Girl Scouts cookie sales ending with most flavors sold out. One’s selling online for $30

This year’s Girl Scouts cookie season is nearing the end, but it’s not too late to satiate your sweet tooth. If you want to get your hands one of the organization’s newest flavors, you’ll have to spend a good chunk of cash online for a box.

Girl Scout cookie booths are still going strong in Pierce County. According to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington’s website, dozens of in-person stands are open across the Puget Sound region at retailers such as Safeway, Fred Meyer, Walmart, Lowe’s, QFC and others. Specific locations and hours of operation are available on the Girl Scouts’ Cookie Finder online platform.

If you want a box delivered to your doorstep, you can place an online order on the organization’s website, but many flavors are sold out. Here is the current status:

• Adventurefuls: Available

• Girl Scout S’mores: Available

• Thin Mints: Available

• Raspberry Rally: Sold out

• Lemon-Ups: Sold out

• Trefoils: Sold out

• Do-si-dos: Sold out

• Tagalongs: Sold out

• Samoas: Sold out

• Toffee-tastic: Sold out

A box costs $6, shipping not included.

Newest flavor on resale market

It’s normal for flavors to sell out close to the end of the winter season. But one cookie in particular is so popular that it’s being sold online for several times its initial price tag.

The Girl Scouts’ newest flavor, Raspberry Rally, was the organization’s first online-only edition. The cookie sold out quickly, according to Julie Parker, senior director of marketing with Girl Scouts of Western Washington. The cookie was available for order nationwide on Feb. 27. In Western Washington, packages of the raspberry-themed treat sold out within hours, Parker said.

Packages then started popping up online. As of the time of reporting, dozens of listings were active on eBay for around $30. Some listings offer boxes in bulk. One listing is holding a bid for five boxes at $100.

“Girl Scouts Western Washington is disappointed to see unauthorized resales of Girl Scout cookies online through third-party e-commerce platforms,” Parker said in an email to The News Tribune. “While we are happy that there’s such a strong demand for our cookies year-over-year, we’re saddened that the platforms and the sellers are disregarding the core mission of the cookie program and are looking to make a profit off of the organization’s name without supporting our mission and the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program in the world.”

Parker added that the second-hand cookie market hurts the Girl Scouts because it deprives troop members from valuable experiences and sale proceeds that fund year-round programming.