New Exploremores™ Girl Scout Sandwich Cookie Joins Nationwide Lineup for 2026 Season
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa will offer the new rocky road ice cream-inspired cookie that captures the limitless spirit of exploration found in Girl Scouts.
IOWA –Today, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa (GSGI) announced that Exploremores™, a rocky road ice cream–inspired sandwich cookie, will join the lineup for the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season. Filled with delicious flavors of chocolate, marshmallow, and toasted almond–flavored crème, Exploremores reflect the spirit of exploration at the heart of every Girl Scout. Girl Scouts across the United States will offer the Exploremores cookie nationally, both online and in person at local booths, during the upcoming 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season alongside fan favorites like Thin Mints® and Caramel deLites®. Each cookie season, through the Girl Scout Cookie Program girls push their limits, embrace challenges, think creatively, and believe in their own potential. While earning skill-building badges such as the My First Cookie Business, My Cookie Customer, and My Cookie Team badges, girls acquire leadership and entrepreneurial tools needed for brighter futures. As entrepreneurs, girls master the ability to set goals, make decisions, manage money, develop people skills, and learn business ethics.
Every purchase of Exploremores—and the entire lineup of iconic Girl Scout Cookies—helps girls unbox a world of possibilities, one cookie at a time. With each cookie box sold, consumers are supporting Girl Scouts as they learn, grow, and thrive through all of life’s adventures. All proceeds from cookie sales stay local to help fund life-changing programs, experiences, and learnings all year long.
How to try Exploremores:
Girl Scout Cookie season in Greater Iowa kicks off in February 2026; visit girlscoutcookies.org to sign up to be notified as soon as Exploremores and other Girl Scout Cookies are on sale.
Consumers 21+ have the chance to try Exploremores early by purchasing tickets to GSGI’s signature fundraising event, Cookies on Tap. Held on October 9, 2025, at the Iowa Taproom in Des Moines, Cookies on Tap is a Girl Scout Cookie & craft beer pairing event, with proceeds staying 100% local to benefit Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa. Exploremores will be one of the six featured pairings and the only chance for the public to try the cookie until February 2026. This event frequently sells out; more details and tickets can be purchased at cookiesanddrinks.com.
Now is the perfect time to join Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa believes the cost should never keep a girl from becoming a Girl Scout. GSGI offers a scholarship option to cover the registration fee of $45 for youth and $30 for adults. Registration fees cover programs, badges, technology, and activity insurance provided by Girl Scouts of the USA. Both new and returning members can join for free at sign-up events all across the council region. To find an event near you or join right now, visit girlscoutsiowa.org/join.
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About Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa:
We are Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa. We’re nearly 13,000 girls and adults from Central/Western Iowa, NE Nebraska and SE South Dakota who believe every girl can change the world.
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscoutsiowa.org.
September 09, 2025
