(Year 1 – Cookie Business Badge)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Released in 2021 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. Replaced Meet My Customers (now retired) as the new Year 1 Cookie Business Badge. The Brownie page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Cookie flavors, a sales goal, and how to handle customers.
Choose your own activities!
Our Summary* of requirements:
- Know the different kinds of cookies.
- Make a goal on what to spend cookie money on.
- List who you can sell to.
- Practice making change.
- Practice what you say to customers.
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
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How to earn as a Troop?
Basic Meeting Plan by The Badge Archive
The Badge Archive Echoes of VTK (Similar to VTK)
Buy Printable Meeting on TPT from Leadership Made Simple
Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links
Meeting Plans
- Basic Meeting Plan by The Badge Archive
- The Badge Archive Echoes of VTK (Similar to VTK)
- Buy Printable Meeting on Teachers Pay Teachers from Leadership Made Simple
Other Resources
- See the Activity List for My Cookie Customers – choose your own activities!
- Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
- View Booklet Online
How to earn individually?
None Currently Available
GSUSA Information and Details
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Learn about Cookies
- Decide how to use your cookie money
- Find customers
- Handle money and make change
- Connect with customers
Click to Expand → GSUSA Official Resources
- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet (View Online)
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- GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for 2 Meetings – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders
- Digital Marketing Tips for Cookie Entrepreneurs by GSUSA
- Brownie Cookie Glossary by GSUSA
- VTK Tell Your Customer by GSUSA
- VTK Get Creative by GSUSA
- VTK Pitch Pointers by GSUSA
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the Cookie Business Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is a Skill Based Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.
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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- “My Cookie Customers.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2021, my.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-vtk/badge-booklet/Brownie_MyCookieCustomers_BadgeBooklet.pdf. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
- Roberts, Rachel. Brownie the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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