(Year 1 – Original Cookie Business Badge – Retired)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Buy the Mini Patch
Released in 2011. Retired in 2021.
Replaced by My Cookie Customers as the new Year 1 Cookie Business Badge.
The 2011 Brownie page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Who are customers, handling money and sales, and thanking customers.
Choose your own activities!
Choose an activity that fits your scouts’ abilities.
Pick one activity for each step:
- Customer Reach
- Pitches
- Money Facts
- Customer Practice
- Thank Customers (i.e. Thank You Cards)
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How to earn as a Troop?
- Meeting Plan at Earn Brownie Try-Its Blog
- Meeting Plan from GSCO – Archived Copy of PDF
- PDF Meeting Plan from GSRV (River Valley) – Archived Copy of PDF
- Purchase Activity Booklet from Leader Connecting Leaders
Click to Expand → Other Resources
- Steps 1-3 at DS Brownie Girl Scouts
- Badge Tips from GSNorCal – Archived Copy of PDF
- Info webpage at Girl Scout Wiki
- Basic Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
How to earn individually?
- None Currently Available
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Our Summary* of requirements:
- Make a list of who you can sell to.
- Practice what to say when you are selling to customers.
- Know how much change to give if a customer bought 1, 2, or 4 boxes.
- Role play a possible cookie selling scenario.
- Say thank you somehow to customers you sell to.
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
GSUSA Information and Details
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Find out where your customers are
- Talk to some customers
- Practice handling money and making change
- Role-play good customer relations
- Thank your customers!
This Retired Badge is no longer available.
- Go to the Official GSUSA Booklet Online.
- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet
Click to Expand → Other GSUSA Official Resources
- GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for 2 Meetings
- 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?
- Retired badge. No Multi-level Matches available.
Where does this go on the Uniform Apron and Vest?
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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