The LA-OC Girl Scout cookie throwdown

If you've noticed card tables set up in front of the grocery store with boxes stacked high, you're probably not surprised that Girl Scout cookies are back on the market. But did you know that the Thin Mints you buy from a scout in Santa Monica will look and taste different from Thin Mints hawked in Santa Ana?

That's because Girl Scout troops are working with two separate bakeries locally and nationwide. We decided to open a few boxes in the KCRW Studios to see which baker does the cookies best. Our crack Girl Scout cookie tasting panel includes editor of the OC Weekly and host of KCRW's Orange County Line,Gustavo Arellano, Good Food host Evan Kleiman and Jon Schleuss, LA Times graphics and data journalist. Learn more about the cookies you're eating from this graphic that Schleuss made for the LA Times.

Music: "Fancy Land" (instrumental) by Fly By Pony and "Hög Luft" (Fujasaki remix) by Familjen