2011 – My First Cookie Business

(Year 1 – New Cookie Business Badge)

Released in 2021 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. Replaced Original Cookie Business Count It Up leaf, which is now retired.
The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.

Three steps are needed to complete this badge:

Find out about Girl Scout Cookies
Decide how to use your cookie money and set a goal
Practice your sales pitch

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Resources

Leader Guide available in Girl Scout Shop online
Official badge is available in Girl Scout Shop online
or look for your local shop to save on shipping

Troop Meeting Ideas

GSUSA VTK – No links
Only Accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website
Downloadable Content on Teachers Pay Teachers from Leadership Made Simple

At Home Individual Girls

None currently available

Multi-Level Matches

Check out other badges that might work well with this badge when doing activities with multiple levels. These are simply suggestions and may take some creativity and extra steps to earn all the badges in various levels.

A Multi-Level Troop will need to do extra steps when earning different badges across levels. It depends on how many requirements overlap. Some will only have one or two matching requirements.

If there is no badge in a level, we suggest that a level earns a Fun Patch related to the rest of the badges instead of an official badge.

All the New Cookie Business badges released in 2021 are designed to have most of the requirements naturally done during every Cookie Season. This makes it helpful to earn just by doing the Cookie Sale even on multi-level troops. Some have 1-3 requirements that require specific skills or learning. Here are the bare bones of each Cookie Business badge so you know which topics to hit during the Cookie fundraiser.

Daisy –
My First Cookie Business (Year 1) – Cookies, Money, Pitch
Cookie Goal Setter (Year 2) – Set Goal, Track Goal, Share Goal
Brownie –
My Cookie Customers (Year 1) – Cookies, Goal, Customer, Money, Pitch
Cookie Decision Maker (Year 2) – Online Cookie Sales, Giving Goal, Teamwork, Track Sales, Spirit
Junior –
My Cookie Team (Year 1) – Online Cookie Sales, Goal, Track Goal/Sales, Teamwork, Pitch
Cookie Collaborator (Year 2) – Cookies, Goal, Track Goal/Sales, Expand Customers, Learn from Customers
Cadette –
My Cookie Venture (Year 1) – Cookies, Goal, Mission Statement, Customers, Team Business Plan
Cookie Market Researcher (Year 2) – Cookies, Goal, Girl Scout Brand, Marketing Plan, Marketing Campaign
Cookie Innovator (Year 3) – Cookies, Big Goal, Plan to Meet Big Goal, Ethics, Share Big Goal with Customers
Senior –
My Cookie Network (Year 1) – Cookies, Goal, Worthy Cause, Expand Customers, Marketing Message
Cookie Boss (Year 2) – Cookies, SMART Goal Criteria, Team Business Decision, Pitch, Expand Customers
Ambassador –
My Cookie Business Resume (Year 1) – Cookies, Resume, Marketing Ideas, Expand Customers, Portfolio Creation
Cookie Influencer (Year 2) – Cookies, Goal, Value Proposition, Marketing Campaign, Leave a Legacy

Uniform Vest Placement

This badge should go where #10 is stated on the GSUSA Uniform Guide. Note for Aprons – all skill-based badges can be lined above the pockets (on either side of the leaves if you have the retired leaves on the uniform). Vests have all skill-based badges on only the council ID set side.