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Hello sweet tooth — the 2019 Girl Scout cookies arrive in O.C.

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Door-to-door and online Girl Scout cookie sales begin Sunday, Jan. 27, but the boxes don’t just get into the hands of Orange County’s scouting community by chance.

That happened Saturday, when representatives from about 700 local Girl Scout troops stocked up on 1.4 million boxes of cookies at two area distribution locations – the Anaheim Business Complex and Saddleback Church in Lake Forest.

  • Volunteer Corey Anesi, 16, of Cypress, helps stack Peanut Butter Patties in the back of a truck for Fullerton/La Habra Troop 2662 during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteers form a supply chain as they load Lemonades into vehicles during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Cookie coordinator Debbie Reynolds, 39, of Villa Park, from Troop 4055, stands next to a stack of Thin Mints during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Aaron Thornton, 24, of Fullerton, helps stack Peanut Butter Patties in the back of a moving truck, part of a 570 case order for Fullerton-La Habra Troops 2899, 3582 and 6017, during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Don Evans, 66, of Fullerton, left, helps stack Caramel deLites in the back of a moving truck, part of a 348 case order for Girl Scout Troop 3434 during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteers load Peanut Butter Patties into the back of a truck from Orange Troop 2885 during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Alfredo Vargas, 52, of Garden Grove, helps keep the supply of Thin Mints moving during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Jeff Dronkers, 49, of Cypress, climbs into the bed of a pick-up truck as he helps load Thanks-A-Lots during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • A line of vehicles wait backed up on S. Douglass Rd. as they wait to pick up cookies during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteers stack Girl Scout Smores in the back of a truck for Fullerton/La Habra Troop 2662 as a line of cars load up during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteers stack Girl Scout Smores as a moving truck loads up cookies during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Katie O’Neill, 29, of Orange, and several of her First American Title co-workers stack Caramel deLites as they load up vehicles during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Aaron Thornton, 24, of Fullerton, helps stack Peanut Butter Patties in the back of a moving truck, part of a 570 case order for Fullerton-La Habra Troops 2899, 3582 and 6017, during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Volunteers Michael Gorecki, 36, of Orange, front, and Michael Puskas, 17, of Anaheim Hills, load Peanut Butter Sandwiches into a car for Anaheim Hills’ Troops 4043 and 2630 during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Twelve pallets of Caramel deLites wait to be picked up during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Ariana Gonzalez, 22, of Garden Grove, and Kiana Cervantes, 24, of Orange, help stack Peanut Butter Patties in the back of a moving truck, part of a 570 case order for Fullerton-La Habra Troops 2899, 3582 and 6017, during the Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop at the Anaheim Business Complex in Anaheim on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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There will be nine cookie varieties to tempt buyers this year, including the new Gluten-Free Caramel Chocolate Chip. They will join the returning Thin Mints, S’mores Cookies, Caramel DeLites, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbread, Leomandes and Thanks-a-Lots.

Cookies will sell for $5 a box, with all net revenue supporting Girl Scouts of Orange County. In 2018, Orange County troops sold about 2.5 million boxes.

Sales outside of retail stories will begin Feb. 15, with the program continuing through March 10.