Col. Richard Fischer presents Mackenzie Frost, 8, with a flag flown in Iraq, during a special school assembly at Hawthorne Elementary School in Waukesha. Frost's father was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq in 2008. She and the other members of Girl Scout Troop 2653 sent Girl Scout cookies to U.S. service members deployed oversees. She wrote a letter telling of her father's love of the cookies and his death in Iraq, to which the service members responded, sending her a care package which included the flag...

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By Nancy J. Stohs

A new Girl Scout cookie this year features a familiar flavor combination: cranberries and white chocolate chips.

Called Thank You Berry Munch, the cookie baked by Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, Ky., is reminiscent of the white chocolate chunk cookies sold each year by the Wisconsin cranberry growers at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Unfortunately, the new cookie - using cranberries furnished by Ocean Spray - is not easy to find in the Milwaukee area. That's because the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast council (encompassing Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine and Waukesha counties, and parts of Dodge, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Walworth and Washington counties ) contracts with the other baker licensed to produce Girl Scout cookies, ABC Bakers, based in Virginia.

The cranberry cookies are sold by troops affiliated with other Wisconsin councils, including the Manitou Council based in Sheboygan, which includes troops in Cedarburg and Grafton; the Badgerland Council in Madison (south-central and southwest Wisconsin) and the Northwestern Great Lakes Council based in Green Bay.

For information on securing a box of the cranberry cookies, contact the Manitou Council at (877) 738-7014.

Or, to buy Girl Scout cookies from a local troop (many of the other cookies are the same), call the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Council at (414) 476-1050.

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