The Definitive Ranking Of The Best Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Scout cookie season—generally a six- to eight-week period between January and April—is pretty much its own holiday. Once those tables with green tablecloths hit supermarkets nationwide, we start dreaming about towering stacks of coconut-flecked Samoas. Or are they Caramel DeLites? (Wondering why some cookies have different names? Check out 9 Things You Didn't Know About Girl Scout Cookies.) Enthusiasm for their cookies is matched only, we think, by the ferocity of fans' opinions on the best varieties.

Which is to say: We know we're playing a dangerous game by picking the best (and worst) Girl Scout cookies. But here at Delish, we do the hard and sometimes precarious work for the sake of our readers. But first, some insight into how we made our choices :

What are the best-selling Girl Scout cookies?

They say numbers don't lie, and we took them into consideration while making this list. According to The Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., these are the top-selling cookies:

1. Thin Mints
2. Caramel deLites/Samoas
3. Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs
4. Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich
5. Lemonades/Lemon-Ups

How we ranked the Girl Scout cookies

We called on our team of very opinionated Delish editors. We also asked a few chefs to chime in, and of course, we looked to the internet to see what people are saying. Just a note: This is an all-time ranking and not all of these cookies are available every year. So here they are, ranked from worst to best.

Looking to recreate America's favorite cookies in dessert form? Try this Samoa dessert lasagna or this Thin Mint cheesecake.