- Hi, we're Joel and Lia. - Hi guys!
- Today we decided to go and find some
Girl Scout Cookies in Austin, Texas
where we're staying right now.
- Yep, Girl Scout Cookies are
well known this time of year in Texas.
We didn't realize.
Well, we don't know anything
about Girl Scout Cookies, let's be honest.
- Yeah.
- All we know is that they appear in films all the time
with Girl Scouts selling cookies
and we don't have that in the UK.
- We genuinely thought this is just something
that exists in films, so we're really excited
to have actually come across some Girl Scouts
and we're gonna try some of their cookies.
- Definitely.
So before we get cracking,
we'll just insert the footage now
from when we stumbled across the cookies
and then we will taste test them.
- [Lia] Hello, hello, what is all of this?
Hello.
- Would you like some Girl Scout Cookies?
- [Joel] We would.
- [Lia] We absolutely would.
- [Joel] We've never tried them before.
- They're very good. - They are delicious.
- [Joel] Are they?
- Yes.
- [Lia] Someone has recommended, well, the peanut butter.
- [Joel] I'll try the Thin Mints as well.
- [Lia] Yeah, can you explain what this is all about?
We don't have this in the UK.
- So, we sell Girl Scout Cookies.
$500 this year of what we sold
will go to the Ronald McDonald House,
which is a charity here, and then the rest will go to
help fund fun Girl Scout activities for us.
- [Lia] Okay, cool.
Is this a Girl Scout like--
- Yes, this is our sash
and we can earn patches for what we do.
So, this is for Veteran's Day.
- [Lia] Yeah.
- This is for selling cookies.
We did some detective work.
This is for cooking.
- [Lia] That is so cool.
- [Joel] That's really cool.
- [Lia] I love that.
So basically who makes...
So is this a brand, Girl Scout Cookies is a brand
and you're like the ambassadors?
- [Dad] They have their own manufacturing facilities.
- Yeah, so it's only until the end of February.
- [Dad] So, it's a non-profit group
that supports young girls.
- [Lia] So back in the day, would Girl Scout Cookies
have been something that like
the Girl Scouts would have made at home?
No?
- I think they've always been made by--
- Yeah, they've always been made by this particular bakery.
- [Lia] Yeah, so cool.
- [Joel] That's really cool 'cause we have
something similar in the UK called Girl Guides,
but I don't think they sell cookies.
Not that I'm aware of anyway.
(laughs)
- [Lia] Okay, so what should we get?
Like one of everything, Joel?
- [Joel] Shall we?
- [Lia] Shall we?
And this is a very modern stand, they actually take cards.
(laughs)
- Here's the two everyone likes and here's Thin Mints.
- [Lia] Oh, that's amazing, okay.
- So now I gotta--
- [Lia] We'll try it on card.
If not, we'll do cash.
- That's fine.
- [Mom] They just need to keep track of their inventories.
- [Joel] Oh, okay.
- [Mom] So how many boxes are we selling, ladies?
- Eight.
- [Dad] Eight, one of each.
- [Joel] You've gotta be good at maths, haven't you?
We're not very good at that.
- [Lia] I just love the sashes.
Oh, so cute.
And it's obviously going to a good cause,
so that's what's really nice about it.
- [Dad] It's a great cause.
- [Lia] Aww.
- [Man In Line] The Girl Scouts
have been doing this forever.
- [Lia] Yeah?
- So how much do they owe you?
- $32.
- [Lia] Okay, thank you so much!
- The Caramel Delights are really good.
- [Lia] Oh, so is that our box?
(laughs) - Thank you.
Thanks very much.
We've now got a lot of Girl Scout Cookies.
(laughs)
So I said to them, we're going to bring them back
for friends and family as well.
- [Lia] Yeah.
- So we're not just going to eat them ourselves.
- I'm just blown away by how confident the girls were.
Joel was saying if that was us and we were their age,
we would have been like, "Oh my gosh."
- The camera.
- Oh God, what to say.
- Honestly, it took us so long to get comfortable
on camera, let alone when we were that age.
They were so confident.
- Yeah, I can't wait to try these when we get back
and see what the hype is all about.
That guy next to us, who you might have heard in the vlog,
being like, "The Girl Scouts have been doing this for time."
Yeah, that wasn't just the voice of a random,
he was queuing up as well.
- I spoke to him afterwards and he said
that he's a big of an anglophile,
and that he finds it really difficult to determine
where someone's from in the UK based on their accent
'cause there are so many, and I was like,
"Even we struggle sometimes."
- So, we just spent loads of money on Girl Scout cookies.
- And now there's another one.
- There's another stand right here.
- I know.
- Oh my gosh, hi!
- We've just bought loads of Girl Scout Cookies.
- We've never tried these before in our life,
so we just spent loads of money trying all of them
and now we've just come across another stand.
(girls laughing)
Oh, no.
Well, it's good to see.
- [Joel] We don't have this in the UK.
- [Lia] Five for 20, we missed out on that offer.
- [Joel] We missed out on a good deal.
- [Lia] Operation Cookie Drop.
(laughs)
Should of come here.
Well, have a good day.
- Thank you, you too.
- [Lia] Bye.
You're disgusting.
You are literally a joke.
Are you gonna say what you did or not?
- Me and Lia were practicing squatting for photos
and as I squatted, I did two huge farts
and we're in public and we just ran.
(laughs)
I can't help it.
- [Lia] Oh my gosh.
- I'm bloated, me. - Clearly.
- It was that burger.
- [Lia] We'll get you back home and on the loo immediately.
- Yeah, thank you.
Wow, it's by magic.
We're just back here again, wow.
- Can I just say that we were given full permission
by the girls and their parents to put them on camera
so in case anyone's gonna get upset about that,
that was all pre-planned. - It was all planned.
And the girls were so sweet, weren't they?
- So cute, honestly.
- Yeah, so cute.
And then we bumped into those girls
down the street and more Girl Scouts.
They gave us a box to carry them in
'cause we bought so many.
- Yeah, we bought one of each flavor.
- Yeah.
- So, I think the first one I grabbed was these!
- Yeah!
- Okay, should we just rip them open?
- Yeah, just rip it open.
Go on.
- And it's all for a good cause, Joel.
We spent money for a good--
- I know!
- Why is it always me, why, why?
- You can't ever open things, can you?
- Cereals, boxes.
- Right, oh, oh!
Big pack.
- I'm so excited.
The only thing that could make this more perfect
would be dipping it in tea.
We could make a coffee and do that, okay.
- Oh, they smell like Reese's.
- Oh my gosh. - Oh my gosh.
- Mmm.
Oh my goodness, yeah.
- That's so nice, mmm.
- Peanut Butter Patties, mmm!
I'd give those a solid eight out of ten.
- Me too, that is definitely an eight out of ten.
- "Girl Scouts, taking on new challenges
"builds our confidence."
"When we achieve our goals, we grow even more empowered."
I just grew more empowered
from eating a peanut butter cookie.
- Same.
- That was stunning.
- Thanks, girls.
- Thank you, girls!
- Thanks, girls.
- Girls, girls!
Okay, next one.
Joel, pick a color.
Caramel deLites.
- Okay.
- So, the girl on the stand
really recommended these ones to me.
Oh, they smell coconut-y.
Three, two, one.
- [Both] Mmm!
- Oh my gosh, I love these!
- So much going on in one biscuit.
- It's like chocolate, coconut, biscuit, caramel.
- And caramel.
- They taste a bit like coconut macaroon things.
- Mmm, Mrs Crim's.
- They're good, I give them an eight and a half.
They're better than the peanut butter ones.
- I'd even say that might be a nine.
Girls. - Girls.
- You've done it again.
You've outdone yourself.
(laughs)
Every single one gets higher and higher.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- Lemonades.
She said these are covered in icing.
- Lemonades.
- Mmm, what I wanna know is, most of them came in boxes,
but then a few of them came in trays like this.
I wonder why.
- Okay.
- Okay, cheers.
- Cheers.
- Oh, and it's like a lemon.
- Mmm, mmm!
- The design on them.
- It's nice and light.
I bet these are lower in calories.
- Mm-hmm, let's not even look at calories.
- Mmm, let's not.
- Let's not ruin it.
(laughs)
- I say seven point five.
- Yeah, mm-hmm.
I'd say that's a good rating.
Okay.
- Like if someone offered you one of those
at their house, you'd be like, "Yeah, nice."
- Yeah, you'd be like, "Thanks for that."
- Thank you.
Girls, you've done it again.
- Girls, well done.
Right, the next one.
- Yeah.
- Is the one that I've saved without telling Lia
what they're called because I found it hilarious.
- Okay.
- Okay, three, two, one.
(laughs)
(squeals)
- Ow, ow!
- Oh, no!
(laughs)
(groaning)
- That was a hard sofa.
- Oh, no, it ruined my reaction.
- That's funny.
- So, so far in Texas, Lia's hurt everything.
(laughs)
- Oh, I'm a bit concussed.
(laughs)
- These are called Thanks-A-Lot.
And if anyone that watches our videos
will know that this is a joke.
- [Both] "Thanks a lot, Rachel."
- Thanks a lot.
- That doesn't look like fudge.
That looks like chocolate to me.
- Okay, cheers.
- I can't even read that.
Mmm, boring.
- It's an immediate no from me.
That's really average.
- That's the perfect name for it, though.
- [Both] Thanks-A-Lot.
- Thanks a lot, Rachel.
- Compared to the others, they're just boring.
Nice try, girls.
I'll give that four and a half out of 10.
- Four and a half, five, max.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, the next ones are called Thin Mints.
- I feel like these are the most popular.
They're the ones that everyone was like,
"Get Thin Mints, get Thin Mints."
And there's a special way to eat them, isn't there?
- Apparently they taste amazing frozen,
so we have had some in the freezer.
- Yeah.
- We actually tried them before the video.
- Yeah. - Not gonna lie.
- Well, we did it on Instagram.
So if you haven't followed us
on Instagram, go follow us now.
We did a sneak peek saying that
we're gonna try all of these cookies,
but we're gonna try Thin Mints on Instagram first.
So, there's a little incentive.
If you're not on Instagram, make an account.
- Make an account.
- Make an account, please.
- They smell like After Ayds.
- I think they're better than the Thanks-A-Lot.
- Thanks a lot.
- But I don't think they're as good as the others.
I think they're fine.
- I think I even prefer the Lemonades to these.
- Yeah, me too.
- Okay, I would give that six.
- Six.
- [Both] Snap.
- Next one, Joel.
I'm gonna pick shortbread.
- Go on, then.
Lia loves shortbread,
so this might trigger her if it's not good.
- The thing is shortbread is from Scotland, isn't it?
- Yeah, no one does shortbread like the Scottish.
It doesn't look like shortbread, does it?
- Alright.
I'll give the girls the benefit of the doubt
'cause they're lovely.
- Yeah.
- I'm a shortbread snob.
- Yeah.
- They need to be covered in sugar.
(laughs)
- And flaky, not crispy.
- Okay, they're falling apart.
- Oh, they are falling apart.
Mmm, I wouldn't say that's shortbread.
- No, that is...
Do you know those biscuits in the UK
that have just got the cow on them?
- Mmm, milk biscuits.
- They're just milk biscuits.
- What are they called?
Milk of Maid?
What are they called?
Malted Milks!
- Yeah, Malted Milk.
- Malted Milk.
Yeah, so if you're American and you have these,
and you're like, "This is shortbread."
That's not shortbread.
Try actual, genuine Scottish shortbread
and you'll be blown away.
- We did one in our giveaway.
- Yeah.
- We gave away loads of shortbread in this really fun video.
- So, girls, I would give that...
(laughs)
- It's gonna be on the same level as...
- Real four and a half.
- Four.
- Well done.
- So far, the winner's gotta be those caramel things.
- Yeah, they're amazing.
I'm gonna have another one.
- What would you like next?
- Let's go for the S'mores.
- Okay, S'mores.
- I'm really excited to try these 'cause I love S'mores!
- Oh my gosh, okay.
- Oh my gosh.
Gotta sniff it.
- Okay, cheers. - Cheers.
Three, two, one.
At first, it tastes like a normal chocolate biscuit.
Then the aftertaste, you taste the marshmallow-y...
- Icing-y. - Icing-y taste, which I like.
- It's like eating cake.
- Mmm, I'd give that a seven.
- I think it's a six for me.
- Mm-hmm, well done, girls.
That's a nice one. - Well done, girls.
- By the way, for those of you that don't know,
we would say girls.
But if you're saying it in
an Essex accent, you'd say gur-ls.
- Gur-ls.
So we just say gur-ls 'cause we always use an Essex accent.
- Love that.
The last one.
- I think these are gonna be your favorite.
- Really?
- They look like Nutter Butters, which you love.
- If they taste anything like Nutter Butter, holy moly.
- What's it called?
Peanut Butter...
- Sandwich.
- Ooh, ooh, this is the last one.
- Okay.
Right.
Yeah, they look like Nutter Butters.
We're in for a treat.
- Oh my gosh!
- I'm still a bit concussed.
Nothing a cookie can't fix, eh?
- Yeah, we called all of these biscuits.
- Biscuits.
- They're not cookies.
- They're biscuits.
- Three, two, one.
- Oh my gosh.
- Nutter Butters are nicer.
- Nutter Butter, yeah.
These are good, though.
Imagine you hadn't just had all of those buscuits.
- Yeah, it's nice.
- It's 'cause it's like the last one.
You've eaten loads.
- I don't think I can classify that
because it's so different to the Lemonade biscuit
and the chocolate biscuit that
it's kind of in a league of its own.
- Yeah, it's 'cause it's got butter in the middle.
- Yeah, it's literal peanut butter.
It's not even sweet peanut butter.
It's like sweet, savory, sweet.
- Mm-hmm, and it's like soft if you squish it.
- But I'd give that a six and half.
- Seven point five for me.
- Girl Scout cookies, amazing.
- Wow, we've tried Girl Scout cookies, now we get it.
- We get it.
- I found today that Girl Scout is a brand of cookies
and then they dish them out to all the Girl Scouts,
and then the money they raise goes towards a good cause.
- "Selling Girl Scout cookies helps girls
"develop five skills that they use throughout their lives."
"Goal setting, decision making,
"money management, people skills and business ethics."
- I'm happy for our money to go towards that, Joel.
- Oh, definitely.
Apparently as well that this only
happens a limited time of year.
I don't know, let us know down in the comments
how many times a year Girl Scout cookies are available.
- Yeah.
- But apparently that's why people go crazy for it
because they're not available all year round.
- And then when they come out,
they're like, "Girl Scout cookies!"
Just dealing with a concussion still,
so I'm just gonna get a big glass of water, I think.
(laughs)
- I can't take you anywhere.
- We cannot.
Me going on holidays, it's just always something.
- Mm-hmm, oh my gosh, these deLites are amazing.
They're an absolute delight.
- Imagine dipping that in a coffee.
- Mm-hmm.
- Stunning.
- Just two legends.
Would you like a glass of Prosecco now, Joel?
- Yes, I would actually.
- I would love a glass.
- Yes.
And for any Girl Scouts watching,
you'll know about Prosecco when you're older.
(laughs)
But thanks, once again, to the girls that we met
who sold us these cookies.
This is amazing.
You've taught us a lot about your culture.
- We haven't taught you anything about ours.
- No, we haven't, other than...
- That we call them biscuits, not cookies.
- We call them biscuits.
Yeah, that's true, we've taught them that.
- Yeah, but that's it.
- A cookie to us would be round and soft and break.
- Yeah.
- It wouldn't snap.
- Yeah. - But yeah.
- So, there you go.
- There you go.
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Thank you so much.
- [Both] See you soon, bye.
- Hashtag, keep Austin win.
- Keep Austin win.
One more deLite, just one more.
Please, one more.
- No, you're not allowed.
Put it back. - No, please!
- Put it back.
(laughs)
Fine, you can have it.