Girl Scout Samoa Cookies (Copycat)

From: Elboe Bethel

On Mar 28, 2008

These were amazing! Even my sister who hates coconut had to try one. We put the shortbeard cookies on a cookie sheet and poured a spoonful of the topping over top. This made them a little easier to eat as the coconut was not as thick. I think that dipping the cookies in chocolate ahead of time is a great idea and I will try this next time. This recipe is a keeper. Thanks for posting it

From: ttrout

On Dec 30, 2006

I liked the recipe however I made a few changes. First I dipped the bottoms of the cookies in melted chocolate and let them sit to thoroughly dry. The second change was that I cooked the topping to 200 instead of 220 and only used 1 cup of coconut. These changes made the topping much easier to work with.

From: Marie Nixon

On Aug 25, 2002

The cookies tasted very good. I did have some difficulties with assembling them. I used 1 box (30 cookies) of Keebler brand shortbread cookies as the base. Working with the caramel and coconut topping was difficult. I couldn't get it to stick to the cookie. Be careful with the topping because it is very hot and you have to work quickly with it before it starts to cool down. The recipe probably made double the amount of topping that was really needed. I think the Samoa cookies have a thin layer of the caramel & coconut topping but my cookies have a big, round glob on the top. I probably won't make these again, unless specifically asked to, because of the amount of work involved in them.

From: Juju Bee

On Dec 14, 2004

Oh MAN!! These are awesome! I actually think that they are even better than girl scout samoas. The only thing that I was sure about was when to take the sauce off of the stove after adding the condenced milk, because I do not have a candy thermometer, so I just took it off when it bubbled and thickend. Luckily it came out GREAT! Thank you so much for this delicious copy cat!