Thin Mints–Follow-up

Last week, as you, my 3 faithful readers, will remember, I wrote about how to make your own Girl Scout cookies (if you missed that post, it’s worth checking out here).  Much to my amusement, the idea of DIY Thin Mints apparently doesn’t cause everyone else to immediately think “Oh–I have to try that–RIGHT NOW.”

I got an email from my sister, in which she forwarded to me some thoughts that a couple of her friends had sent along to her, regarding the topic.  I couldn’t resist posting them here (with permission, of course).

Both of these women are accomplished, thoughtful, active, health-conscious moms.   The first comment is from Liza, who is, among other things, a Girl Scout mom!

WHAT??!!  She’s making her own GS cookies – for shame!!  I’ve half a mind to send her a box of thin mints!  Just kidding – I won’t harass her; I see her point.  I’m impressed that she found a similar recipe and I’m intrigued with that small batch recipe book (not that making 10 cookies seems worth the effort, but again I get her point about not having 4 dozen of something sweet hanging around her and getting picked at every day).  Thanks for sharing!  And if she changes her mind, we’d be happy to hook her up with the real thing!  :)  ~ Liza

Liza–let me just say–my love for GS cookies knows no bounds . . . but for the love of pants that fit, please don’t send me any!  They’re so small, so perfect, so chocolate-y and delicious.  I put Thin Mints in the freezer, and they’re like the Sirens calling to Odysseus.  I can’t drown them out; they’re all I think about, tempting me into that downward spiral of “Oh, dessert . . . oh, two isn’t that much more . . . oh, might as well have another while the freezer’s open . . . oh, just one more . . . oh, to heck with it.  I didn’t need those pants to fit anyway.”

I HAVE NO WILLPOWER.

This is from Kirstin, whom, I should point out, I met once, while running a marathon.  I happen to know for a fact she’s a much stonger, faster runner than I am (and that particular race was my personal best!):

Who makes homemade thin mints?? That’s just crazy … I’m all for good home baked goods, but everyone knows not to mess with perfection right??

And in what family is 10 cookies enough?? And yeah if I’m going through the trouble of making something that yummy I need to have days of guilt about eating all of it, otherwise it just wouldn’t be worth all that time and effort! Make 10 cookies from scratch, share them with the family for desert, feel good about it and be done with it??? Clearly not Catholic or Italian … Where’s the sneaking around, eating them behind open cabinets so the kids can’t see and then feeling bad when they ask for a cookie and you have to tell them you just ate them. Yes all of them. Your sister is way to mentally healthy for me.

K

This was my email response to Kirsten:

And you can just tell Kirstin–I daresay the chocolate stash hidden IN MY BEDROOM would put her cookie guilt to shame. I am so far beyond the open cabinet trick.  My personal best is nightstand-to-tissue box-to-under the pillow-to-pocket-to then be stuffed in my mouth while I’m hiding in my closet.  Mm-hmm. Who, me?  I don’t have a problem.  Nope.