"they discovered that the Girl Scout Cookies contained palm oil, an ingredient that results in rainforest destruction and human rights abuses, the two girls launched a variety of campaigns in order to convince the GSUSA to remove this ingredient from their cookies. Vorva and Tomtishen were awarded the UN Forest Heroes Award in 2011. Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies are cookies sold by Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) as one of its major fundraisers for local Scout units. The Girls Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-run and girl-led financial literacy program in the world,"
"New Hampshire, where 16-year-old Patrick became an apprentice baker. Doughnut connoisseurs have also praised the Toasted Coconut Donut at Dunkin' Donuts. A coconut doughnut that is a ""girly shade of pink"" is a featured product of ""cult"" doughnut shop Top Pot Doughnuts in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the varieties included in a 2005 distribution agreement with Starbucks stores in Western Washington. A mouse munching on a coconut doughnut in the window of a franchised Dunkin' Donuts outlet (Riese Organization's) in Midtown Manhattan became infamous in 1998 and was included on the front page of ""The New York Post""."
"same cookies may be sold under different names by different bakeries, with the choice of bakery determining the name. There has been no move to standardize names. The merger of many councils (from 312 to 109) following the August 2006 reorganization resulted in many councils changing bakeries, thus causing some confusion at that time. The national Girl Scout organization reviews and approves all varieties proposed by the baking companies, but requires only three types: Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwiches (ABC)/Do-Si-Dos (LBB) and Shortbreads (ABC)/Trefoils (LBB). The other kinds can be changed every year, though several popular favorites, such as Caramel"
"Coconut doughnut The coconut doughnut (or coconut donut) is a variety of doughnut in the United States and Canada that is usually covered or topped with shredded or flaked coconut topping. It is often toasted or broiled, and there are variations made with chocolate and, in a 1959 recipe, orange juice in the dough and icing. Coconut doughnuts are not usually filled, but there is an unrelated coconut doughnut that uses a coconut cream filling (like a boston cream doughnut or jelly doughnuts), which Conan O'Brien reportedly had a ""life-altering experience with"" during a three-day visit to Toronto in 2004:"
"have gone through many recipe changes but the goals remain the same. Girl Guide cookies today are the largest fundraiser for the organization, and are used to help support the girls in their program and activities. There are two different cookie campaigns, one in the fall and the other in the spring. The fall cookies are the chocolatey mint cookies, similar to the Girl Scout Thin Mints cookies sold in the United States. The classic vanilla and chocolate sandwich cookies are sold in the spring. Manufactured by Christie's from 1960-2003, they are now made by Dare Foods Limited. This was"
"It was noted in a lawsuit where Dunkin' Donuts tried to oust the franchisee. Coconut doughnut The coconut doughnut (or coconut donut) is a variety of doughnut in the United States and Canada that is usually covered or topped with shredded or flaked coconut topping. It is often toasted or broiled, and there are variations made with chocolate and, in a 1959 recipe, orange juice in the dough and icing. Coconut doughnuts are not usually filled, but there is an unrelated coconut doughnut that uses a coconut cream filling (like a boston cream doughnut or jelly doughnuts), which Conan O'Brien"
"chocolate chip walnut cookies. McDonald and Weekes developed the signature cookie recipe while training for an Ironman Triathlon. They discovered they needed a large number of calories to offset the rigors of training and decided on a traditional chocolate chip cookie, but much bigger. The 6-ounce chocolate chip walnut cookie served the purpose and ultimately became a signature item in their bakery. The cookie has spawned copycats. In 1998 Levain Bakery expanded its cookie business to include mail order. The Food Network has featured Levain Bakery in episodes of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Roker on the Road, Unwrapped, Top 5,"
"cookie called Savannah Smiles to commemorate the anniversary. The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas hosted the Girl Scouts national exhibition at the 2012 State Fair of Texas in the historic Hall of State. At the State Fair of Texas, visitors were able to indulge on a Fried Samoa, be part of a virtual campfire, walk through a life - sized cookie box and see a replica of Juliette Gordon Low's house. In Savannah, Georgia where Girl Scouting was founded, they hosted a ""Party in the Park"" in Forsyth Park where there was a Centennial Honor Guard consisting of girls wearing"
"Chocolate-coated peanut Chocolate-coated (or chocolate-covered) peanuts are a popular bulk vending product. They consist of peanuts coated in a shell of chocolate. They have a reputation in many countries of being food eaten in movie theaters, and are an item most familiar from the concession counter. In some countries, they are sold under the brand Goobers, which is the earliest and one of the most popular brands of the product, made by Nestlé. Goobers were introduced in the United States in 1925 by the Blumenthal Chocolate Company. Nestlé acquired the brand in January 9th of 1984 from Chicago based Terson"
"local community projects or is donated to worthy causes decided by each troop. During each cookie season running (from January through April) the all-girl-led entrepreneurial educational program have estimated at approximately sales were about 200 million packages of cookies per year, worth nearly $800 million. Members of the GSUSA have been selling cookies since 1917 to raise funds. Girls who participate can earn prizes for their efforts. There are also troop incentives if the troop as a whole does well. The first cookie sales by an individual Scout unit was by the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in December 1917"
"Sno Balls Sno Balls are cream-filled chocolate cakes covered with marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes formerly produced and distributed by Hostess and currently owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co. Sno Balls are usually pink; however, they were also available in chocolate, lemon, white, green, blue and other colors, depending on the holiday. They come in packages of two and were sold at many convenience and grocery stores in the United States. A similar cake, called a ""Snowball"", is often sold at supermarkets in the United Kingdom; these cakes are typically covered in desiccated coconut,"
"Coyotas Coyotas are empanada-like cookies which are large, flat and traditionally filled with brown sugar. However, coyotas also come in a variety of flavors, including guava, caramel, chocolate, strawberry, jamoncillo (milk candy), peach, and pineapple. Spaniards introduced wheat, sugar, and goat's milk to Mexico around 500 years ago. They originated mainly in Villa de Seris, a city in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico in 1954. They can now be found all over the world. In the US, they can be found in most Mexican supermarkets. The meaning of the name ""coyota"" is a mestiza (of Spanish and native heritage) dark skinned and"
"Zagnut Zagnut is a candy bar produced and sold in the United States. It was launched in 1930 by the D. L. Clark Company, which sold it to Leaf later on and was acquired by Hershey Foods Corporation in 1996. Its main ingredients are peanut brittle with cocoa and toasted coconut, and it weighs 1.75 ounces (50 g). Unlike many candy bars, it contains no chocolate, though it does have a small amount of cocoa. Since Zagnuts have no chocolate to melt, they have seen a resurgence in popularity among US troops in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Stateside, candy"
"the sweet after Gobstoppers, which were a favourite among British schoolboys between the two World Wars. In 2003, Taquandra Diggs, a nine-year-old girl in Starke, Florida, suffered severe burns, allegedly from biting on a Wonka Everlasting Gobstopper that had been left out in the sun. Diggs and several other alleged victims' families filed lawsuits against Nestlé for medical bills resulting from plastic surgery as well as pain and suffering; the matters were later settled outside of court for an undisclosed amount. Gobstopper Gobstoppers or jawbreakers are a type of hard candy. They are usually round, and normally range from about"
"Coconut cake Coconut cake is a popular dessert in the Southern region of the United States. It is a cake frosted with a white frosting and covered in coconut flakes. Typically, the cakes used in coconut cake are either white or yellow cakes. While some recipes do not call for coconut flavor in the cake itself, there are others that replace the milk with coconut milk and/or use coconut extract. It is also common to brush the cakes with a simple syrup to make it more moist. Often the cake layers are filled with either a white frosting or coconut"
"Pumpkin-coconut custard Coconut custard (also referred to as pumpkin-coconut custard) is a dessert dish consisting of a coconut custard steam-baked in a pumpkin or kabocha. Sankhya lapov (សង់ខ្យាល្ពៅ) or ""lpov sangkya"" denominates a dessert in Cambodia which is made of pumpkin and coconut custard. An easily recognizable characteristic of the dessert is that the flan fills the interior part of the pumpkin and that the pumpkin is often presented in its entirety. ""Lapov"" means pumpkin in Khmer. The dessert is also known in Thailand where it carries the name ""sangkhaya fak thong"" ( ; transcription: ""săng-khà-yăa fák thong"") and in"
"be used by Girl Scouts themselves with parents of girl scouts only able to share a link to the purchasing page. Each Girl Scout regional council decides which licensed baking company to use for cookie sales in that council, thus determining which varieties are available in the area covered by the council. Girl Scouts sell cookies to relatives, friends, neighbors, and others in their town or city. In recent years, because of safety concerns, an increased emphasis has been placed on cookie booths, where girls sell from tables in public areas under the supervision of adult troop leaders, rather than"
"door-to-door. Many councils offer the option for customers to sponsor boxes of cookies to be sent to U.S. servicemen and women. Cookies are also available online. As an incentive to sell, Girl Scouts are offered recognitions, such as stuffed animals, trinkets, coupons, credits toward Girl Scout camp, activities, or uniforms. These recognitions vary from Girl Scout council to council. The recognitions are usually cumulative, so that a girl who earns the recognition for selling 50 boxes of cookies will also get the 25- and 20-box items. In some councils, girls may choose to earn more money for their troop instead"
"Choc Nut King Choc Nut (or tsoknat) is a chocolate product manufactured by Unisman and later, Annie’s Sweets Manufacturing and Packaging Corporation. It originated in the Philippines and has endured as one of the country’s most consumed children's snacks. While only mass-produced in the Philippines, many ‘Filipino stores’ abroad sell the item. Ingredients of Choc Nut include coconut milk., crushed peanuts and cocoa powder, resulting in a distinct nutty taste and crumbly texture. <ref name=""verdolaga""/ King Choc Nut was originally manufactured by a company called Unisman (New Unity Sweets Manufacturing Corporation) in Malabon. However, the new information on the packaging"
"Coconut bar Coconut bar is a refrigerated dim sum dessert found in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southern China and in overseas Chinatowns. It is sweet and has a soft, gelatin-like texture but is white in color rather than translucent like gelatin. It is sometimes referred to as coconut pudding despite not being a pudding. The dessert is made of coconut milk (preferably freshly made) and set with a mixture of tang flour (wheat starch) and corn starch, or a mixture of agar agar and gelatin. It is sweetened, and sometimes sprinkled with desiccated coconuts. The texture varies from silky springy (if"
"as Girl Scout Cookies and Quaker Chewy Granola Bars. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sets an upper limit of 0.02% of the oil or fat content in foods, which like other foods, applies to the oil used in McNuggets. Effective use of TBHQ was 1 gram per 5000 grams of cooking oil (1 gram per 11.023 pounds of cooking oil). A mathematical problem, discussed on Eric W. Weisstein's MathWorld and Brady Haran's YouTube channel ""Numberphile,"" is that of determining the greatest number of McNuggets which cannot be made from any combination of pack sizes on offer. For example, in"
"(introduced in 1910) as the Netherlands' ""most beloved cookie"", and in 2010 celebrated the company's 125th anniversary with the release of a new cinnamon variant. Nice biscuit A Nice biscuit (pronounced () is a coconut-flavoured biscuit. It is thin, rectangular in shape, with rounded bumps on the edges, and lightly covered with a scattering of large sugar crystals, often with the word ""NICE"" imprinted on top in sans-serif capital letters. It is often served as an accompaniment to hot drinks, such as tea. The name probably derives from the city of Nice in the south of France. 1929 editions of"
"Koala's March Koala's March () is a bite-sized cookie snack with a sweet filling. Made by Lotte, the product was first released in Japan in March 1984, and was released in May 1990 in the United States as ""Koala Yummies"". Koala's March is in the shape of a koala with a picture of a koala on the outside of the cookie doing various activities. The filling comes in various flavors, such as honey, vanilla, cafe latte and banana including frozen banana. The two most common flavors are strawberry and chocolate, and are two of the flavors available in the U.S.,"
"University of Sydney (Australia) Glycemic Index Research Service measured the GI of coconut sugar to be 54, and considers any GI over 55 to be high. Coconut sugar Coconut sugar (also known as coco sugar, coconut palm sugar, coco sap sugar or coconut blossom sugar) is a palm sugar produced from the sap of the flower bud stem of the coconut palm. Other types of palm sugar are made from the Palmyra palm, the date palm, the sugar date palm, the sago palm or the sugar palm. Used as a sweetener in many countries, coconut sugar has no significant nutritional"
"Coconut candy Coconut candy refer to various candies made with coconut or coconut flavorings. In Vietnamese cuisine, kẹo dừa coconut candy is most commonly produced in Bến Tre province, Vietnam with coconut milk and coconut cream. In the United States, coconut candy was sometimes spelled as cocoanut candy. These included various traditional confections in the United States. Mason Pecan Cocoanut Candy was made in the 1950s in Milprint, Milwaukee. Squirrel Brand made Cocoanut Zippers. There was also a Mason Cherry Cocoanut candy produced in Mineola, New York. Welch’s made Cocoanut Candy Bar from Hinde & Dauch. Welch's Cocoanut candy was"
"Coconut candy Coconut candy refer to various candies made with coconut or coconut flavorings. In Vietnamese cuisine, kẹo dừa coconut candy is most commonly produced in Bến Tre province, Vietnam with coconut milk and coconut cream. In the United States, coconut candy was sometimes spelled as cocoanut candy. These included various traditional confections in the United States. Mason Pecan Cocoanut Candy was made in the 1950s in Milprint, Milwaukee. Squirrel Brand made Cocoanut Zippers. There was also a Mason Cherry Cocoanut candy produced in Mineola, New York. Welch’s made Cocoanut Candy Bar from Hinde & Dauch. Welch's Cocoanut candy was"
"brown sugar and cinnamon, white sugar or chocolate. Frosted, glazed, powdered, Boston cream, coconut, sour cream, cinnamon, chocolate, and jelly are some of the varieties eaten in the United States and Canada. Sweetening, filling, and fancy toppings are now so common that plain doughnuts are now commonly labeled and sold as ""old fashioned"". There are also potato doughnuts (sometimes referred to as spudnuts). Doughnuts are ubiquitous in the United States and can be found in most grocery stores, as well as in specialty . A popular doughnut in Hawaii is the malasada. Malasadas were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by"
"candy form is called ""conserva de coco"". Cocada Cocadas are a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of Latin America. They are particularly popular in Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. They are oven baked but are served at room temperature to provide their chewy and soft texture. Made with eggs and shredded coconut, cocadas come in a variety of colors due to the modern use of food coloring, however the traditional variations are golden brown. They are often garnished with almonds, either whole or chopped. There are hundreds of cocadas recipes, from"
"Cocada Cocadas are a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of Latin America. They are particularly popular in Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. They are oven baked but are served at room temperature to provide their chewy and soft texture. Made with eggs and shredded coconut, cocadas come in a variety of colors due to the modern use of food coloring, however the traditional variations are golden brown. They are often garnished with almonds, either whole or chopped. There are hundreds of cocadas recipes, from the typical hard, very sweet balls to"
"is similar to the Caramel Wafer, but with the addition of roasted coconut to the outside of the bar. ""Wafer Creams"" and ""Florida Orange"" have chocolate and orange flavoured cream in place of the caramel. A ""Snowball"" is similar to the Tea Cake, with the addition of grated coconut to the exterior of a soft chocolate shell but with no biscuit base. Despite pressure to do so, Tunnock's does not make any own brand biscuits for supermarkets. In 2013, Tunnocks's entered into an agreement with Tesco to sell a range of branded items produced by Glasgow-based promotional materials firm Orb."
"nationally in 1993. Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and National Rural Letter Carriers' Association collect the non-perishable food during their Saturday deliveries. The project collected over 1 billion pounds of food (nationally) in the first 20 years of the event. The Gateway Council of the Girl Scouts of the USA donated 1,200 cases of Girl Scout Cookies to the SHNF in May, 2013. They were left over after the yearly event sold nearly 1.2 million boxes in north Florida. The Boy Scouts of America have an annual food drive called Scouting for Food that has benefited local"
"Coconut jewelry Coconut jewelry has been made for generations by people in the rainforests and coasts of South America. The three types of coconut used in the production of the rings and earrings are known as palm nuts. The Pati (pah-chee), the Dende (den-day), and the Piasava (pee-ah-sava) palm nuts are related to the Tagua nut of Africa, also known as vegetable ivory. When tumbled and polished these types of coconuts reveal the beautiful colors that lay hidden beneath their raw outer surface. The Pati coconut, by far, has the most variation in color, ranging from light beige to dark"
"sexual abuse. In addition to the examples below, vegan doughnuts are also featured along with a rotating and frequently changing menu of specialty doughnuts and unusual variations on traditional varieties. The company offers over 100 varieties, in total. Unconventional ingredients include Cap'n Crunch, grape flavored Tang, M&M's, Oreo cookies, and marshmallows. Two of their doughnuts, the NyQuil Glazed doughnut and the Vanilla Pepto Crushed Tums doughnut, are no longer available due to order of local health officials. According to one of the co-owners, ""the NyQuil one was kind of a lark, but that’s the one that got the most famous."