Saturday, January 28, 2012

This year Girl Scout Cookies makes a Record Five Vegan Cookies! (if you happen to have ABC as the baker)

One of my favorite things to do when I'm feeling the Winter blues in late January is to order me some Girl Scout Cookies.  http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/ Every year I post on my Facebook (used to be Myspace) about what cookies are vegan and what aren't.  [Stop right now if you care about the white sugar and whether it's vegan or not.  I'm not focusing on the sugar in this blog.  I am focusing on the fact that these five cookies are dairy and egg free this year!]  The most exciting part to it is that for the first time THIN MINTS ARE VEGAN!!!  Let me say this again, THIN MINTS ARE VEGAN!  However this is only true if you live in an area where ABC makes the cookies.


Since I live in Boston, MA I can only speak for the cookies we get around here from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.  http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/cookies/ Girl Scout cookies are made by two differnent companies:  ABC Smart Cookies and Little Brownie Bakers.  This is why some people call the cookie Samaos, as Caramel deLites.  For more information about the two companies' cookies go here:  http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/your-guide-to-girl-scout-cookies



ABC is much more vegan friendly than Little Brownie Bakers, infact all the five vegan cookies that the Girl Scouts carry here in Massachuetts are made by ABC! Unfortunately Little Brown Bakers are the anti-vegan for some reason and put dairy in everything!  Girl Scout Cookies here in Massachusetts are fortunately made by ABC!  WOOHOO!  Therefore we get FIVE vegan cookies this year.  For the past 7 years since I've been keeping track, we've only had 3-4 types of vegan cookies. However this year we get FIVE, thanks to the now VEGAN Thin Mints!  Unfortunately for those of you who buy Girl Scout Cookies that are made by Little Brownie Bakers you won't find any vegan Thin Mints.

Here's the ingredient links to prove it:

http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/
Nothing vegan


http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/
Five Vegan Cookies:
Shout Outs!
Lemonades
Peanut Butter Patties
Thin Mints (Only ABC version)
Thanks A Lot


I was a Girl Scout in Virginia from age 5 to 10 and I have to say I had a pretty lame troop. We focused on girly things like sewing, cooking, etc. instead of other awesome things like more outdoor activities, archery, etc.  However it seems like Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts are doing some awesome things for young ladies and their mothers here in the state. Check out this program helping children and their incarcerated mothers:  http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/programs/div-GSBB.html

And if you need more convincing as to why you should support Girl Scouts check out this liberal-bashing chart that lists ALL THE REASONS you should support them:  http://i.imgur.com/67b7R.jpg

Now that you're convinced, you're thinking but five cookies just aren't enough.  Why can't all the cookies be vegan afterall?  Well the blog Vegansauras has a take action link to get you speaking up for more cookies.  Take action here:  http://vegansaurus.com/post/16534853002

So break out your soy milk and some Thin Mints and dip away!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

My very first post!

Hello Everyone!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.  I'll be posting weekly to this blog with breaking news on vegan products, gossip, news, restaurants, menu options, etc.  Since I live in Boston most of my restaurant/event posts will be about New England places, except when I'm traveling - then I'll cover the rest of the country!  I also am a big fan of sharks, cats, vespa scooters, liberal politics, and traveling so don't be surprise if I throw in some random posts about those items too.

- Jessica