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Girls Scouts add Smiles to cookie lineup

It's Girl Scout cookie time on Long Island,

Photo credit: Handout/ | It's Girl Scout cookie time on Long Island, and a new cookie called "Savannah Smiles" ($4 a box) marks the 100th anniversary of scouting: a lemon-flavored, half-moon cookie with powdered sugar. A free app reveals the closest spot to buy cookies: Visit girlscoutcookies.org to download.

It's Girl Scout Cookie time, and this year the Girl Scouts (who turn 100 this year) have added a cookie to the lineup. Savannah Smiles honor the Georgia hometown of Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scouts in March 1912.

The new cookies, vaguely smile-shaped and dusted with powdered sugar, are a one-bite affair, half the size of a Trefoil.

Savannah Smiles are pleasantly crumbly...

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