It's that time of year again...Girl Scout Cookie time. So which Girl Scout cookies are the most healthy -- or perhaps I should say the least unhealthy?

The most figure-friendly Girl Scout cookies are those with the fewest fat grams and calories per sensible serving. Below is my ranking, from most figure-friendly to least, of popular Girl Scout Cookie options. The ones with asterisks beside their names were superlative in some category (like lowest in fat or highest in sugar) among those ranked.

1. *Cinna-Spins (1 pouch = 15 mini cookies; 24 grams weight)
*Lowest in fat; lowest in saturated fat; lowest in calories

• Fat grams: 2
• Saturated fat grams: 1
• Calories:100
• Sugar grams: 8
• Total carbohydrate grams:19
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, palm oil, and high fructose corn syrup

2. *Shortbread (4 cookies; 26 grams)
*Lowest in sugar among the regular cookies

• Fat grams: 4.5
• Saturated fat grams: 2
• Calories: 120
• Sugar grams: 4
• Total carbohydrate grams: 19
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 3 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, and palm oil; cookies contain less that 2% of the remaining ingredients

3. Do-si-dos (2 cookies; 24 grams)

• Fat grams: 5
• Saturated fat grams: 1.5
• Calories: 110
• Sugar grams: 8
• Total carbohydrate grams: 15
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, oatmeal, peanut butter

4. Lemon Chalet Cremes (2 cookies; 32 grams)

• Fat grams: 6
• Saturated fat grams: 2
• Calories: 160
• Sugar grams: 12
• Total carbohydrate grams: 24
• Fiber grams: 0
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar vegetable oil (soybean, palm, palm kernel, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil), dextrose

5. Peanut Butter Sandwich (3 cookies, 35 grams)

• Fat grams: 6
• Saturated fat grams: 2.5
• Calories: 160
• Sugar grams: 8
• Total carbohydrate grams: 26
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: sugar, enriched flour, oats, vegetable shortening

6. Thanks-A-Lot (2 cookies, 31 grams)

• Fat grams: 6
• Saturated fat grams: 3.5
• Calories:150
• Sugar grams: 9
• Total carbohydrate grams: 22
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 3 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, vegetable shortening; contains less than 2% of the remaining ingredients

7. Trefoils (5 cookies, 33 grams)

• Fat grams = 7
• Saturated fat grams = 2
• Calories = 150
• Sugar grams = 6
• Total carbohydrate grams = 20
• Fiber grams = less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, sugar; contains less than 2% of the remaining ingredients

8. All Abouts (3 cookies, 30 grams)

• Fat grams: 7
• Saturated fat grams: 4
• Calories: 150
• Sugar grams: 9
• Total carbohydrate grams: 21
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, vegetable oil (palm, partially hydrogenated palm kernel, soybean and/or cottonseed oil) cocoa

9. Thin Mints from Little Brownie Bakers (4 cookies, 32 grams)

• Fat grams: 7
• Saturated fat grams: 4.5
• Calories: 150
• Sugar grams: 10
• Total carbohydrate grams: 20
• Fiber grams: 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed, palm and/or palm kernel oils), cocoa

10. Lemonades (2 cookies, 31 grams)

• Fat grams: 7
• Saturated fat grams: 4
• Calories: 150
• Sugar grams: 9
• Total carbohydrate grams: 22
• Fiber grams: 0
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, vegetable shortening, cornstarch

11. *Caramel deLites (2 cookies, 28 grams)
*Highest in sugar; Tied with Thin Mints by ABC for the highest in saturated fat

• Fat grams: 7
• Saturated fat grams: 6
• Calories: 140
• Sugar grams: 13
• Total carbohydrate grams: 19
• Fiber grams: 1
• First 4 ingredients: sugar, enriched flour, corn syrup, vegetable shortening

12. Peanut Butter Patties (2 cookies, 28 grams)

• Fat grams = 8
• Saturated fat grams = 5
• Calories = 150
• Sugar grams = 10
• Total carbohydrate grams = 17
• Fiber grams = less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: sugar, enriched flour, vegetable shortening, peanuts

13. Samoas from Little Brownie Bakers (2 cookies, 31 grams)

• Fat grams: 8
• Saturated fat grams: 5
• Calories: 150
• Sugar grams: 11
• Total carbohydrate grams: 19
• Fiber grams: less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed, coconut, palm and/or palm kernel oils), enriched flour, corn syrup

14. *Thin Mints from ABC Bakers (4 cookies, 33 grams)
*Tied with Caramel deLites for the highest in saturated fat

• Fat grams = 8
• Saturated fat grams = 6
• Calories = 160
• Sugar grams = 11
• Total carbohydrate grams = 22
• Fiber grams = less than 1
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, sugar, vegetable shortening, cocoa

15. Sugar Free Chocolate Chips (3 cookies, 34 grams)
*Highest in fiber; Lowest in sugar

• Fat grams = 9
• Saturated fat grams = 3
• Calories = 160
• Sugar grams = 0  (sugar alcohol = 7 grams)
• Total carbohydrate grams = 22
• Fiber grams = 2
• First 4 ingredients: enriched flour, vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, palm oil and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil) sugar free chocolate chips (maltitol, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), maltitol]

16. *Tagalongs from Little Brownie Bakers (2 cookies, 27 grams)
[*Highest in fat]

• Fat grams = 10
• Saturated fat grams = 4
• Calories = 150
• Sugar grams = 8
• Total carbohydrate grams = 14
• Fiber grams = 1

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