I love when stories provide the perfect metaphor for life. And this story about Girl Scout cookies accomplishes that beautifully.
According to the Girl Scouts website, 2025 will be the last year for two beloved cookies: Toast-Yay! and Girl Scout S’mores. A bittersweet moment for cookie enthusiasts, to be sure. But let’s be real—the metaphors here are as rich as a Tagalong.
Girls Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) just revealed that the S’mores and Toast-Yay! flavors will be disappearing into the vault of retired Girl Scout Cookies next year. https://t.co/lpQgRNZyJ9
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 7, 2025
Are Toast-Yay! and S’mores just cookies? Or are they symbolic code names for something bigger? My mind immediately went there: are these the secret nicknames for Biden and Harris? Or perhaps Harris and her presumed understudy, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz? It makes sense if you squint—Toast-Yay! for Biden, the man who often leaves us all feeling like burnt bread, and S’mores for Harris, a marshmallow—light, sweet, but ultimately devoid of substance when things get heated.
What about the replacements? Are the Girl Scouts are signaling a shift by metaphorically swapping out Biden and Harris for Trump and J.D. Vance? Picture it—a bold, no-nonsense cookie lineup. Trump: a cookie with layers of bold flavors and a tough exterior. And Vance: a cookie grounded, hearty, and appealing to the heartland. These are cookies built to last.
Why Dump the Cookies?
Instead of dropping bombs on our enemies, let’s just send them Girl Scout cookies.https://t.co/UebIT7erKv pic.twitter.com/22L4gWVdPL
— Gramma Smith (@gramma_smith) January 11, 2025
The Girl Scouts might have had their reasons for cutting Toast-Yay! and S’mores, citing lackluster sales or changing tastes. But I have another theory: they’re tired of wokeness and subtle pandering. After all, this is the same Girl Scouts organization that—whether intentionally or not—finds itself in cultural crossfire every time they tweet about women’s empowerment or honor a female leader. Perhaps they’re finally reclaiming some sanity.
Look what happened to the Boy Scouts. Once an iconic organization for teaching young men values like leadership and self-reliance, it’s been rebranded to “Scouts BSA” and neutered into a shadow of its former self. Why? To appease the woke mob. And now, the Boy Scouts’ magazine, once proudly called Boys’ Life, has become the generic Scout Life. It’s a sad state of affairs when even a title has to be gender-neutralized to fit the times.
Reinforcing Traditions
This brings us to the crux of the matter. Perhaps the Girl Scouts are finally acknowledging that they stand for something. Faced with the pressure to conform, they’re doubling down on their core values: celebrating girls and women. They’ve decided to quietly draw a line in the sand by removing two symbolic cookies that represent failed leadership. After all, the Trump administration at least knew what a girl was—a biological fact, not a social construct. Girls grow up to be women. It’s not rocket science. Yet in 2025, that kind of common sense feels revolutionary.
Contrast this with the Biden-Harris agenda, where biological reality is optional, and policy is dictated by feelings instead of facts. Is it any wonder the Girl Scouts—a bastion of tradition—might want to shed some dead weight? Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves.
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The Cookies Are the Cream Puffs
Toast-Yay! and S’mores were never top-tier cookies. Toast-Yay! was an overly sweet, vaguely cinnamon-flavored nod to French toast. And S’mores? A cookie trying too hard to mimic a campfire classic. They were the cream puffs of the cookie lineup—just like Biden and Harris have been the cream puffs of American leadership. All fluff, no substance. The Girl Scouts dropping these cookies is less about sales and more about signaling: it’s time for something better.
If the Girl Scouts are sending a message, it’s this: “Out with the old, in with the bold.” Maybe they’re hinting at a new era, where we stop pandering to mediocrity and start embracing excellence again. After all, these cookies were introduced as novelties, not staples. Just like the Biden-Harris administration, they’ve outlived their welcome.
A Lesson from History
The Girl Scouts have been around since 1912, teaching girls leadership, resilience, and community service. For over a century, they’ve managed to adapt while holding on to their core mission. But even the Girl Scouts couldn’t escape the cultural tug-of-war that’s been rewriting history and redefining reality in recent years.
The discontinuation of Toast-Yay! and S’mores is a reminder that some traditions need pruning to survive. Just as the Boy Scouts were emasculated into “Scouting America,” the Girl Scouts may have felt pressure to dilute their identity. But instead of surrendering, they’ve taken a different approach: cutting the fluff and focusing on what matters.
The Future of Cookies (and Leadership)
So what comes next? The Girl Scouts will undoubtedly release new cookies to replace Toast-Yay! and S’mores. Perhaps something bolder, more satisfying, and rooted in reality. They certainly got that lesson from America in 2024.
Undoubtedly, the Girl Scouts have given us a deliciously ironic metaphor for our times. Because whether it’s cookies or politics, we deserve better.
