There is a heated debate around which is the best but you do not have to pick just one with these 9 Girl Scout cookie recipes. You can make your favorite all year round instead.
I almost always find Thin Mints in my freezer because I hoard them. I know that once they are gone I will have to wait another year to stock back up.
I am also in love with the nutty flavors of Tagalongs. I think we could all use some homemade cookies to enjoy.
1. Samoas Girl Scout Cookie Fudge Recipe
You have to give this a go if you are bored with the usual plain fudge recipes. It is loaded with incredible flavors and textures including real Samoas right in the middle.
Although this is full of coconut cookies and topped with that signature caramel and coconut topping I also used a coconut fudge recipe to really make that flavor shine.
Another great option would be to use half white and half milk chocolate for added richness.
2. Homemade Tagalongs
Tagalongs are a heavenly combination of crumbly shortbread cookies and velvety smooth peanut butter and lashings of milk chocolate. They are what you will get if you put a peanut butter cup on a shortbread cookie.
How can you resist that?
This recipe suggests you spoon peanut butter onto a baking tray and then leave it to set in the fridge. Then you add the peanut butter on top and spread it out with a knife once the cookies are out of the oven.
However I found it way easier to bake the cookies and let them cool. Then you pipe the peanut butter as you would a macaron and chill the whole thing for about an hour before dipping it in chocolate.
3. Girl Scout Cookie Brownie Cups
Someone had the genius idea to stuff Girl Scout cookies into brownies just when you thought they were perfect already. Yes really!
The idea is dangerously simple and you can use a boxed brownies mix to get these on the table faster.
The brownies need to bake in muffin tins so you can scoop out the center and make room for the fillings. You will need caramel and coconut for the Samoas and smooth peanut butter and powdered sugar for the Tagalongs and peppermint frosting for the Thin Mints.
Top each with the corresponding cookie once the brownies are cooled and filled and watch as the plate clears in the blink of an eye.
4. Homemade Thin Mints
Thin mints are rich and chocolatey with a subtle but super refreshing minty taste. The cookies are wonderfully crisp and you will have a hard time stopping at just one once they are enrobed in dark chocolate.
The coating is a blend of chocolate and oil and peppermint extract. I like to use dark chocolate but you can use semi sweet or milk chocolate if you want it lighter.
You need the oil so the chocolate does not set completely hard and I recommend using peppermint oil if you can find it as some liquid flavorings can cause chocolate to seize.
I highly recommend making a double batch of these babies and freezing half of the dough for later. Just wrap it in a log and slice off cookies when the mood strikes.
5. Girl Scout Cookies Lemon Cookies Recipe
These cookies are full of lemon flavor but are not sour at all. Instead the zesty flavor is beautifully mild and pairs perfectly with the rich butter taste you will get from those incredible cookies.
You will make an enriched shortbread cookie dough which typically only calls for flour and sugar and butter. You will add eggs for maximum moisture in this case.
You will need that extra boost to keep them tender since these are so thick.
This is another terrific recipe to double and store in the freezer for later. Slice and bake right from frozen and enjoy lemon cookies in less than 15 minutes.
6. Shortbread Trefoils Toffee
Trefoils are simple shortbread cookies. They are a lovely sweet treat to have with your afternoon tea or just before bed when you are craving something small.
This recipe takes that simple little cookie and cranks up the wow factor by adding a layer of toffee and chocolate. These are very similar to saltine crack toffee which uses crackers as the base.
Use the saltine recipe above and make it on the stove if you are nervous about making caramel in the microwave. You will not need a thermometer and it is very straightforward.
7. Copycat Girl Scout S’mores Cookies
Girl Scout s’more cookies combine chocolate and marshmallow fillings between two graham cracker like cookies. Although you may have seen them looking more like the picture above with the cookies and fillings coated in chocolate.
I prefer this version because you will get more chocolate and you will only need three ingredients to recreate them at home.
You can just use graham crackers to speed things up instead of making special cookies. Fill them with marshmallow fluff and try not to make a mess as you dip them in chocolate.
8. Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
I cannot turn down a chewy oatmeal cookie as much as I love crisp buttery shortbread especially if that cookie is stuffed with peanut butter! These sandwich cookies are also known as Do Si Dos and they are like whoopie pies and you will get double the taste with each bite.
The cookie recipe looks a lot like you would expect and uses peanut butter and butter and white and brown sugar and eggs and oats and flour and raising agents.
The best part about making these cookies at home is that you can control precisely how chewy or crunchy they become. Not only that but you can also fill these with chocolate ganache if you want or dip them in melted chocolate for added flair.
I even added a dollop of jam into some for a nostalgic PB&J taste.
9. Girl Scout Cookie From 1917
This is the very first Girl Scout cookie. It is a simple sugar cookie that was published in The American Girl magazine for Girl Scouts.
It is light and sweet and easy to make. You will need only a handful of pantry staples and you can even throw in chocolate chips if you want.
I like to make these and add a citrus glaze but they are super tasty on their own.