Peanut M&M’s are, in my over-experienced candy tasting opinion, the closest mankind has come to creating the perfect candy.
You have to admit that.
Yes, in fact, you do.
Peanuts (protein, plus the good kind of fat), dipped in chocolate (also good for you), and then coated with a hard candy shell (yum!), so that the chocolate “melts in your mouth, not in your hands.” Sheer genius.
Except, of course, that M&M’s do melt.
In your hands.
But a little rainbow colored dye on your palms is a small sacrifice to pay for the privilege to consume such a confection.
If M&M’s are the most perfect candy, then Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies have to be the most perfect cookie.
And I’m not just saying that because I have more than 300 boxes of them taking up space in my living room that I have to help sell.
And I’m not just saying that because I’m a leader of a Girl Scout Troop and I’m trying to help my troop earn money by selling those aforementioned cookies.
And I most certainly am not saying that because I am trying to sell cookies over the internet, because that is against the Girl Scout rules, and that would just be wrong, I tell you, wrong!
I’m saying that because I love Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies.
Even before I became a Girl Scout leader.
I would see those girls dressed in their brown or green uniforms, selling those cookies outside of a grocery store, and nothing could keep me from heading over to buy a box. Or more.
I was even afraid to put up a “no soliciting” sign on my front door for fear that Girl Scouts would avoid my house when peddling their wares.
When we first got our cookie order two days ago, I tore open a box of Thin Mints, wondering if they would taste as good as I remembered. Would the fact that I’ve consumed more than I should have over the past three years as a troop leader make them any less delectable? Less scrumptious? Less melt in your mouth minty?
Oh, no. They were just as good as always.
If not better.
They were “extra thin, extra minty!” Just like the brochure promised. It describes them as “A thin wafer covered with a smooth chocolaty coating. Made with natural peppermint.”
I describe them as “absolutely perfect.”
So support a good cause. Buy a box (or more) of cookies from your local Girl Scout troop today. (Just not over the internet, because that would be wrong, I tell you, wrong!) Your taste buds will be treated to one of the most perfect cookies ever created by mankind.
And I wouldn’t lie to you about that. Scout’s Honor.
I’ll have you know that I didn’t pass up a single girl scout this recent cookie season. We dutifully bought cookies from all those who were willing to sell them to us. Fortunately, not a single one of them turned us down.
That was a very great plea! I wish I could buy girl scout cookies too!
I totally agree with you too–Peanut M&M’s are the best!
But these special treats all have to be eaten in secret (in the bathroom!) So, that my girls don’t notice and then they want some!
I do share my chocolate with them every once in a while
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Kalisha