Girl Scout cookies just got... worse?

by Nicole Weston, Posted Dec 8th 2005 @ 7:37AM

Girl Scout Cookies are a spring tradition for many Americans. They have been sold for over 80 years, supporting Girl Scouts and their community-minded and character-building activities, as well as providing tasty snacks to millions. In the past few years, amidst rising health concerns of the public, the cookies have come under fire for their surprisingly high trans-fat content. Thin Mints, the most popular cookies, currently have seven grams of fat - including four grams of saturated fat and one gram of trans-fat - in each four-cookie serving.

This year, the one of the two bakeries that produces the cookies is giving their recipe a makeover. Eliminating trans-fats, ABC Bakers' new recipe produces cookies with eight total grams of fat per serving, six of which are saturated. Since many nutrition experts believe that saturated fats are just as bad as trans-fats, not to mention that the overall fat content is increasing, this is not necessarily an improvement. Little Brownie Baker's recipe will remain the same.

I think that health (and wallet) wise, you're still probably best off making your own cookies this year.

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