To help you decide what cookies to get, Vox’s experts are putting all the Girl Scout varieties to the test. The cookies were rated on a 1 to 5 scale based on multiple categories including dunkability, freshness, name and overall enjoyment. Check out the chart and videos from our taste test. With Vox’s help, you’ll never have to disappoint the blue eyes of that baby-faced Girl Scout again!

Back in your scouting days, life was easier. Accomplish a goal, and get rewarded with a colorful patch to sew onto your collage of merit. It’s classic positive reinforcement. Then you grew up and had to start taking pride in your own achievements without the promise of a visible wardrobe token of honor. Adults have mortgages, salaries and other marks of merit to act as rewards. Sadly, the accomplishments yield no badges ... until now.

Although there is no established policy prohibiting gays from participating in the Boy Scouts of America, there is an informal understanding that if you’re gay, you’re out of the Boy Scouts. That’s why a Columbia man who is openly gay in town has kept his sexuality a secret from the BSA for fear of being ousted. In this Q&A he answers questions such as: “Have you ever been attracted to a fellow staff member?”

Break open that chest, shake out your old scout uniform, follow these tips and you’ll instantly revive your wardrobe. Vox gives advice on how to spice up your scouting attire. Scout’s honor: You won’t be a wallflower.

Many parents sign their daughters up for Girl Scouts hoping that the kids will make some friends and learn practical skills while doing so. What the adult volunteers of Troop 834 are surprised to find, however, is that their experiences are often similar to those of the girls.

Brianne Sanchez, a retired Girl Scout, tells her campfire tales about wrangling llamas, being rescued from the side of a mountain in Colorado and choosing a camp name. Her crazy stories will leave you wanting s’more.