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or Girl Scout Cookie lovers, there is still time to score your favorite variety, as well as this year’s new flavor, Exploremores. Rocky road ice cream was the inspiration for the new Girl Scout Cookie for the 2026 season, which are chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a creamy blend of marshmallow and toasted almond-flavored creme. The new variety replaces S’mores and Toast-Yay! In addition to Exploremores, cookie varieties include Adventurefuls, which are brownie-like cookies with a caramel-flavored cream; Trefoils, which are shortbread cookies; Lemonades, which are shortbread cookies with a lemon-flavored icing; and Caramel deLites, which are crispy cookies coated with caramel and coconut and drizzled with chocolate stripes.
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