Girl Scout Cookie Recipe: Somoas (2024)

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So I’m sitting here, boiling to death because I am baking pie after pie for tomorrow’s feast. Because we have a bi-level home, my husband is cold in the family room downstairs so he insists on having the heat on, and because heat rises I’m sweating upstairs. The kitchen is u-shaped, so there’s nowhere for the heat to go. So even though it’s 27 degrees outside, I have the kitchen window open in an effort to keep my sanity. it also helps that I am downing a Samuel Adams. ;)

So I figured, while I wait the last 40 minutes for the pumpkin pie I will go ahead and post about the Mock Somoas I made. I found the recipe on Once Upon a Plate, she found it at Baking Bites. no matter where it came from, it’s definitely GOOD. It’s also kind of a pain. The caramel coconut topping was not spreadable and I really had to work at manipulating it onto the cookies. So I had the bright idea of adding some more caramel to it and tossed it in the microwave. Mistake. Don’t do this. it made it harder to work with. GROAN.

So I don’t know if I will go through the hassle of making the cookies again (let’s say I won’t put the Girl Scouts out of business) BUT I think I will try making these into bar cookies instead. They would be fabulous that way and a lot easier!

If you would like to try these for yourself, here is the recipe :) They were gobbled up and everyone LOVED them! Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

DISCLAIMER: Just in case any well meaning posting women decide to ridicule me for not supporting girl scouts by giving out this recipe (like someone did to Mari at Once Upon a Plate) I will state for the record that I buy Girl Scout cookies EVERY YEAR without fail. I was a GS leader and my daughter was in GS’s for several years. If Girl Scouts sold their cookies year round, us bloggers wouldn’t have to try this recipe for ourselves. LOL

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Oh quick note, instead of the wrapped caramels, Kraft now makes these nifty caramel bits! They worked great and are far too good, I kept tossing them in my mouth LOL

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Recipe credit: Nicole @ Baking Bites,
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Girl Scout Cookie Recipe: Somoas

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Servings: 3

Author: Amanda Formaro

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • up to 2 tablespoons milk

Topping:

  • 3 cups shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened
  • 12- ounces good-quality chewy caramels
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 8 ounces dark or semisweet chocolate chocolate chips will do

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F.

  • Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt at a low speed, next, the vanilla and milk, adding in the milk only as needed to make the dough come together without being sticky (you may not need any at all). The dough should come together into a soft, pliable ball. Add in a bit of extra flour if your dough seems sticky.

  • It's easiest to roll the dough out in 2 or 3 batches (between pieces of wax (or parchment) paper to about 1/4-inch thickness (or a little thinner) using a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter to make rounds. Place on a parchment lined (or on silicone mat) baking sheet and make a hole in the center. I used the small end of a large round piping tip. Nicole comments that you can use a knife, or the end of a wide straw, to cut a smaller center hole. Repeat until the dough is used up (it's okay to re-roll, this dough is shortbread-like and very forgiving.)

  • Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until bottoms are very lightly golden brown around the edges.

  • Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet, to allow them to firm up slightly, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  • If you prefer milk chocolate, by all means use that.

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees (F)

  • Spread coconut evenly on a rimmed baking sheet and toast 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, until coconut is golden. Watch carefully, especially near the end of toasting time; the coconut toasts very quickly once it begins to become golden.

  • Cool on baking sheet, stirring occasionally. Set aside.

Topping

  • Unwrap the caramels and place in a large microwave-safe bowl with milk and salt. Cook on high for 3-4 minutes, stopping to stir a few times to help the caramel melt. When smooth, fold in toasted coconut with a spatula.

  • Using the spatula or a small offset spatula, spread topping on cooled cookies, using about 2-3 teaspoons per cookie. Reheat caramel for a few seconds in the microwave if it begins to firm up, to make it soft and spreadable once again.

  • While topping sets up, melt chocolate in a small bowl. Heat on high in the microwave in 45 second intervals, stirring thoroughly to prevent scorching. (I melted mine stovetop using double boiler method.) Dip the base of each cookie into the chocolate and place on a clean piece of parchment paper (I used silicone baking mats instead). Transfer all remaining chocolate into a piping bag or a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off and drizzle finished cookies with chocolate. (Melt a bit of additional chocolate, if there is not quite enough for each cookie.)

  • Let chocolate set completely before storing in an airtight container.

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  1. Jenna says

    What if you just covered the cookies in caramel without the coconut and while the caramel was still sticky, dip them into coconut so you don’t have to de with spreading it?

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  2. April says

    These cookies turned out great everyone loved them… but using almond bark would probably work better the chocolate chips stuck to the paper not the cookie.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      Glad you liked them April!

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  3. April says

    How many calories per cookie anybody know??

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      I’m sorry, I didn’t calculate this recipe as that was long before I knew how to do that. I wouldn’t be able to give you an accurate number as I don’t know how many cookies it made, it’s been that long. Sorry!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      I have updated the post so that there is now a printable version :)

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  4. Denise says

    How would you make the bar cookie instead would the ingredents for the cookie be the same?,and just press dough down in a baking dish and bake then cool the put on toppings?

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      Yes! There are actually some recipes out there for bars as well :)

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  5. Lois Fitzgerald says

    some gourmet cookies have gotten so expensive. The D G stores sell these in case you haven’t noticed

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  6. Libby says

    I am definitely making these-yum! For those who don’t care for coconut, my Mom used to substitute oatmeal when she couldn’t afford coconut in a bar recipe that we loved. It was a caramel topping similar to this one and tasted just fine to us.I would think you start with a lesser amount, adding more until it looks right.She toasted it just like the coconut, as well.

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    • Amanda says

      Great tips about the oatmeal Libby!

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  7. Julie says

    SERIOUSLY– people ridicule for making you own GS cookies??? GEEZE!!!! Theses look delicious!!!

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  8. Kristen @ Dem Golden Apples says

    I cannot wait to try these! Thank you SO much! :)

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  9. Marla says

    If you use “Mrs. Richardson’s Butterscotch Caramel Topping”, it works great. It even tastes better than Kraft caramels. I LOVE Samoa’s. They are about the only cookie I buy from the Girl Scouts. But now that Keebler makes some just like them, I don’t have to always wait for the cookie drives.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      Great tip, thanks Marla!

      Reply

  10. Melissa know that says

    Did you know that the Keebler elves figured out this recipe too?

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  11. Amanda says

    It sounds like your caramel cooked too long, I'm surprised they were bubbling after only one minute. Sorry it didn't work out for you :(

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  12. Anonymous says

    I was so excited to make this recipe, but I have to be honest: this recipe sucks. I only nuked the caramels for a minute and they were boiling when I went to stir them. Then when I mixed the coconut in, the mixture turned incredibly stiff and nuking the mixture longer still did not make it spreadable. I even added more caramel. I had to use my fingers to press the caramel topping onto the cookie (which broke several cookies). The end result inedible rocks; you could not even bite through it! I spend two hours on this recipe. Make these if you want to break someone's teeth!

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  13. Sarah Menser says

    I can’t wait to try these!!! thank you

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    • cnthia says

      thes ARE THE BEST

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  14. Manger La Ville says

    I used to be a girl scout and I all say, is go for it. All the corn syrup and additives, I feel guilty I sold them. But I do love the taste, so I can’t wait to make these.

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  15. gaga says

    This is my absolute favorite girl scout cookie. Now I can enjoy it all year long, thanks!

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  16. Annette says

    OMG! I am so making these in the future. They’re my favorites so thank you for sharing the recipe. I was a Girl Scout growing up, was a leader in my early 20s and even worked for my local council for 2 years. I’m not offended. Making them ourselves isn’t going to put GS Cookies out of business. :)

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  17. Bunny says

    Don’t these look good! I’d love to try and make these but my family doen’t like coconut….can you imagine!

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Girl Scout Cookie Recipe: Somoas (2024)

FAQs

What are Samoa Girl Scout cookies made of? ›

Samoas Ingredients

This is basically a buttery shortbread cookie topped with toasted caramel and coconut creation with a chocolate drizzle.

Why did Girl Scouts change the name of Samoas? ›

Little Brownie Bakers owns the trademarks for the names Samoas, Tagalongs, and Do-Si-Dos. Girls Scouts own the trademarks for Thin Mints, Trefoils, and Adventurefuls, which is why those names are the same.

What are no longer called Samoas? ›

Because the Girl Scouts licenses two bakeries — ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers — and each Girl Scout Council decides which to contract with, and the two bakeries use different names for the (almost) same cookies. So what one bakery calls Samoas is called Caramel deLites by the other.

What is the difference between caramel delights and Samoas? ›

Samoas have more toasted coconut than Caramel deLites, and Tagalongs have more peanut butter than Peanut Butter Patties. (There's a great comparison chart on the Los Angeles Times website with pictures of each cookie and more differences between the two bakers' varieties.)

Are Samoas Girl Scout cookies healthy? ›

Caramel deLites/Samoas

With a whopping 12 g of sugar per 2-cookie serving (for the ABC Bakers version), these cookies edged out Adventurefuls to claim the dubious honor of being the unhealthiest Girl Scout cookies.

What is the most sold Girl Scout cookie? ›

The best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are: Thin Mints® Caramel deLites®/Samoas® Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs®

Do Girl Scout Cookies taste different in 2024? ›

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, which has troops in western Ohio and southeastern Indiana, changed bakers for the 2024 season. Each baker makes their own Girl Scout Cookies, which means iconic favorites may differ in flavor and name – and new, specialty cookies are now available.

Do Girl Scouts still sell Savannah Smiles? ›

Yet, while these cookies have stayed strong over the years, other varieties have been less successful or had their time in the spotlight only to gradually lose sales over time. It's safe to say that some people were disappointed in 2020 to find that Savannah Smiles was no longer on the order form.

Did they discontinue Samoa cookies? ›

Other Girl Scout favorites will be back this year, including Do-si-dos, Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties Tagalongs, Trefoils and – thank heavens – Thin Mints.

Are Samoa and American Samoa different? ›

Samoa is an independent island nation, while American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States. In the latter, the National Park of American Samoa is a sparkling tropical treasure chest, and the only park in our national park system south of the equator.

Why Samoas are the best Girl Scout cookies? ›

If you know, you know: The Samoas cookies are the best. If there was ever a perfect cookie, it's this one. It deftly balances coconut, chocolate and caramel with a soft cookie crust. Samoas are really the only Girl Scout cookies with a classically chewy texture, and they're also a bit sticky if you break them in half.

Why are Girl Scout Cookies so expensive? ›

On the Girl Scouts website, the national organization gives the reason for the increase, saying prices reflect the current cost of cookies and the cost of providing high-quality Girl Scout programming and experiences in an ever-changing economic environment.

What did trefoils used to be called? ›

Trefoils, or "Shortbreads", are shortbread cookies made in the shape of the Girl Scout trefoil. The national Girl Scout organization reviews and approves all varieties proposed by the baking companies, but requires only three types: Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, and Trefoils.

What is the Keebler version of Samoas? ›

Keebler Coconut Dreams

There was less chocolate flavor and less caramel. It had a dry, crunchy cookie in the center, too—not at all like a real Samoa. Bottom line: Overall, Keebler Coconut Dreams were OK.

What are Girl Scout cookies made out of? ›

INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, WHEY ...

Are Samoas made by Keebler? ›

Little Brownie, a division of Keebler, has been making Girl Scout cookies since the late 1970s. Their cookies have somewhat less descriptive, yet equally recognizable names like Samoas and Tagalongs. Each council in the Girl Scouts of the USA has the choice of which bakery to use for their annual cookie sale.

Are Girl Scout Samoa vegan? ›

Yes, some Girl Scout Cookies contain dairy as an ingredient, such as the non-vegan flavors like Samoas, Tagalongs, and Trefoils.

What is Girl Scout cookies strain made from? ›

Girl Scout Cookies, often shortened to GSC, is an indica-dominant strain (variety) of cannabis and is a cross between OG Kush and Durban Poison. It is approximately 60% Cannabis indica and 40% Cannabis sativa.

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