to ensure that everyone can enjoy them. Get more information on Dare Foods' commitment to a peanut-free facility.
To ensure Girl Guide Cookies retain their optimum taste, texture and appearance they have a freshness guarantee date. Classic Girl Guide cookies are best within ten months of the date they were produced, while chocolately-mint cookies are best eaten within eight months of production. Girl Guide cookies can be consumed after these time periods even though the optimum quality will start to diminish. To determine the packaging date of your cookies, please locate the production date imprinted on the end flap of the box. This date represents the day cookies were produced.
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada (GGC) is aware of the health issues surrounding particular processed foods, including cookies, and is committed to maintaining the quality of Girl Guide cookies while keeping these concerns in mind.
Girl Guides of Canada is proud to state announce that our classic chocolate and vanilla Girl Guide cookies have 0g trans-fat per serving, while our chocolatey mint cookies have 90 percent less trans-fat per serving than before. There is now only 0.1 g of trans-fat per serving (two cookies). Our ability to completely remove the trans-fat is limited by our desire to maintain the same quality, taste and texture of our chocolatey mint cookies. We have worked closely with our baker Dare Foods Ltd to reduce the trans-fat content of our cookies while maintaining the same great taste that Canadians love. As always, it is important to remember that cookies are a treat.
Yes, both the shipper case and the box are printed on 100 per cent recycled material while the box's coating is water-based (which is more eco-friendly than previous coatings). The plastic tray is fully recyclable in most municipalities. The cookie tray over-wrap (the clear cellophane) is recyclable, but has limited acceptance - please check with your local municipality.
Girls have opportunities to earn awards and program badges by cookie selling! They can:
GGC has been selling cookies since 1927. It all began when a Regina Girl Guide Leader baked and packaged cookies as a simple way to raise money. Girl Guide cookies are a time-honoured and eagerly awaited Canadian tradition. Read more about the history of Girl Guide cookies in Canada.
You can contact our Cookie Consumer Service number at cookies@girlguides.ca or 1-800-507-7564.
For questions/concerns pertaining to our new e-cookies portal please contact us at ckhelp@girlguides.ca.
COVID-19 Restrictions – In some parts of the country you still may see girls selling cookies door to door, Girl Guides of Canada has developed safety protocols that girls and Guiders must follow if choosing to sell cookies through traditional selling methods.
While several provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario have restrictions on certain types of door to door sales (specifically air conditioners, water heaters, furnaces, water treatment devices or any other prescribed product) there are no restrictions on girl Guide Cookie sales. Charitable organizations are exempt from such bans.