Scouting Scam

Thin Mints are arguably one of the best cookies known to man. Well, of cookies that come in boxes, I suppose. Every year I buy Girl Scout Cookies, and every year I buy Thin Mints, and maybe a box or two of the new flavors that year. Well, I was organizing my pantry shelves yesterday and came across a box of Thin Mints from last year. (I know...how is that even possible??) The old box is on the left. This year's box is on the right.


Do you see what I see?? A noticeably smaller box. Last year's box? 10 oz. This years? 9 oz. That's a 10% decrease. Did I pay 10% less for these cookies? NO! I still paid a whopping $3.50 per box. At the risk of sounding like my grandparents (or parents for that matter)...when I was a kid selling Girl Scout Cookies they were $2 a box!!

Worse still, the Nutrition Facts remain unchanged from last year.

Serving Size: 4 cookies (yeah right...more like 14)
Servings per Container: about 8

Which leads us to deduce there are about 32 cookies per box. Now, based on the 10% decrease in ounces, we can deduce that there are 10% less cookies, or 3.2 cookies. Which takes us down to 28.8 cookies. Assuming a serving size remains the same, we are down to 7.2 servings per container. Almost a full serving less. That's outrageous.

I want my 35 cents back. Actually, I bought 3 boxes this year. Make that $1.05. And don't give me the whole "it's for a good cause" spiel. What's the cause? Contributing to my fatness? Since I started writing this post I've scarfed down 6 easily. They should be called Chubby Mints.

Did you not think the American public would not notice this, little Brownies? Do you think we will continue to support an organization that cheats us? You damn well better believe we will, because as Derrick said it best, "They put crack cocaine in those little cookies."

Total eaten: 9