What Is The 'Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints' Sound?

Most of the sounds that are used on TikTok are brand new, but the "Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints?" trend dates back much further.

What started as a Dairy Queen Lips Commercial has morphed into a soundbite alienated from its origin and mashed together with other lyrics like, "I wanna take a pic."

Where did this notable Girl Scout suggestion come from, and how has it been used in memes since then? Let's explain.

Where Does "Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints?" Come From?

In 2006, the notable American ice cream chain Dairy Queen started a series of advertisements featuring a pair of giant lips that acted as their mascot. At the end of every commercial, the pair of lips would morph into the DQ logo, relaying their slogan before its final transformation.

In one of the commercials that aired that year, a Girl Scout character asked the lips, "Wanna buy a box of thin mints?," to which the Lips replied, "Sure, I'll take two boxes." The girl scout then said, "How 'bout two million?" and the Lips answered, "No, one million." Of course, the animated lips fell for the girl's sales tactics, subsequently being the marketable bit.

How Is Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints? Used In Memes?

The soundbite received a lot of usage early on after it aired on television through many YouTube edits that exploited it.

The most common re-edit involved the giant lips eating the little girl after she asked the first question. Alternate endings were later created en masse that translated into millions of views.

How Is Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints? Used As A TikTok Sound?

Starting in May 2022, the DQ lips were resurrected in memes on TikTok after one user placed the "Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints?" sound in conjunction with the lyric, "I wanna take a pic," from the song "Rocking A Cardigan in Atlanta" by Lil Shordie Scott.

Many lip dubs were made with the sound and creators used it to emphasize the punchlines of their jokes. The ironically dramatic ending of the sound added to the nuance. Overall, the young user base did not know where the original audio came from.

If you want to learn more about this meme, check out our entry on Wanna Buy A Box Of Thin Mints? here.