An Oklahoma City Girl Scout sold a record high amount of the organization's famed boxed cookies this week.
12-year-old Katie Francis managed to sell 18,107 boxes of Thin Mints, Tagalongs and other varieties, shattering the previous record of 18,000 set in the 1980s by "The Cookie Queen," Elizabeth Brinton.
Francis has racked up high numbers since she first started selling the cookies on Feb. 7.
"There's three ingredients to selling cookies," Francis told The Oklahoman. "There's lots of time, lots of commitment and I have to ask everybody I see."
The budding entrepreneur said she previously sold 2,004 boxes, then 7,482, and finally, 12,428 in 2013.
"I'm good at what I do," Francis stated. "Cookie selling is just so much fun to me. I just love doing it. I love meeting all kinds of people and setting a goal and achieving it."
Francis sought the help of local stores and restaurants ahead of her in-person sales, according to a report by Mashable. She organized a giveaway that would award special prizes for anyone who bought boxes in denominations of six or 12.
Katie and her mother stuffed the family SUV full of Girl Scout boxes, then took the girl's wagon of cookies through the Oklahoma City metro, peddling Do-si-dos and Samoas.
Katie wagers she'll be able to sell 20,000 boxes in 2015, according to NPR.
Brinton, who held the title of most Girl Scout cookies sold for more than 24 years, is now a public relations executive stationed in Munich, Germany. According to Mashable, Brinton, who is originally from Fairfax, Va., spearheaded the move to booth sales, rather than merchandising door-to-door.
Another nascent enterpriser in San Francisco used her wits to sell more Girl Scout Cookies.
13-year-old Danielle Lei set up shop outside of a medical marijuana clinic in the Bay Area city, and managed to sell 117 boxes in just two hours.
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