1. Whirl Thin Mints in a blender with ice cream and make yummy shakes
2. Top cake or ice cream with crumbled cookies.
3. Paint with shellac to use as drawer pulls.
4. Make minty sandwiches with cream frosting between two Thin Mints. Oh, my.
5. Use a cookie as a spare when Barbie’s Mustang convertible blows a tire.
6. Create a lovely stand for collectible figurines.
7. Use Thin Mints as a breath freshener.
8. Use cook- ies as “pepperoni” slices for dessert pizza. Hold the anchovies.
9. Have a cookie Frisbee contest.
10. Crumble for a refrigerator pie crust. Dulce de leche work very well.
11. Throw a couple of cookies at talkers in movie theaters. No wait, don’t waste the cookies.
12. Make a decadent sandwich with chocolate frosting between two Trefoils. Is it getting warm in here?
13. Give cookies as gifts to people you are trying to impress. Works every time.
14. Put cookies under a short table leg to stop a wobble.
15. Use as edible bookmarks.
16. Layer a sheet pan with crushed cookies for a bar cookie base.
17. Freeze one box of each variety for the hoarding frenzy at the turn of the next millennium.
18. Kick ‘em up a notch by dipping half of a Trefoil cookie in melted chocolate.
19. Add cookies to a time capsule.
20. Add crumbled cookies to any ice box pie recipe.
21. Hold onto a few boxes for the Antiques Roadshow 2099. Don’t break those seals! Mint condition Thin Mints will hold their value, and by then appraisers Leigh and Leslie Keno will both know how to tell a real box of Girl Scout cookies from an overpriced shameful reproduction.
22. Save some cookies to use as building materials for holiday gingerbread houses.
23. Bribe kids with cookies for some quiet or good behavior. Be prepared. This could require lots of cookies.
24. Make decadent party lemon tartlets by creating Lemon Chalet cookie crusts and topping with store-bought lemon curd. Dot each with a dab of whipped cream and back away quickly from the buffet tables.
25. Use boxes of cookies as “Tips” for the lawn service workers, maid, etc.
26. Keep on hand for emergency potluck dessert fare. Arrange on a nice platter of course!
27. Start a Random Act of Cookieness movement. Offer a cookie to everyone you meet.
28. Make dirt pudding for snacks by adding crushed, frozen Tagalongs to a vanilla pudding mixture. Gummi worms are optional.
29. Use cookies to teach kids how to count. One cookie, two cookies… whoops, just lost a cookie.
30. Make a bouquet by “gluing” wood sticks to cookies with royal icing.
31. Make icing faces on them and tell the neighbors you are taking in orphaned cookies. This ruse won’t last for long so be prepared for an intervention at some point.
32. Make Do-si-dos Cookie Pie by using pulverized cookies for the crumb crust.
33. Use cookies for edible checkers game pieces. You get to eat one every time you crown someone. This could lead to a mega-resurgence in the popularity of board games.
34. Make a mint mousse cake by adding crushed Thin Mints to a package mix.
35. The next time the car breaks down, forget the auto club. Spell out HELP on the windshield with cookies. Will folks stop? You can bet your Tagalongs they will!
36. Make a lemony chocolate mousse pie by creating a sweet-tart crust with ground Reduced-fat Lemon Pastry Cremes and melted butter. Use a boxed mix to make the chocolate filling and garnish with lemon twists.
37. Let the kids use cookies for play coins. If they play nice, they can eat them!
38. Let them drool over chocolate Thin Mint pizza supreme with a chocolate-chunk cookie dough “crust’” and a mixture of white chocolate morsels with crushed Thin Mint topping. Ice cream on the side is truly over the top, so pull the shades.
39. Serve Girl Scout cookies at Cub Scout camp outs. Cub Scouts sell popcorn, but it just isn’t the same, boys.
40. Think chocolate avalanche with chopped cookies pressed into melted chocolate. When it hardens, break into pieces and serve with ice cream.
41. Use a Thin Mint for an emergency sink stopper. Of course it won’t work, but at least you tried.
42. Make a PB&J sundae by topping vanilla ice cream with a few tablespoons of grape jelly and cover with crushed Do-si-Dos.
43. Use cookies as interview calling cards. You want them to remember you, don’t you?
44. Make a three-ingredient apple crisp by covering sliced apples with melted butter and crushed Do-si-Dos. Bake at 350F for about 30 minutes, or until crumbs are golden and apples are soft. Ice cream on the side? Of course.
45. Modify a Girl Scout Law: A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word, deed and cookie crumbs. Say it loud, say it proud.
46. Separate Do-si-Dos. Microwave half of a large marshmallow or 3 minimarshmallows on high power for 10 seconds. Put puffed marshmallows and a milk chocolate square on a cookie half. Replace top and serve.
47. Modify the Brownie promise to read: I promise to do my best to love God and my country, to help people every day, especially those without cookies. Warms the hungry heart, doesn’t it?
48. Add cookies to gift baskets for your foodie friends.
49. Make peanut butter balls by mixing crushed Tagalongs with melted butter, and roll in nuts.
50. Create a tabletop mosaic with cookies. Varnish or encase in plastic coating to create a family heirloom that will keep them talking for generations.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_food_blog/2011/02/50-uses-for-a-girl-scout-cookie.html
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