Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis

The Fourth Annual "Sweet Success" Competition was held on February 20!!

More than 100 guests enjoyed an evening of cookies, conversation and competition at the fourth annual Sweet Success event held on Tuesday, February 20th at International Market Square. The event gives culinary students an opportunity to create original recipes using America's favorite cookies: Girl Scout Cookies. Thao Moore, a Woodbury resident and culinary arts student attending The Art Institutes International Minnesota, received the First Place and People's Choice awards for her "Coconut Shrimp with Peanut-Lime Sauce," recipe utilizing the Girl Scout's Caramel deLite and Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies.

Winning Recipe

Celebrity judges included Sue Zelickson, Food Reporter from WCCO AM; Cheryl Kaye on-air personality from KS95; Megan O'Hara, Owner of Megan O'Hara Communications; Molly Kentala, Communications Rep. for Carlson Companies; Soile Anderson Owner of Deco Catering; Amanda Long and Claudia Swanson, 2006 top cookie-sellers; and Lenny Russo - Chef/Proprietor of Heartland Contemporary Midwestern Restaurant.

In addition to the culinary competition, guests enjoyed hors d'ouvres, samples of past competition-winning recipes, and this year's Girl Scout Cookie varieties. The competitive spirit was also high in the silent auction, where guests bid on spectacular packages with proceeds going to support the Council.

Special thanks to our Media Sponsor Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as well as our other sponsors, Carlson Companies and Buca di Beppo for helping to make the event a success!

Thank you to all of our silent auction donors:

Aagesen Chiropractic Clinic
Afton Alps
Aurther Murray Dance Studio
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Bellanotte
Bodywise Therapetic Message
Breadsmith
Brunswick Zone
Buca di Beppo
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Cafe Latte
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
Cathedral Hill B & B
Cities 97
Commonweal Theatre Company
Edina Massage
Girl Scout Store
Guy and Jen Tonder
Haskell's
Hennepin Theatre Trust
History Theatre
HOM Furniture, Inc. - Coon Rapids
Illusion Theater
James Sewell Ballet
Jawaahiar Dance Company & The Cassandra School
Jim and Wendi Breuer
Joe's Crab Shack
Joe's Garage Restaurant
The Jungle Theater
KS95
Lakeshore Payers Theatre, Inc.
Little & Co.
Majors Sports Cafe
Mall of America
Manhattan Toy Company
Maynard's Restaurant
Minnesota Children's Museum
Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Wild
Morris Park Players
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
Ms. Kay Thompson
The Museum of Russian Art
The Northland Inn an Executive Conference Center
Park Square Theatre
Park Tavern
Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Regal Entertainment Group
Rocco Altobelli - Burnsville
Roller Garden
Ron Burg Fine Portraits
Room & Board
Science Museum of Minnesota
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South
Spalon Montage
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
St. Paul Saints Professional Baseball
Storganize
Sundance Golf & Bowl, Inc.
Sunsets
The Guthrie
Theatre in the Round
Thymes
Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Underwater Adventures Aquarium
WCCO TV
Wendell Pittenger Golf Operations
The Wilds Golf Club
The Wirth Companies
Youth Performance Company