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If you, dear reader, have ever been a Girl Scout, you will understand when I say that selling cookies is serious. How well I remember racing down the street against fellow Brownie Brenda Walesky as we both fought to get to Mrs. Johnson’s house first because she always bought 30 boxes of cookies and froze them but then I tripped on my shoelace and fell ripping my Brownie sash which had like three badges already and getting my new Brownie beret covered in dirty slush and crying because Brenda Walesky always sold the most anyway because her dad was like the foreman at the factory and it was really unfair that she had to take Mrs. Johnson who was on my side of the street anyway. Not that I’m bitter.
Thirty years later nothing has changed and so when we got our cookie sale packs late and had one week to sell which, of course, was the week when no sane person went outside because we got 9″ of snow and the thermometer hit 14 below, we still managed to sell $73 dollars worth of cookies to a kind hearted soul who took pity on my daughter (yes, that would be me). Not that we wouldn’t have bought them anyway. My husband and daughter wait all year for those Girl Scout Samoa cookies. And since I got tired of my daughter asking when they’ll be in, I thought I’d give a try at making them myself to tide us over until they arrive. If you’re jonesing for a bite of coconutty goodness, today is your lucky day.
I cheated and started with chocolate covered shortbread cookies. I used Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies.
Here’s the official version:
Almost Girl Scout Samoa Cookies
- 1 box chocolate covered shortbread cookies (like Keebler Chocolate Stripes)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. light corn syrup
- 1/2 c. sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups toasted coconut (I toasted mine in the oven for about 10 minutes at 400 stirring occasionally)
- 1 cup chocolate chips for drizzling
Put a cookie into each tin of a muffin pan.
In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the butter, sugar and corn syrup and heat to a full boil while constantly stirring.
Boil for three minutes, stirring constantly.
Slowly pour in the sweetened condensed milk and continue cooking until the mixture reaches about 200-210º Farenheit on a candy thermometer.
Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Immediately stir in toasted coconut and mix well. Spoon teaspoonfuls over shortbread cookies. Let the cookies chill a while (you know, give ‘em some space).
Melt chocolate chips and drizzle stripes over cookies. Try to control yourself.
My daughter’s verdict? Better than the real ones!
Take that, Brenda Walesky!
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January 31st, 2009 at 7:43 am
Oh my…these look fabulous. I can hardly wait to make them!!!
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am
Yummmm!!! Those look so incredible! I am making those…
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
The Samoas are my absolute favorite girl scout cookie!
I usually buy one box just for me, then draw a skull & cross bones on the box so no one gets any wise ideas.
Mom does not share the Somoas, no way no how.
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Oh my, those look fantastic! I know some people I could make very happy with those.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:02 am
This post actually made me salivate. I love Samoas! These look amazing. Too bad that I’d eat them all by myself. I’ll have to wait until company is coming before I try this one. Thanks for the great idea!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Those look great.
How about some thin mints?!
February 5th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Wow, superfantastic idea. Love it. Must try this for my kids. The will enjoy this!!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Ah, thin mints are SUPER easy….
Melt chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract. Dip Ritz crackers or shortbread cookies completely in the chocolate and set on wax paper. Like I said….not even a recipe!
February 8th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Samoas are my favorite as well! If you want similar taste and don’t have time to make them, the Dollar General store has a house brand (Clover Valley I believe?) that taste almost the same as Samoas, and you can purchase them year round!
February 8th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
@Katie – Oooh, good to know!
February 10th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Samoas are my favorite. Your recipe looks so decadent.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Thank you for this! Love it.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
thanks for the recipe – this will help my craving for girl scout cookies year round.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Can’t go wrong with cookies, chocolate and toasted coconut no matter which way you stack them.
March 24th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
oh.
my.
word…
can’t.
type.
drool.
puddling.
on.
keyboard…