Cookies and Cocktails | Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England

Save the date for Cookies & Cocktails 2027!

Thursday, March 11, 2027
New location!
Jefferson & Co.
1946 Post Rd, Warwick, RI

At Cookies & Cocktails, you'll enjoy Girl Scout Cookie creations, cocktail samples, small bites, and silent & live auctions.

Get ready for a delectable evening celebrating creativity, community, and everyone's favorite treats—Girl Scout Cookies! Join us for this unique event where local restaurants and mixologists showcase their talents by crafting both sweet and savory creations inspired by Girl Scout Cookies. All food is included in the price of your ticket!

Proceeds from Cookies & Cocktails directly supports Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England’s high-level programming, focusing on:

Mental health and well-being.
Camperships for youth in foster care.
Making Girl Scouting accessible to all who want to participate.

We’re committed to ensuring that every girl who wants to be a Girl Scout has the opportunity to do so. In today’s challenging economic climate, we recognize the impact of rising costs on families and their ability to afford extracurricular activities for their children.

By attending Cookies & Cocktails, you’re helping build future female leaders who gain self-confidence, resilience, and leadership skills through Girl Scouting. Your support empowers girls to make a positive impact in their communities while building a foundation for lifelong success.

Sponsorship Opportunities

With the critical support of program partners and event sponsors, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England prepares youth to practice a lifetime of leadership, with access to new skills and experiences that develop the courage, confidence, and character they’ll need to tackle whatever comes their way.

If your business or organization would like to support Girl Scouts through a direct donation, in-kind donation, program, event sponsorship, or some other way, contact Lisa Ducharme at lducharme@gssne.org or 401-331-4500.

Past Cookies & Cocktails Highlights:

2026

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the 2026 Cookies & Cocktails event, including our exceptional restaurants and mixologist participants:

Jefferson Speakeasy
Hemenway's
Boat House
Allie's Donuts
Sippin' Pretty & The Elliotte on Park
CHOP: Culinary Hub of Providence - NEW!
The Coast Guard House
Ocean State Oyster Co.

Thank you to our generous 2026 event sponsors

Gold Level Sponsors

Silver Level Sponsors

Bronze Level Sponsor

Supporter Level Sponsor

Barton Gilman
BankNewport
Brown University Health
E.W. Burman
People's Credit Union

In-Kind Donors

Apponaug Brewing
Barrington Books
BedJet
Boon Street
The Borrelli-Murray Family
Boston Red Sox
Briggs Nursery
Buttonwoods Brewery
Café Nuovo
Cardi’s Furniture
Cav
Centreville Bank Stadium
Circe
Chick-fil-A Attleboro
Coffee Exchange
Crate & Barrel
Crooked Current Brewery
Dave & Buster’s

Dave’s Coffee
Energetic Healing & Wellness
Ever be clay co.
Feminine Fancies
Garden Grille
The Greenwood Inn
Grazie
Harbor Lights
Howard Johnson – Middletown
India Restaurant
Kon
Launch
Level99
The Little Bubblegum Bookshop
Locanda
MainStreet Coffee
Malloy Portraits
Massage Envy

Mews Tavern
Michaelangelo's Deli
Mulligan’s Island
Munroe Dairy
Newport Aviation
Pea Poddery Studio
Pop Shop & Gallery
Proclamation Brewery
Providence College Men’s Basketball
Providence College Men’s Hockey
Providence Bruins
Providence Oyster Bar
PPAC
R1 Indoor Karting & Entertainment
Raising Cane’s
Repurposed with a Twist
RIFC
Rinnovo

Rock Spot Climbing
Rosa’s Tavern
Sea Craft Restaurant
Seven Stars
The Silbert Family
Sorielle Restaurant
Spaghetti Lane
Stanley’s
Taste Buds Kitchen
Theatre By the Sea
Tilted Barn
Top Golf
URI Men’s Basketball
URI Football
Whalers Brewing Company
Wickford on the Water
William Sonoma
Wines & More
Wright’s Dairy Farm
92 PRO-FM

2025

From all of us at Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England, thank you to everyone who celebrated with us at Cookies & Cocktails and those who bid on auction items from afar! With your help, we raised over $50,000! Your generosity, in every way you provided it, will directly fund our high-level programming focusing on mental health and well-being, camperships for youth in foster care, and making Girl Scouting accessible to all who want to participate. When you support Girl Scouts, you support a future leader who has—through Girl Scouting—built a foundation for success and leadership.

We are so grateful for the wonderful restaurants and bars who joined us this year: Jefferson Speakeasy, The Coast Guard House, Boat House, Waterman Grille, Bettola, Wright's Creamery, The Cocktail Guru, Apponaug Brewing Company, Sippin’ Pretty, Allie’s Donuts, and Ocean State Oyster Co.

A huge Girl Scout thank you to our event sponsors: Gilbane Building Co., Navigant Credit Union, Dave's Marketplace, Coastal1 Credit Union, BayCoast Bank, DiPrete Engineering, Citizens Private Wealth, Brown University Health, Coia Sanitation, and E.W. Burman, Inc.

To our silent and live auction donors, silent and live auction purchasers, our amazing emcee Mario Hilario, The Highlights for providing a great soundtrack for the night, the staff at Farm Fresh RI, Easy Entertaining Inc., Luke Renchan Entertainment, Ocean State Rental Company, Signage by Sulina Mohanty, ReMix Organics Co., our Cookies & Cocktails Committee, GSSNE Staff, board members, and everyone in between...THANK YOU!

We have a lot of great photos from the event to share with you—check them out in our Facebook album! If you would like to continue to be involved with Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England we invite you to learn more, become a member of the GSSNE Alum Network or Alum Troop 1919, or learn more about donating to GSSNE. And don't forget to save the date for GLAMP, our new weekend retreat for women, a place to reconnect with nature for a good cause—September 5 - 7, 2025 at Camp Hoffman.

2024

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us at Cookies & Cocktails in 2024 and those who bid on auction items from afar! With your support, our eighth annual event was our most successful yet, raising over $60,000! Your support, in every way you provided it, will directly support our high-level programming focusing on mental health and well-being, camperships for youth in foster care, and making Girl Scouting accessible to all who want to participate.

We are so grateful for the wonderful restaurants and bars who joined us and we thank them for their creativity in utilizing tasty Girl Scout Cookies "out of the box": Res American Bistro, Siena, Bettola, Boat House, Barnaby’s Public House, Coast Guard House, Waterman Grille, Wright’s Dairy Farm, The Jefferson Speakeasy, and Narragansett Brewery!

A huge Girl Scout thank you to our event sponsors: Dave's Marketplace, Coastal1 Credit Union, Navigant Bank, Locke Lord, Clarfeld Citizens Private Wealth, AstroNova, Inc., Lifespan, Bank of America, BankNewport, BayCoast Bank, Coia Sanitation, Construction and General Laborers' Local Union 271, Gilbane, and Mohegan Sun

To our silent and live auction donors, silent and live auction purchasers, the staff at Farm Fresh RI, Easy Entertaining Inc., Luke Renchan Entertainment, Ocean State Rental Company, Signage by Sulina Mohanty, our Cookies & Cocktails Committee, GSSNE Staff, board members, and everyone in between...THANK YOU!

We have a lot of great photos from the event to share with you—check them out in our Facebook album!

2023

Thank you to everyone who attended our seventh annual Cookies & Cocktails on March 9, 2023. And a big thank you to the restaurants who showcased Girl Scout Cookies® "out of the box":

Proceeds from Cookies & Cocktails will directly support our high-level programming focusing on mental health and well-being, camperships for youth in foster care, and making Girl Scouting accessible to all who want to participate. We want to ensure that everyone who wants to be a Girl Scout can be a Girl Scout.

2022

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us at Cookies & Cocktails on March 10, 2022! With your support, our sixth annual event was our most successful yet! Attendees enjoyed hearing from our wonderful emcee, Mario Hilario, our special Girl Scout guest speaker, Veronica Wathen, and our live recipe demonstration with Chef Frank Terranova.

We are so grateful for the wonderful chef teams who joined us and we thank them for their creativity in utilizing tasty Girl Scout Cookies "out of the box":

To our event sponsors, silent auction donors, silent auction purchasers, the staff at the Crowne Plaza, our Cookies & Cocktails Committee, GSSNE Staff, board members, and everyone in between...THANK YOU!

Check out our Facebook album to see some highlights from this amazing event!

2021

From all of us at Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England, THANK YOU for celebrating the 5th annual (and first-ever virtual) Cookies & Cocktails event with us. We hope you enjoyed hearing from our wonderful emcee, Mario Hilario, Anchor on NBC 10 News Sunrise, and enjoyed the brilliant recipe stylings of Chef Terranova and our special Girl Scout guest speaker, Caroline Barr.

We are so grateful for the wonderful chef teams who joined us and we thank them for their creativity in utilizing tasty Girl Scout Cookies “out of the box.” Hemenway’s, the Boat House, and KNEAD Doughnuts, you are all so inspiring—too bad we can't enjoy those yummy desserts every night! In case you missed it, check out the special recipes featured at this year's event.

A special shout out to our generous sponsors Gold Sponsor CVS Health; Silver Sponsor Navigant Credit Union; Bronze Sponsor Dave’s Marketplace, Locke Lord LLC & Pawtucket Credit Union, and also Blueflash Photography for their continued support! A big thank you to our raffle prize donors Hemenway’s, KNEAD Doughnuts, Thorpe’s Wine & Spirits, and Allen Gammons.

2020

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2020 Cookies & Cocktails! We enjoy an array of desserts prepared by some of the area's finest chefs, made with everyone's favorite treat—Girl Scout Cookies. Thank you to the restaurants who showcased our cookies "out of the box":

2019

A big Girl Scout thank you to everyone who supported our 2019 Cookies & Cocktails celebration!

We'd like to once again thank the local establishments that participated in the 2019 deliciously exciting Cookies & Cocktails celebration:

Attendees enjoyed savory hors-d'oeuvres, tasty Girl Scout Cookie creations, and had the opportunity to bid on silent auction items. The evening was once again emceed by the one and only Mario Hilario WJAR—a treat in itself!

2018

A big Girl Scout thank you to everyone that attended the 2018 Cookies & Cocktails celebration on March 8th!

View our 2018 Cookies & Cocktails Facebook Photo Album
View footage from the event

We would also like to thank our event sponsors including: Silver Level Sponsor: CVS Health and Bronze Level Sponsors: Mohegan Tribe & Mohegan Sun, Dave's Marketplace, Locke Lord, LLP, Navigant Credit Union, Blue Cross Blue Shield RI, Case Snow Management, Inc and the GSSNE Board of Directors.

The night would not have been possible without the participation of KNEAD Doughnuts, Ellie's Bakery, Bake Me Away Bake Shop, Aquilante's Bistro & Tavern and Newport Restaurant Group. We are so grateful for the amazing sweet treats you contributed to the evening's festivities!

And thank you to Mario Hilario for once again hosting our Cookies & Cocktails celebration!

2017

In 2017, as a way of celebrating the incredible centennial of Girl Scouts selling cookies, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England hosted a very special event of "Cookies & Cocktails".

On Thursday, January 26th, over 120 guests attended a very special evening celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies! Local chefs created delicious desserts using everyone's favorite treat—Girl Scout Cookies! We were honored to be partnered with some of Rhode Island's best including: Cafe Nuovo, Gracie's, Mill's Tavern, Newport Restaurant Group (Avvio), and The Capital Grille. These groups went above and beyond to showcase our cookies "out of the box".

Attendees enjoyed passed hors d'oeuvres, a complimentary glass of wine, tasty Girl Scout Cookie creations, and had the opportunity to bid on both live and silent auction items. The evening was emceed by the one and only Mario Hilario. It was an incredible evening that will not soon be forgotten!

A sincere and heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended, shared, and supported GSSNE in celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies!

We greatly appreciate our wonderful emcee, Mario Hilario and our special guest speaker Daynia La-Force, head women's basketball coach for URI. We were blown away by the amazing Girl Scout Cookie dessert creations by Cafe Nuovo, GraciesProv, Mill's Tavern Restaurant, Newport Restaurant Group, The Capital Grille. Thank you to our generous sponsors for the evening, Citizens Bank, CVS Health, Locke Lord LLP, Roofing Concepts, Navigant Credit Union, George & Susan Shuster, Coca-Cola, E.W. Burman, Howard Russell Insurance, Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, INNOVEX, Great American, and Ashdon Farms. This event would not have been possible with everyone pulling together to support our misson of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place! THANK YOU and cheers to another 100 years!