Girl Scout Cookies Now On Sale In Metro Detroit

DETROIT (WWJ) – It's one of the sweetest times of the year!

Girl Scouts across metro Detroit will start selling their cookies from pop-up booths on Friday, Feb. 16. Don't wait too long to scoop up your favorite cookies though, the booths will only be up for six weeks -- through the beginning of April.

You can find Girl Scouts selling cookies at area malls, grocery stores, big box stores, and even some pop-up cookie drive-thrus throughout southeast Michigan.

Click here to see when Girl Scouts will be selling cookies near you.

Traditional cookie varieties -- Trefoils, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Samoas, Do-si-Dos and Savannah Smiles -- are $4 per box. A gluten-free cookie, Toffee-tastic, is $5.50 per box. A deluxe cookie, S'mores, is also $5.50 a box.

By participating in the cookie sale, girls learn five key life skills including decision-making, money management, goal setting, people skills, and business ethics. Girls use their earnings for camping, community service projects and other activities.