Samoas no longer Somoas #
Citing no one, Slashfood says that they — and most Girl Scout cookies — have been given a new, and terrible, name:
In my neck of the woods, Samoas are now “Caramel DeLites,” which sounds like the name of a dietetic candy old ladies buy at the Dollar Tree. Tagalongs are now “Peanut Butter Patties, Do-Si-Dohs are “Peanut Butter Sandwiches” and Trefoils are “Shortbread,” names which suggest either a wildly subversive anti-consumerist campaign a la No Logo (Declare Independence from Corporate Cookie! We Don’t Need No Name-Brand Baked Goods!) or a newly minted Robotic Cookie Namer down at Girl Scout HQ. All-Abouts (which was a weird name, I admit) are now “Thanks-a-Lots.” Try saying that un-sarcastically.
Commenters say this is a regional variation, but the horridness of the names is undiminished.